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Backrooms has become A24’s highest-grossing film domestically and globally, crossing $350 million globally (about $357 million total) after 37 days in theaters, with record performances in markets including China, France, Russia & CIS, Poland and Taiwan.
A24 is re-releasing the surprise horror hit Backrooms as 'Backrooms: Everything Must Go Edition' with 15 minutes of bonus footage, running about 2 hours 6 minutes and hitting theaters on July 3. The re-release features a theatrically exclusive post-credits sequence with footage from director Kane Parsons, who rose to attention on YouTube as a teen. The move aims to capitalize on the busy July 4th weekend amid competition from Toy Story 5 and Minions & Monsters; A24 did not immediately comment.
A24 is defending its expensive partnership with Google's DeepMind, describing it as collaborative AI research that lets artists shape tools and workflows rather than be handed AI outputs, even as fans and industry figures push back amid broader concerns about generative AI in Hollywood.
Netflix has ordered a straight-to-series spy drama starring Millie Bobby Brown and David Harbour, created by Jack Thorne and produced with A24. Harbour plays Matt Wolfe, a disgraced former FBI agent turned security consultant, who is pulled back into danger when his estranged daughter Rebecca (Brown), now an FBI agent, goes missing on a mission. The series, which is currently untitled, marks a reunion for the Stranger Things duo and will be executive produced by Thorne, Harbour, Brown, Jake Bongiovi, Robert Brown, and others for PCMA Productions, Cut To, and Bravo Axolotl alongside A24. The show’s announcement comes six months after Stranger Things concluded on Netflix, with Harbour addressing recent personal tabloid headlines surrounding Brown.
A24 explains its research partnership with Google’s DeepMind as a bid to have a seat at the table in Hollywood’s AI reckoning, granting A24 Labs access to DeepMind’s research and infrastructure while co-developing workflows and tools filmmakers may want. The deal does not give Google access to A24’s content or data, and there is no mandate for filmmakers to use the tools, reflecting a broader industry trend of studios collaborating with AI amid ongoing debates and fan backlash.
The LA premiere for A24’s The Invite drew an A-list crowd including Seth Rogen, Olivia Wilde, Penélope Cruz and Edward Norton at the DGA Theatre.
A24 signed a roughly $75 million AI research partnership with Google DeepMind, giving it access to AI tools for production and distribution, including storyboarding; the move sparked backlash from fans who canceled AAA24 memberships and accused the indie studio of betraying its arthouse roots, while A24 says the tools will be used cautiously and not as generic AI generation.
A24 is launching a joint venture with Google DeepMind to develop AI tools for its filmmakers, with DeepMind investing about $75 million; the collaboration aims to create AI features to support authentic storytelling and potentially feed back into Google's ecosystem, signaling a broader shift toward AI-assisted filmmaking.
A24 and Google’s DeepMind are forging a $75 million AI partnership to create AI-powered filmmaking tools and workflows, with DeepMind research/infrastructure access for A24 while Google won’t access the studio’s content library; the deal emphasizes creative control and signals a growing wave of AI collaborations in Hollywood.
After Amazon MGM Studios dropped Luca Guadagnino’s OpenAI–centered drama Artificial, buyers including Focus Features, A24 and Netflix passed on it. Mubi is pursuing the near-complete film, with Neon also reportedly circling, and a Venice World Premiere could be on the table if it finds a new home for the project starring Andrew Garfield as OpenAI chief Sam Altman.
Ben Stiller said he’s filming material for a Knicks history documentary with HBO, A24, and the NBA, using his own footage and additional material to chronicle all eras toward a championship, with more shooting planned. The roundup also notes a THR leak about Dialog, an invite-only influence group including Josh Brolin, Elon Musk, and Ezra Klein. Rounding out the slate: Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey’s Brothers is headed to Apple TV as a scripted series about their lives, and Survivor is getting an animated talking-animal movie from Paramount Animation.
Hugh Jackman discusses his grim, nihilistic take on Robin Hood in The Death of Robin Hood, directed by Michael Sarnoski for A24. Shot on location in Northern Ireland, the film explores how myths become tools to justify violence and questions whether the legend is a fabrication. Jackman praises Sarnoski’s distinctive voice, recalls grueling makeup and mud-soaked shoots, and notes his ongoing appetite for risky, boundary-pushing projects; The Death of Robin Hood opens June 19, 2026.
Ben Stiller is developing a multi-part Knicks documentary series in partnership with A24, HBO and the NBA to chart the franchise’s history and its latest championship run, promising unprecedented access, never-before-seen footage and a full arc from the 1990s to the title, with production expected to continue into next season.
Ben Stiller confirmed an HBO documentary series about the New York Knicks, produced with A24, promising a multi-part look that covers all eras from the 1990s to the Knicks’ championship run, with full cooperation from the NBA and MSG; production is expected to continue into the next year as they film more next season.
Exclusive: Ari Aster will write, direct, and produce Scapegoat for A24, with Scarlett Johansson starring as a surgeon who must operate on a Jake Paul-inspired patient; the fallout from the procedure pits her against the patient’s wife and brother, inspired by Erika Kirk and Logan Paul, with production expected to start later this year.