Has YouTube Just Saved Hollywood?

Are Gen-Z filmmakers like Kane Parsons the new kings of Hollywood? Has Tom Hardy really been fired from the set of Mobland for upsetting Helen Mirren? And why is the author of the year’s biggest memoir facing a backlash from readers? YouTube native Kane Parsons has smashed box office expectations with his A24 horror film, Backrooms - becoming the youngest filmmaker to open at No 1 in the US. Richard Osman and Marina Hyde discuss the success of low-budget horror and the YouTube-to-cinema pipeline. Speculation is mounting that Tom Hardy has been axed from hit crime drama Mobland, after clashes with the creators and British acting royalty. But are the rumours true? And how often do stars actually get fired? Belle Burden’s bestselling marriage memoir, Strangers, has drawn fierce criticism after claims she exaggerated her financial ruin. Has the publishing industry’s hunger for ‘true’ stories broken the modern memoir? 00:00 Intro: Backrooms, MobLand & Strangers 00:40 AD 01:39 How Backrooms smashed box office expectations 02:49 Kane Parsons: the 20-year-old YouTube filmmaker 03:26 The internet origins of The Backrooms 05:07 Why liminal spaces became so creepy online 06:16 How The Backrooms influenced Severance 07:11 Building the Backrooms for the big screen 07:50 Obsession and the rise of Gen-Z horror directors 09:19 Why young creators understand audiences better 11:38 Why Backrooms has divided fans 12:31 Is horror saving cinema? 14:43 Why Hollywood missed the YouTube generation 16:10 Is internet culture the new Hollywood IP? 18:25 Richard and Marina review Backrooms 20:17 Why we need more heist movies 20:28 AD 21:54 Has Tom Hardy been fired from MobLand? 22:35 The rumours behind the MobLand drama 24:40 Why the behind-the-scenes drama is so unusual 25:12 Too many men on the MobLand set? 26:41 How often do actors actually get fired? 27:23 Famous TV stars who were replaced 29:12 The surprising Backrooms and MobLand connection 30:39 Belle Burden, Strangers and the backlash 32:41 Did Strangers hide the full truth? 33:27 Belle Burden responds to the criticism 35:32 Is Strangers different from The Salt Path? 37:16 Why memoir publishing is facing scrutiny 38:41 Should memoirs be fact-checked? 41:51 The “my truth” era of publishing 43:58 Marina's Recommendations: Screen Time and microdramas 45:16 Why media has already changed 45:50 Richard's Recommendation: Amandaland series 2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 🐙 The Rest is Entertainment is brought to you by Octopus Energy, Britain's most awarded energy supplier. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lloyds. 250 years on and still backing the nation's aspirations. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 👀 Join The Rest Is Entertainment Club: Unlock the full experience of the show – with exclusive bonus content, ad-free listening, early access to Q&A episodes, access to our newsletter archive, discounted book prices with our partners at Coles Books, early ticket access to live events, and access to our chat community. Sign up directly at therestisentertainment.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ✅ Subscribe Here:    / @therestisentertainment   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 🎙️ Listen To The Podcast: https://lnk.to/TRIEYT ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ✉️ Sign up to our newsletter: www.therestisentertainment.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 📱 Follow Us On Socials: Facebook:   / restisentertainment   Twitter:   / restisents   TikTok:   / restisentertainment   Instagram:   / restisentertainment   Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/trientertain... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Video Editor: James Clayden & Lorcan Moullier Assistant Producer: Imee Marriott Senior Producer: Joey McCarthy Social Producer: Bex Tyrrell & Emma Jackson Exec Producer: Neil Fearn & Samantha Psyk ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------