Entities/Person/Kane Parsons

Kane Parsons

Person
last seen in coverage Aug 30
96
Wire items · since Feb 24
20
Deal items
3
Tracked projects
7
Months active
37
Multi-source stories

What they buy · across 20 tracked deal items

30% of tracked dealflow (6/20) is public domain adaptation; 85% of classified deal mediums are film; 65% of staged deals sit early-funnel (in-development or greenlit).machine-derived from the deal record below — not an editorial mandate statement

Deal type
public domain adaptation 6
greenlight 5
book adaptation 5
option 2
short story adaptation 1
Reported stage
greenlit 7
in production 5
in development 4
completed seeking distribution 1
Medium
film 17
industry 2
tv limited series 1

Slate · 3 projects from coverage

Grouped by latest reported stage — reported, never inferred.

In development 1
Released & tracking 2

Key people · from coverage

Names as they appear in sourced items; no contact data by design.

Chiwetel Ejiofor
Talent attached
37 items · 15 deals · in 39% of all Kane Parsons coverage
Renate Reinsve
Talent attached
36 items · 14 deals · in 38% of all Kane Parsons coverage
Curry Barker
Talent attached
23 items · 3 deals · in 24% of all Kane Parsons coverage
Mark Duplass
Named in coverage
20 items · 9 deals · in 21% of all Kane Parsons coverage
James WanTalent attached14i · 8d
Finn BennettNamed in coverage12i · 7d
Will SoodikTalent attached11i · 7d
Lukita MaxwellNamed in coverage11i · 7d
Osgood PerkinsTalent attached10i · 5d
Shawn LevyTalent attached8i · 3d
MarkiplierNamed in coverage8i · 2d
Avan JogiaNamed in coverage4i · 4d
Michael ClearNamed in coverage3i · 2d
Danny PhilippouNamed in coverage3i · 1d
Michael PhilippouNamed in coverage3i · 1d
Peter CherninTalent attached3i · 1d
AFFILIATED = APPEARS IN ≥15% OF ALL KANE PARSONS COVERAGE · OTHERS ARE COUNTERPARTIES ON SPECIFIC PROJECTS

Box office in coverage orbit · 3 tracked titles

Grosses as reported — “via” badge = released by another studio.

Obsession
latest: “approximately $403 million globally” (worldwide) as reported — not a comparable figure
Leviticus
latest: “$4.3 million worldwide” (domestic) as reported — not a comparable figure

Activity · by month

4
FEB
7
MAR
9
APR
25
MAY
38
JUN
6
JUL
7
AUG
WIRE ITEMSDEAL SHARE

Works with · top 8 of 22

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CounterpartyItemsDeals
A24CO 8120
▸ shared record
BackroomsTITLE 494
▸ shared record
Chiwetel EjioforPERSON 3715
▸ shared record
Renate ReinsvePERSON 3614
▸ shared record
Curry BarkerPERSON 233
▸ shared record
Mark DuplassPERSON 209
▸ shared record
ObsessionTITLE 200
▸ shared record
Chernin EntertainmentCO 175
▸ shared record

Deal record · 20 entries

Amounts shown as reported — ScreamWire tracks deal flow, not comps.

