'Backrooms' and 'Obsession' are made by YouTube directors. They're crushing the Hollywood competition.

YouTube directors are beating Disney — and saving Hollywood By Peter Kafka You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Chief Correspondent covering media and technology

'Backrooms' and 'Obsession' are made by YouTube directors. They're crushing the Hollywood competition.. YouTube directors are beating Disney — and saving Hollywood By Peter Kafka You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Chief Correspondent covering media and technology "Backrooms" is the theatrical debut for 20-year-old director Kane Parsons. A24 Hollywood has been struggling to compete with YouTube for years. Now it's trying a new strategy: hiring YouTubers. The early results look promising. This weekend, "Backrooms," a moody horror movie based on an internet meme, looks like it could bring in astonishing $60 million at the box office — which means it will likely beat out Disney's new "Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu." Director Kane Parsons has made stuff on YouTube for years,...