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Can A24 Keep Kane Parsons?

Everyone in town is fighting to sign the 21-year-old director of breakout hit 'Backrooms.' Can A24 keep him in the fold by offering its richest deal ever, or will Warner Bros. or Universal swoop in for the steal?

Kane Parsons
'Backrooms' director, Kane Parsons Photo: Lisa 'OConnor / AFP via Getty Images
Matthew Belloni
July 17, 2026

If we’re judging juice in town by who can get a studio head on a plane for a meeting, Kane Parsons definitely has it. A few weeks ago, Warner Bros.’s Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy flew from Burbank to the Bay Area (alas, it was commercial) for a meeting with Parsons and his reps in a rented conference room at the Hotel Petaluma, near the home where the red-hot 21-year-old filmmaker has been living with his mother. Parsons considered hosting the Hollywood people at his mom’s house, but the air conditioning wasn’t working.