Backrooms (film)

2023 film directed by Sean AndersTemplate:SHORTDESC:2023 film directed by Sean Anders

## Backrooms

### **Written by**

* Sean Anders
* John Morris

### **Produced by**

* Gal Gadot
* Dwayne Johnson
* Ryan Reynolds
* Beau Flynn
* Bret Haaland
* Micah Gunnell
* Phil Lord
* Christopher Miller
* Elizabeth Banks
* Max Handelman
* Brian Duffield
* Aditya Sood

### **Starring**

* Dwayne Johnson
* Ryan Reynolds
* Gal Gadot
* Jenna Ortega
* Rafael Petardi
* Ella Purnell
* Owen Wilson
* Jamie Chung
* Kimiko Glenn
* Adam Garcia

### **Production company**

* Movie Land Entertainment
* Brownstone Productions
* Lord Miller Productions
* Gold Circle Entertainment
* Seven Bucks Productions
* Flynn Picture Company
* Maximum Effort
* Pilot Wave Motion Pictures

### **Release date**

* October 6, 2023 (2023-10-06) (United States)

### **Box office**

$76.1 million

***Backrooms*** is a 2023 American supernatural horror comedy film directed by Sean Anders with a screenplay written by Anders and John Morris. The film stars Dwayne Johnson, Ryan Reynolds, Gal Gadot, Jenna Ortega, Rafael Petardi, Ella Purnell, Owen Wilson, Jamie Chung, Kimiko Glenn, and Adam Garcia.

*Backrooms* is set for release in the United States on October 6, 2023 by Universal Pictures. It received favorable reviews from critics and grossed over $76 million worldwide.

## Production

In December 2019, Phil Lord and Christopher Miller were announced to be producing an untitled supernatural horror comedy project inspired by the true story, and based on a spec script written by Sean Anders and John Morris. On March 9, 2021, Universal Pictures announced that the film was in development. *Pitch Perfect* producers Elizabeth Banks and Max Handelman for Brownstone Productions, who joined the producing team alongside Lord, Miller, Aditya Sood for Lord Miller Productions, announced to subtitle the film *Backrooms*. The ensemble cast was revealed between July and August 2021.

Principal photography took place in Atlanta, Georgia, between August 20 and October 17, 2021. Production concluded by December 2021, with a budget turned out to be $40 million. Visual effects were made by Movie Land Digital Production Services, La Femme Rouge VFX, Universal Production Partners, and Crafty Apes, whom created the entities, including Kitty, with CGI.

## Music

In March 2022, Tom Holkenborg was reported to compose the film score. However, Pinar Toprak replaced him as composer in November 2022, making it his second collaboration with Maximum Effort after *Shotgun Wedding* (2022).

## Release

*Backrooms* is set for release on October 6, 2023 by Universal Pictures. The film is dedicated to Jimmy Buffett, who passed away on September 1, 2023.

## Reception

### Critical responses

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 65% of 23 reviews are positive, with an average rating of 5.9/10. Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 59 out of 100 based on 22 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".

## References

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## External links

* Official website
* *Backrooms* at IMDb

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