Zack Snyder just dropped a photo from inside A24’s offices, and fans are already connecting the dots.
Snyder posted the image on Instagram with the caption “Hanging out with my buddies at @a24,” and the timing is impossible to ignore as A24 is coming off the biggest hit in the studio’s history with Backrooms, which has crossed $220 million worldwide in just twelve days and became the first A24 film to ever hit $100 million domestically.
The immediate question: is Snyder bringing The Last Photograph to A24?
Why The Last Photograph Fits A24
Snyder’s next film, The Last Photograph, is nothing like his large-scale superhero or sci-fi work. It’s a smaller, character-driven drama about a former DEA operative who travels into the mountains of South America to find his missing niece and nephew, teaming up with a washed-up war photographer along the way. Snyder has called it “a meditation of life and death” that reflects his own personal experiences.
The film stars Stuart Martin and Fra Fee, both from Snyder’s Rebel Moon, with a Hans Zimmer score and a script by Kurt Johnstad. Production filmed across Iceland, Colombia, and Los Angeles.
When Snyder announced the project, he specifically said he wanted to make something more intimate: “The idea of taking camera in hand and simply making a movie in an intimate way is very appealing to me.”
That’s A24’s entire brand. The studio built its reputation on filmmaker-driven projects with strong creative vision, exactly the kind of movie Snyder is describing. And with Backrooms proving that A24 can now deliver massive theatrical results alongside its prestige catalog, a Snyder partnership would give both sides something they want: Snyder gets a home that respects the personal nature of the project, and A24 gets a director with a massive built-in fanbase.
A24 Is Having Its Biggest Year Ever
Backrooms, directed by 20-year-old YouTuber Kane Parsons, opened to $81 million domestically, more than triple A24’s previous opening weekend record set by Civil War. It crossed $100 million in six days, became A24’s highest-grossing film globally in ten days, and is still climbing. The film was made for roughly $10 million.
Before Backrooms, A24’s global record belonged to Marty Supreme at $191 million. That’s already been passed.
For Snyder to show up at A24’s offices right in the middle of this hot streak isn’t something you post casually. The man knows his audience watches every move he makes on Instagram.
Fans React
The comments on Snyder’s post immediately jumped to a Snyder-A24 collaboration.
One of the top comments, with over 355 likes, read, “Zack Snyder x A24 film would feed generations.” Another fan with over 230 likes wrote, “World ain’t ready for A24 x Snyder Collab.”
Others speculated directly about The Last Photograph landing at A24, while some simply reacted to the idea of Snyder working with the studio behind Everything Everywhere All at Once, Hereditary, and now Backrooms.
Snyder’s Expanding Slate
The A24 tease comes as Snyder is stacking projects. Beyond The Last Photograph, he was recently announced as writer and director on a reimagining of John Carpenter’s Escape from New York for StudioCanal, with Carpenter on board as executive producer. He also has Brawlers, a UFC movie, in pre-production.
And as we’ve been reporting for months, our insiders say Snyder’s DC work isn’t finished either, with the Paramount-WBD acquisition in motion, the SnyderVerse return is in active discussion, including a Dark Knight Returns adaptation and a Justice League finale. Kevin Smith, friend of Ben Affleck, backed up our info.
Snyder isn’t winding down. He’s ramping up across multiple studios and genres, and a relationship with A24 would add yet another lane to what’s shaping up to be the busiest stretch of his career.