Jul 17 21-Year-Old ‘Backrooms’ Director Reportedly Being Eyed for A24 Deal Worth $65 Million
SELLER Deal “$65 million”
with A24, Warner Bros., NBCUniversal Entertainment +4
Complex+2 src A+
Jul 15 ‘Backrooms’ & ‘Longlegs’ Producer Chris Ferguson & His Oddfellows Ink First Look Deal With Warner Bros.
Deal
with Warner Bros., Oddfellows, Chris Ferguson +5
Deadline+3 src A
Jun 28 Exclusive: Backrooms VFX Supervisor Edward J. Douglas on Visualising Kane Parsons' Liminal Horror
TALENT book-adaptation @ in-production
with Edward J. Douglas, Chiwetel Ejiofor, A24 +5
Phantasmagoria B
May 15 How ‘Obsession’ Filmmaker Curry Barker Became Hollywood’s Next Horror Sweetheart
greenlight @ in-development
with Curry Barker, Michael Johnston, Inde Navarrette +5
The Wrap A
May 13 New Teaser For Backrooms Arrives
book-adaptation @ greenlit
with A24, Backrooms, Chiwetel Ejiofor +5
SciFiNow A+
May 12 Your Next Favorite Horror Director Just Might Be a YouTuber
option @ in-development
with Kyle Edward Ball, Markiplier, Danny Philippou +5
Dread Central A
May 10 Did You Know Osgood Perkins Produced ‘Backrooms’ and Mentored Kane Parsons?
book-adaptation @ in-production
with Osgood Perkins, A24, Atomic Monster +2
Dread Central A
May 7 Horror! A24’s Youngest Director Ever Started on YouTube
greenlight / book-adaptation @ in-development
with A24, Atomic Monster, James Wan +5
The Ankler A+
May 7 5 Things Kane Parsons Learned Making ‘Backrooms’ for A24
greenlight @ greenlit
with A24, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renate Reinsve +1
No Film School A
Apr 25 Backrooms Has Officially Wrapped According To A24
public-domain-adaptation @ completed-seeking-distribution
with A24, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renate Reinsve +3
Bleeding Cool+1 src A+
Apr 8 Olivia Wilde’s ‘The Invite’ gets an awkward, funny trailer
public-domain-adaptation @ greenlit
with Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renate Reinsve, Mark Duplass +5
Google News (A24)+3 src A+
Apr 5 Chiwetel Ejiofor gets stuck in a furniture store's basement in A24's next anticipated horror Backrooms
public-domain-adaptation @ in-development
with A24, Backrooms, Chiwetel Ejiofor +4
Google News (A24)+1 src A+
Apr 4 Backrooms Trailer Breakdown: A24 Turns Internet Horror Into Cinema
public-domain-adaptation
with A24, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renate Reinsve +1
Google News (A24)+1 src A+
Apr 2 ‘Backrooms’ Already Looks Like the Surprise Hit of the Summer
greenlight @ in-production
with A24, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renate Reinsve +5
Google News (A24)+2 src A+
Mar 31 The landscape of horror is redefined in ominous teaser for A24’s Backrooms
public-domain-adaptation @ in-production
with A24, Will Soodik, James Wan +3
Google News (A24)+1 src A+
Mar 7 A24 Horror Movie ‘Backrooms,’ Adapting Kane Parsons’ YouTube Series, Gets Ominous First Trailer
option @ greenlit
with Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renate Reinsve, Mark Duplass +5
Atomic Monster+1 src A+
Mar 5 A24 Releases Teaser For Kane Parsons’ “Backrooms”
book-adaptation @ greenlit
with A24, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renate Reinsve +5
Google News (A24)+5 src A+
Mar 5 So…What Exactly Are the Backrooms?: An Explainer
public-domain-adaptation @ greenlit
with Will Soodik, A24, tjxz_z +2
Dread Central+1 src A+
Feb 25 A24’s Backrooms Translates Internet Liminal Horror to Cinema
short-story-adaptation @ in-production
with A24, Renate Reinsve, Chiwetel Ejiofor
Google News (A24)+32 src A+
Feb 24 ‘Backrooms’ Movie Teaser Trailer – A24 Horror Film in Theaters May 2026
greenlight @ greenlit
with A24, James Wan, Atomic Monster +5
Bloody Disgusting+14 src A+

Recent mentions · 10 of 76

Methodology

Source. Assembled from ScreamWire's classified archive — 96 wire items (Feb 24 → Aug 30) matching Kane Parsons, deduplicated by URL (5 cross-day re-sightings removed). Every entry links to the original reporting. Descriptive, never predictive.

Why no deal amounts. Only 0.9% of tracked deal items site-wide carry a reported figure — the trades rarely publish terms — so dollar amounts appear only as the source phrased them (e.g. “rich eight-figure deal”), never as comparable numbers. This is a deal-flow tracker, not a comps database.

Buyer/seller roles are captured on a minority of deal items today; role-based stats are suppressed until capture coverage improves.

Slate clusters coverage by project title; stage is the latest reported stage, never a projection. “via” badges mark titles tracked within this entity's coverage orbit but released by another distributor. Grades are ScreamWire's editorial coverage grade — how strongly the wire covered the story — not a deal-quality score.

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