Robert Bobroczkyi Joins A24 Backrooms Cast for May Release
Robert bobroczkyi has joined A24’s Backrooms, a horror film scheduled to hit theaters on May 29, 2026. The casting gives the 7-foot-7 creature performer another high-profile genre project after Alien: Romulus.
Backrooms Cast Adds Ejiofor
Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renate Reinsve, Mark Duplass, Finn Bennett and Lukita Maxwell are also in the cast. Reinsve plays a therapist named Mary Kline, while Ejiofor plays Clark, giving the film a human-side anchor around the creature work that drew attention to Bobroczkyi in the first place.
From Alien: Romulus to A24
Bobroczkyi played The Offspring in Alien: Romulus, where he emerged as a breakout creature performer in 2024. The character was described as a terrifying xenomorph hybrid, and director Fede Álvarez chose practical puppetry over CGI, a setup that helped turn physical performance into one of the film’s calling cards.
Backrooms extends that lane rather than resetting it. The new film comes from Kane Parsons’s viral web series, and A24 greenlit the project after discovering his online content, which puts the studio behind a feature built from a digital following instead of a traditional franchise template.
Kane Parsons in Vancouver
Parsons is directing Backrooms as his feature directorial debut. Production moved to Vancouver, British Columbia in July and August 2025, and the reported budget was $10 million.
That combination leaves Backrooms with a clear commercial test: a modest budget, a May 29, 2026 theatrical date, and a cast that mixes established names with a performer whose last major screen turn was built on practical creature effects. For readers tracking Bobroczkyi’s next step, the move is straightforward — he is no longer a one-off curiosity, but part of a studio horror slate that has already set its release date.
