How a YouTube scout turned a meme into a $118M Backrooms blockbuster
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A 27-year-old assistant who monitored YouTube for talent at Shawn Levy’s company helped launch the meme-based film Backrooms, which opened to $118 million worldwide on a $10 million budget, sparking talk of a potential sea change in how projects are found and greenlit, with Kane Parsons treating it as a single episode of his web-series and envisioning multiple seasons.
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