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Adam Robitel

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'Escape Room: Tournament of Champions' is the sequel to the  psychological thriller that terrified audiences around the world. In this installment, six people unwittingly find themselves locked in another series of escape rooms, slowly uncovering what they have in common to survive ... and discovering they've all played the game before.
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Adam graduated from the University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts.

Robitel's latest film, Escape Room: Tournament of Champions, has recently been released to the delight of Escape Room fans. His three last films have been theatrical releases and have grossed 370 million dollars worldwide. He is working on a mind-bending genre sci-fi / horror film for Village Roadshow, and producers at 42 and Automatik that he cowrote and will direct. He's also the co-creator and show runner of a scripted genre series for Netflix and producer Darren Aronofksy's Protozoa.

Robitel made a big splash in the genre world as a horror auteur having co-written, directed and produced The Taking of Deborah Logan (2014) (2014) a found-footage horror thriller. The Taking of Deborah Logan was named a "Netflix Horror Gem" by The Wrap and won an iHorror Award for best direct release of 2014. Paramount Studios then hired Robitel to do some rewrites on Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension (2015) (2015).

Robitel made headlines after being tapped to direct Blumhouse's creep-fest franchise Insidious: The Last Key (2018) (2017). The Last Key opened on January 5th, to fantastic domestic box office, grossing 30 million dollars on its opening weekend and more than 167 million dollars worldwide, making it the most lucrative Insidious to date.

Robitel's latest film, Escape Room (2019) which he developed and directed for Original Films and Sony Pictures Studios, opened at number 2 in the domestic box office with a stellar haul of 18 million dollars, twice its production budget. Escape Room has now grossed 156 million dollars world wide.

Robitel's original supernatural thriller idea Liminal sparked a bidding war and sold to Fox2000 with Nina Jacobson producing. Robitel will serve as executive producer with Chris Landon writing the screenplay and directing. The scribe has also written a gritty reinvention of the slasher genre with Cropsey based on the infamous maniac who has haunted the imaginations of campers for over a hundred years for Peter Facinelli A7SLE Seven films.
BornMay 26, 1978
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Lin Shaye and Adam Robitel in Insidious: The Last Key (2018)
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On the set of Escape Room 1 with Logan Miller and Yorick van Wageningen
Drone time... on Escape Room 2
On the set of Escape Room 2

Known for

The Taking of Deborah Logan (2014)
The Taking of Deborah Logan
6.0
  • Director
  • 2014
Holland Roden, Logan Miller, Taylor Russell, Thomas Cocquerel, and Indya Moore in Escape Room: Tournament of Champions (2021)
Escape Room: Tournament of Champions
5.7
  • Director(directed by)
  • 2021
Taylor Russell in Escape Room (2019)
Escape Room
6.4
  • Director
  • 2019
Insidious: The Last Key (2018)
Insidious: The Last Key
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  • 2018

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Director

  • The Craving
    • In Development
  • Escape Room: Tournament of Champions - Upping the Ante
  • Escape Room: Tournament of Champions - Dazzling but Deadly
  • Escape Room: Tournament of Champions - Game of Champions
  • Holland Roden, Logan Miller, Taylor Russell, Thomas Cocquerel, and Indya Moore in Escape Room: Tournament of Champions (2021)
    Escape Room: Tournament of Champions
    • (directed by)
  • Taylor Russell in Escape Room (2019)
    Escape Room
  • Javier Botet and Ava Kolker in Insidious: The Last Key - Alternate Ending (2018)
    Insidious: The Last Key - Alternate Ending
  • Insidious: The Last Key - Becoming Elise (2018)
    Insidious: The Last Key - Becoming Elise
  • Insidious: The Last Key - Dive Into The Insidious Universe (2018)
    Insidious: The Last Key - Dive Into The Insidious Universe
  • Insidious: The Last Key - Going Into The Further
  • Insidious: The Last Key - Unlocking The Keys
  • Insidious: The Last Key (2018)
    Insidious: The Last Key
    • (directed by)
  • The Taking of Deborah Logan (2014)
    The Taking of Deborah Logan
  • Love Your Customers (2007)
    Love Your Customers
  • Inside the Asylum: The Making of '2001 Maniacs'

Writer

  • The Craving
    • In Development
  • The Borrowing
    • Pre-production
  • Paranormal Activity: Seance (2015)
    Paranormal Activity: Seance
  • Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension (2015)
    Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension
  • The Taking of Deborah Logan (2014)
    The Taking of Deborah Logan
  • Love Your Customers (2007)
    Love Your Customers
  • Inside the Asylum: The Making of '2001 Maniacs'

Actor

  • Taylor Russell in Escape Room (2019)
    Escape Room
    • (uncredited)
  • Contracted: Phase II (2015)
    Contracted: Phase II
  • Cut/Print (2012)
    Cut/Print
  • One for the Road (2011)
    One for the Road
  • Sean Paul Lockhart in I Was a Teenage Werebear (2011)
    I Was a Teenage Werebear
  • Chillerama (2011)
    Chillerama
  • Christa Campbell, Bill Moseley, Kathryn Le, and Nicole Rae in 2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams (2010)
    2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams
  • Return to Sender
  • Robert Englund in 2001 Maniacs (2005)
    2001 Maniacs
  • James Van Der Beek, Jessica Biel, Kate Bosworth, Kip Pardue, Ian Somerhalder, and Shannyn Sossamon in The Rules of Attraction (2002)
    The Rules of Attraction
    • (uncredited)
  • Patrick Stewart, James Marsden, and Hugh Jackman in X-Men (2000)
    X-Men
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Stephen King's One for the Road
Full Movie 17:09
Stephen King's One for the Road
Chillerama: House of Psycho Charger
Full Movie 4:35
Chillerama: House of Psycho Charger
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Trailer 2:29
Official Trailer
Official Trailer
Trailer 2:33
Official Trailer
Chillerama
Trailer 2:14
Chillerama
Cut / Print
Trailer 1:02
Cut / Print
2001 MANIACS
Trailer 2:33
2001 MANIACS
I WAS A TEENAGE WEREBEAR
Trailer 2:01
I WAS A TEENAGE WEREBEAR

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    • May 26, 1978
    • Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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