{"id":2204429,"date":"2025-12-18T18:19:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T18:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2204429"},"modified":"2025-12-18T18:19:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T18:19:15","slug":"neon-buys-gen-z-road-thriller-it-ends-following-sxsw-debut-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/neon-buys-gen-z-road-thriller-it-ends-following-sxsw-debut-exclusive\/","title":{"rendered":"Neon Buys Gen Z Road Thriller \u2018It Ends\u2019 Following SXSW Debut (Exclusive)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div role=\"presentation\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0623930\/\">Neon<\/a>, the Oscar-winning studio behind \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt6751668\/\">Parasite<\/a>\u201d and \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt28607951\/\">Anora<\/a>,\u201d has acquired worldwide rights to \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt35519455\/\">It Ends<\/a>.\u201d The thriller follows a group of recent grads whose post-college plans are derailed after they turn onto a never-ending backroad. \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt35519455\/\">It Ends<\/a>\u201d marks <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm12039871\/\">Alexander Ullom<\/a>\u2019s directorial debut and stars <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm10619411\/\">Mitchell Cole<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm7834988\/\">Akira Jackson<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm9888013\/\">Noah Toth<\/a>, and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm6494938\/\">Phinehas Yoon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The movie premiered in competition to critical acclaim at SXSW 2025. In a rave review, Variety described the film as \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0765683\/\">Jean-Paul Sartre<\/a> with a Gen Z spin,\u201d calling it \u201ca hangout horror movie rife with existential anxieties that cinema and television have been wrestling with since their inception \u2014 from <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0000320\/\">Luis Bu\u00f1uel<\/a> to \u2018<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt4955642\/\">The Good Place<\/a>\u2019 \u2014 and which philosophers have pondered for much longer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt7904332\/\">Neon<\/a> will release the film theatrically in 2026. \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt35519455\/\">It Ends<\/a>\u201d is produced by <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm10658128\/\">Carrie Carusone<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm9014281\/\">Evan Barber<\/a> along with production companies Above .330, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co1065577\/\">Aymara Films<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co1111066\/\">Please Hold Pictures<\/a>, and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0188303\/\">Snoot Entertainment<\/a>. Snoot\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm2096462\/\">Keith Calder<\/a>&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.imdb.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Neon, the Oscar-winning studio behind \u201cParasite\u201d and \u201cAnora,\u201d has acquired worldwide rights to \u201cIt Ends.\u201d The thriller follows a group of recent grads whose post-college plans are derailed after they turn onto a never-ending backroad. \u201cIt Ends\u201d marks Alexander Ullom\u2019s directorial debut and stars Mitchell Cole, Akira Jackson, Noah Toth, and Phinehas Yoon. 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