Backrooms director's dad returns to old Facebook post asking for career help for his son as the movie hits #1 worldwide: 'Thanks for the help. He figured it out!'

Director Kane Parsons is probably riding pretty high right now: At just 20 years old, his first feature film hit #1 in the world, tripled studio A24's previous record, and even outperformed the latest Star Wars at the box office. But his dad, Michael Parsons, is also primed to take a victory lap or two of his own.

4 years ago in the Telltale Games Alumni FB group, Michael Parsons was asking if anyone had advice for helping his 15 year old son Kane achieve his dreams of being a filmmaker.Turned out alright.

First shared by developer Eric Stirpe on Bluesky, Parsons the Elder was an employee of Telltale during the developer's early-to-mid 2010s golden age, with technical art credits on the like...