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Backrooms is currently riding high at the top of the box office, but 20-year-old director Kane “Pixels” Parsons is already talking about a sequel. According to a report by Deadline, the filmmaking prodigy is actively looking for a “screenwriting collaborator” to work with him on developing a follow-up movie.

The last few weeks have been an extraordinary time for cinema – with a pair of indie horrors by Gen Z directors making massive profits, while traditional blockbusters have flopped. It could be the start of a new era.

When a 14-year-old boy first discovered the cryptic image of a yellow-carpeted room on the nerd-friendly 4chan website seven years ago, nobody could have predicted that the now grown-up Kane Parsons would wow the movie-going world by directing one of the year’s most celebrated releases. Based on Parsons’ YouTube series, Backrooms, made for about $10…

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Chiwetel Ejiofor plays Clark, a furniture store owner who wanders into a mysterious storage space in Backrooms. A24hide caption