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Jason Blum & James Wan Talk ’70s Feeling Embodied By Young Filmmakers Coming Out Of YouTube Space, Ambition To Make Blumhouse-Atomic Monster “The Disney Of Horror”

30 May 2026 at 17:38
Even as many are in a doom-and-gloom state of mind about entertainment, producers Jason Blum and James Wan have nothing but good things to say, with their horror films Obsession and Backrooms dominating the box office this month. Joining outgoing PGA President Stephanie Allain for a fireside chat at Produced by Conference today on the Universal Studios lot, Blum […]

How ‘Backrooms’ Producers Helped 20-Year-Old YouTuber Kane Parsons Create the Summer’s Most Surprising Box Office Smash

1 June 2026 at 15:39
When James Wan, the filmmaker behind “Insidious” and “Saw,” had his first Zoom meeting with Kane Parsons, the creator of the online phenom “Backrooms,” they were joined not by the YouTuber’s manager or agent, but by his dad. “We didn’t realize until we reached out that Kane was still in high school,” Wan admits. Parsons […]

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