VIDEO : J.J. Abrams' Production Company Now Requires Diverse Teams On Projects

Director J.J. Abrams is using his production company to help increase diversity in Hollywood. The 'Star Wars' director's company 'Bad Robot' is working with an agency and studios to require that women and people of color are submitted for writing, directing and acting jobs for the company. Abrams said "the Oscars controversy was a wake-up call to examine our role in expanding opportunities internally at Bad Robot and externally with our content and partners." Abrams also said that diversity is important in film and that this requirement is giving a lot of people opportunities that weren't open to them originally.