Overview
- A24 released the first full Backrooms trailer on Tuesday, following teaser posters that echoed the original 4chan wording that birthed the creepypasta.
- Kane Parsons makes his feature directing debut adapting his viral YouTube series based on the 2019 urban legend about ‘noclipping’ into endless, eerie rooms.
- Chiwetel Ejiofor and Renate Reinsve lead a cast that also includes Mark Duplass, Finn Bennett, Lukita Maxwell, and Avan Jogia, with the official logline stating a therapist enters another dimension to find a missing patient.
- The film pairs A24 with co‑financier Chernin Entertainment and producers at Atomic Monster and 21 Laps, with industry figures like James Wan, Shawn Levy, and Peter Chernin attached.
- Shot in Canada in July–August 2025, the sci‑fi horror film leans into liminal, found‑footage textures from the web shorts and is set to open in U.S. theaters on May 29, 2026.