a24 is attached to Backrooms as the producing company, and the film’s new trailer plunges viewers into an unnerving maze of yellow-hued rooms and endless hallways. The trailer shows stars including Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renate Reinsve, Mark Duplass, Finn Bennett and Lukita Maxwell confronting a liminal realm. The feature adapts the creepypasta-turned-web series by 20-year-old filmmaker Kane Parsons (Kane Pixels), with a script by Will Soodik and an official synopsis that reads: “A strange doorway appears in the basement of a furniture showroom. “
Expanding details from the trailer
The new trailer moves beyond the enigmatic teaser by revealing the cast as they enter and confront the Backrooms’ strange architecture. Chiwetel Ejiofor’s character is shown discovering a bizarre realm beneath a furniture store labeled “Cap’n Clark’s Ottoman Empire, ” then venturing deeper into a maze of yellow-tinged rooms. Visual cues in the trailer emphasize an atmosphere of sickening dread and obsessive fascination, focusing on exploration of an endless stretch of seemingly abandoned rooms and hallways where those spaces have no business existing. The official synopsis and the trailer center the film on that single doorway and the unnerving realm it opens.
A24 and the creators behind the film
The project is produced by A24 and marks the feature directing debut for Kane Parsons, the filmmaker who created the web series as Kane Pixels. Will Soodik is credited as the screenwriter. The adaptation moves the concept from short-form online horror into a full-length cinematic experience, retaining the core conceit that a mundane location hides an unexplained, expansive otherworld. The cast named in connection with the trailer underscores the production’s scale and the way the original online material has been expanded for a theatrical presentation.
What’s next
Backrooms, based on the popular YouTube series, is set for a theatrical run this summer with a star-studded cast attached, and the new trailer is positioned to set audience expectations for a mystery-driven horror experience. Observers can expect the film to lean into the unknown at the center of its premise rather than resolving the origins of the rooms, and a24 remains the listed production company tied to the project as it moves toward release.
