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The A24 New Wave: Aaron West on the Cult Following, Business Model, and What Comes Next

It started on a highway in Italy. Three guys driving toward Rome, somewhere on the A24 autostrada, made a decision that would... The post The A24 New Wave: Aaron West on the Cult F...

24 Hours Inside the Cult of A24

Now that the world’s edgiest indie studio is a full-on hospitality brand — including NYC’s hottest restaurant, hippest theater and wildest merch drops — one THR writer dares to spe...

A24 Wins Bidding War for ‘Club Kid’

A24 has picked up global rights to Jordan Firstman’s Un Certain Regard breakout.

One of the Best Movies of 2025 Just Joined HBO Max After Smashing Records

HBO Max just stocked one of its final additions for April, and it’s a 2025 movie that smashed all sorts of records. Last year was a great one for cinema, with movies like One Battl...

One of the Best Movies of 2025 Just Joined HBO Max After Smashing Records

HBO Max just stocked one of its final additions for April, and it’s a 2025 movie that smashed all sorts of records. Last year was a great one for cinema, with movies like One Battl...

‘Backrooms’ Makes $10.4 Million in Thursday Previews, Shattering A24’s All-Time Box Office Record

'Backrooms' shatters A24's all-time opening record with $10.4M in Thursday previews, putting director Kane Parsons' horror debut on track for a historic weekend. The post ‘Backroom...

A24 Takes Global Rights On Jordan Firstman’s Cannes Breakout ‘Club Kid’

A24 has swooped on Jordan Firstman’s Un Certain Regard breakout Club Kid following a highly competitive bidding war. The film, which world premiered on Friday at the Debussy Theate...

‘Backrooms’ Could Threaten A24’s All-Time Opening Weekend Record With Stunning $20M Debut Projection

When a horror film built on internet mythology starts generating the kind of tracking numbers that make studio veterans take notice, something genuinely unusual is happening. The A...

What’s the Drama Behind The Drama?

A24’s latest film is receiving some heat for its twist and a resurfaced essay from the director.

One of the Best Horror Movies of 2024 is Already About to Stream for Free

I Saw the TV Glow comes home As horror goes, few studios do it as well as A24. Since their founding in 2012, A24 has put out some genuinely great horror films, including titles su...

‘Backrooms’ Movie: Release Date, Trailer & How to Watch the A24 Horror

A24's latest horror movie, 'Backrooms,' stars Chiwetel Ejiofor and Renate Reinsve. Here's everything you need to know about the film.

What Is the ‘Backrooms’ Movie About? Breaking Down the New A24 Horror

The concept behind A24's brand-new horror movie, 'Backrooms,' came from an old 4chan thread.

Onslaught Release Date Set for Adria Arjona’s A24 Action Movie

A24 has officially set the Onslaught release date. The upcoming action movie stars Adria Arjona fighting against an almost superpowered group of mercenaries. When is Onslaught’s re...

Box Office: ‘Backrooms’ Scares Up $38 Million on Friday, Already Shattering Record for A24’s Best Opening Weekend

Kane Parsons’ “Backrooms” has already shattered the record for A24’s best opening weekend. Adapted from Parsons’ viral YouTube series, “Backrooms” earned $38 million domestic on Fr...

‘Backrooms’ Setting A24 Record With $80M-Plus Opening, Focus’ ‘Obsession’ Making Box Office History in Third Weekend

YouTube filmmakers are ascendant, with 'Obsession' topping the second weekend of 'Mandalorian and Grogu' and becoming the first film in more than 40 years to increase in both its s...

Follow-Up to 2026’s Cult-Hit Horror Confirmed (& It’s What Fans Want)

Image courtesy of A24 Ian Tuason’s debut feature undertone opened in March after a critically acclaimed festival tour that landed an A24 distribution deal. Thanks to a savvy marke...

‘Backrooms’ Director Kane Parsons Had to Choose Between College Apps and an A24 Deal

Hollywood's youngest filmmaker tells IndieWire about adapting an open-source creepypasta into one of the biggest movies of the summer.

A24 Debuts First Trailer for Adam Wingard’s ‘Onslaught’ in Theaters Ahead of ‘Backrooms’

I went to the theater last night to see Backrooms and got an unexpected surprise before the movie started: the […]

A24's Backrooms movie gets its first proper trailer

No, that title isn't a joke. I do wonder if the anonymous poster who wrote the initial bite-sized, paragraph-long microfic setting up The Backrooms — a mysterious extradimensional...

The Films, Games, and Shows That Built Kane Parsons

Kane Parsons is about to become A24's youngest-ever feature director when Backrooms opens in theaters on May 29. If you're not caught up, Parsons started uploading a found-footage...

How Backrooms went from a viral 4chan post to an A24 movie starring an Oscar-nominated actor

The Backrooms are one of the best-known examples of the liminal space aesthetic — places that feel in-between, like empty offices, hallways, or waiting rooms, which are familiar bu...

A24’s ELDEN RING Movie Locks in 2028 Release Date, Full Cast Revealed, and It Will Be Shot for IMAX

A24 Just Dropped the Final ‘Backrooms’ Trailer and May 29 Cannot Come Fast Enough

Few horror concepts born from the internet have had a journey quite like ‘Backrooms.’ What began as an anonymous photograph and a cryptic caption on a 4chan message board in 2019 s...

The Best Possible Person Is Directing A24’s Texas Chainsaw Massacre

A24 went into a competitive auction, beat out Blumhouse, acquired one of the most difficult pieces of IP in the genre, and then gave the job to a director with one feature film to...