Jeff the Killer Movie Confirmed As Hollywood Searches for the Next Backrooms
Tongal will crowdsource ideas for the adaptation, which has no cast, writer or director yet, as studios chase viral horror hits.
- Media studio Tongal is partnering with TikTok star and filmmaker Savanah Moss to develop a feature film based on Jeff the Killer, a nearly 20-year-old internet horror meme.
- Following the massive box-office success of Backrooms, which grossed nearly $395 million on a $10 million budget, Hollywood studios are fast-tracking similar digital properties to replicate that success.
- Moss is producing alongside Mark Korshak and Michael McKay and plans to solicit creative ideas from internet creators, though the studio's reliance on 'spec work' has drawn criticism from industry observers.
- Although development is underway, the film currently lacks a cast, writer, or director; the project aims to stay true to the original creepypasta depicting a teenage killer disfigured by bullies.
- Other upcoming digital horror projects include Siren Head and The Mandela Catalogue, which Steven Spielberg and Amazon MGM Studios are developing, while So It Goes Entertainment adapts video games Chained Together and Finding Frankie.
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After 'Backrooms,' Another Movie Based On A Viral Creepypasta Is On The Way
Get ready for every creepypasta that you read in middle school to receive a film adaptation. Following the massive success of A24’s Backrooms, Hollywood is in the middle of a mad rush to adapt other viral internet horror stories. According to reporting from TheWrap, Jeff the Killer is next on the list.
After the Backrooms, a new creepypasta is about to get the Hollywood treatment
Considering just how much money Kane Parsons’s first foray into directing made, it was only a matter of time before Hollywood suits started jumping on that latest “cool thing with the kids” and started digging up whatever creepypasta was relevant for any amount of time in the early 2010s or late 2000s. And that, my friends, is how we’ve come to Hollywood’s decision to adapt Jeff the Killer, a creepypasta that first came out in 2008. That is acco…
Jeff the Killer Movie in Development From TikTok Creator Savanah Moss and Tongal
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