SCP Foundation Anthology Movie in the Works at Neon, Based on Online Horror Forum — SkimNews
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- Neon is developing an anthology movie based on the SCP Foundation wiki, a collaborative speculative fiction site created in 2008 where users submit stories about a secret organization containing anomalous objects and entities.
- The project is slated for a 2027 release and will focus on platforming emerging filmmakers, with Neon releasing it under the Creative Commons CC BY-SA license after communicating directly with the SCP Wiki team.
- Neon's announcement follows the SCP Wiki team's public denouncement of a separate SCP film from A24, Spooky Pictures, and Image Nation, which the community said proceeded without any contact from the filmmakers.
- The SCP team stated that "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," asserting the wiki's open nature.
- Popular SCP entries include SCP-173, a statue that attacks when eye contact is broken, and SCP-682, an adaptive, rapidly healing reptilian entity—both recurring fan-favorite entries from the collaborative lore.
Why it matters: Neon is turning the Creative Commons licensing model into a competitive weapon: by securing community buy-in and signaling open access, it sidesteps the legitimacy crisis A24 faced and stakes a claim to the same viral IP at a fraction of the reputational risk.
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