Backrooms: Has YouTube Just Saved Hollywood?

The Rest Is Entertainment

Tuesday, 2 June 2026 - 51 minutes

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?

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