{"rewrite":{"id":"r_3e53e25dbbae4a43fcbaf2b7","clusterId":"c_efbd5f773bad7efb661cf01b","slug":"backrooms-director-kane-parsons-dreams-of-a-portal-film-adaptation","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"Backrooms Director Kane Parsons Dreams of a Portal Film Adaptation","summary":"Kane Parsons, the 20-year-old director of the hit horror film 'Backrooms', told The New York Times that a feature-length film adaptation of Valve's puzzle game 'Portal' is a 'future dream.' Parsons said his artistic approach is more influenced by games like 'Portal' and 'Half-Life' than by traditional Hollywood filmmaking. He is currently focused on completing a television series adaptation of 'Backrooms'.","whyItMatters":"Parsons' stated ambition to adapt Portal into a film signals a potential major video-game-to-film project from a director whose debut horror feature just topped the global box office.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eKane Parsons, the 20-year-old director of the new horror film 'Backrooms', told The New York Times that adapting Valve's puzzle game 'Portal' into a feature-length film is a 'future dream.' In the interview, Parsons said his artistic approach is more strongly influenced by web culture and video games like 'Portal' and 'Half-Life' than by traditional Hollywood filmmaking. Parsons, who first gained attention in 2022 at age 16 with a nine-minute YouTube short that amassed over 82 million views, signed a director contract with A24 months later. His feature 'Backrooms' stars Oscar-nominated Renate Reinsve and Chiwetel Ejiofor, and recently debuted at No. 1 in U.S. and worldwide box office rankings. Parsons said he already has several seasons' worth of story for 'Backrooms' in his head, and that his primary goal is to complete that story through a television series adaptation before moving to other projects.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Kane Parsons, director of the hit horror film 'Backrooms,' told the NYT that a feature-length 'Portal' film adaptation is a 'future dream.' He says his approach is more influenced by games like 'Portal' and 'Half-Life' than by Hollywood.","twitterPost":"Kane Parsons, director of the hit horror film 'Backrooms,' told the NYT that a feature-length 'Portal' film adaptation is a 'future dream.' 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