‘Backrooms’ Execs Launch New Production Banner
The global box office success of Vancouver-shot Backrooms has led to the launch of a new banner, titled Black Harbor, which is envisioned as a full service, one stop shop for American and other international producers looking to bring projects to British Columbia. The partners behind the new Vancouver-based production banner unveiled this week at the Banff World Media Festival share a common thread: they have worked closely with Osgood Perkins and other American producers using Vancouver as a base from which to produce hit movies and TV series for the U.S. and other international markets. Veteran location manager Jacob Bailey (Backrooms, The Monkey) and producer Jonathan J.J. Dubois (Longlegs, The Monkey) have collaborated with Chris Ferguson and Perkins on their Oddfellows/Phobos projects. That includes Backrooms, the $10 million adaptation by Kane Parsons of his viral YouTube short films that to date has pulled in over $260 million in global ticket sales for the horror pic. Producer and production manager Kate Kroll boards Black Harbor after working across features, documentaries, television, music videos, and immersive shorts, …
