A24 learning that the Creative Commons is a potent SCP
Unfortunately, the SCP Foundation Wiki reports that it has nothing to do with the project and that it has received no response to its inquiries, from the filmakers or A24 itself. A24 does not and cannot have any exclusive rights to anything related to the SCP Foundation, including any films that Spooky Pictures or anyone else may choose to create. The SCP Foundation, all SCPs, and related concepts, characters, etc. are under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA 3.0) license.
- ▪Unfortunately, the SCP Foundation Wiki reports that it has nothing to do with the project and that it has received no response to its inquiries, from the filmakers or A24 itself.
- ▪A24 does not and cannot have any exclusive rights to anything related to the SCP Foundation, including any films that Spooky Pictures or anyone else may choose to create.
- ▪The SCP Foundation, all SCPs, and related concepts, characters, etc. are under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA 3.0) license.
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A24 learning that the Creative Commons is a potent SCP Rob Beschizza 7:59 am Tue Sep 22, 2026 A24's logo A24, the independent studio famed for horror movies with perfect aesthetics, is following up its success with The Backrooms with a feature based on the SCP Foundation, another online creepypasta mythos of unclear origins and extremely diverse authorship. Unfortunately, the SCP Foundation Wiki reports that it has nothing to do with the project and that it has received no response to its inquiries, from the filmakers or A24 itself. A24 does not and cannot have any exclusive rights to anything related to the SCP Foundation, including any films that Spooky Pictures or anyone else may choose to create. The SCP Foundation, all SCPs, and related concepts, characters, etc.
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