Overview
- Multiple outlets reported Sunday and Monday that horror site Dread Central says Kane Parsons has signed to direct a sequel called Backrooms 2 and that an official A24 announcement is imminent.
- The project is described as early-stage development with no confirmed plot, returning cast, production start date, or release window available to the public.
- The move follows the first Backrooms film's unexpected commercial success, which grossed about $394.1 million worldwide on an estimated $10 million budget and became A24's top-grossing release.
- Parsons originated Backrooms as viral YouTube found-footage shorts and has publicly said he always planned the property as a series and remains contractually attached to future entries.
- Industry coverage says A24 worked this year to keep Parsons after studios including Warner Bros. and Universal courted him, a dynamic that could shape how the property is expanded beyond a single sequel.