{"id":565777,"date":"2026-07-02T20:29:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T20:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/565777\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T20:29:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T20:29:14","slug":"youtube-mandela-catalogue-turning-into-movie-from-steven-spielberg-scott-stuber","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/565777\/","title":{"rendered":"YouTube ‘Mandela Catalogue’ Turning Into Movie from Steven Spielberg, Scott Stuber"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tEXCLUSIVE: <\/strong>Anyone wondering where the next big YouTube<\/a> horror feature is coming from following the mega success of Backrooms and Obsession, well, United Artists<\/a>\u2018 Scott Stuber<\/a>, Amblin<\/a>\u2018s Steven Spielberg<\/a> and Amazon MGM Studios<\/a> have it: The Mandela Catalogue<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\n\tWe can tell you first that they\u2019ve won the film rights to the viral YouTube horror series following a highly competitive 11-studio bidding war.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe movie will be directed by Mandela Catalogue creator, Alex Kister, based on a screenplay he adapted with Tyler Clifton.<\/p>\n

\n\tRELATED: 21 Theatrical And Streaming Movies To Look Forward To This Summer<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\n\tThe Mandela Catalogue\u00a0has amassed well over 100 million views across its official episodes alone, making it one of the largest original analog horror franchises on YouTube. It is widely regarded as one of the defining titles in the analog horror genre, alongside\u00a0Local 58\u00a0and\u00a0The Backrooms.<\/p>\n

\n\tLaunched in 2021, Mandela Catalogue is set in the fictional Mandela County, Wisconsin which is invaded by shape-shifting, nearly immortal creatures called Alternates. <\/p>\n

\n\tRELATED: The 61 Movies That Have Made More Than $1 Billion At The Global Box Office<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tAfter the surprise success of YouTube genre filmmaker Curry Barker\u2019s horror romance Obsession ($374M WW box office) and the unforeseen phenomenon that is Kane Parson\u2019s Backrooms ($331M-plus WW), which outstripped even anticipated big Disney tentpoles like Star Wars: Mandalorian and Grogu and DC Studio\u2019s Supergirl, the town has been keen to mine the next big YouTube genre filmmaker, in an effort to keep the Gen Alpha and Gen Z audiences flowing into cinemas. That under 30 demo was historically hard for Hollywood to dynamite, but they\u2019ve finally found a way to appeal to them.<\/p>\n

\n\tSpielberg and Holly Bario are producing for Amblin Entertainment alongside Aaron B. Koontz for Paper Street Pictures and Stuber and Nick Nesbitt for United Artists. Kister and Clifton are also producing. Annie McCreery will oversee the project for United Artists. Maria Fortese will oversee for Amblin.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe deal was negotiated by Amazon MGM Studios and Sarah Vacchiano for United Artists.<\/p>\n

\n\tRELATED: <\/strong>YouTube CEO Neal Mohan & Creators Behind \u2018Huge* If True\u2019, \u2018SubwayTakes\u2019, \u2018Challenge Accepted\u2019 & \u2018Celebrity Substitute\u2019 Reveal How The Platform Is Re-Shaping Streaming & Beyond<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPaper Street<\/p>\n

\n\tPaper Street Pictures is a boutique development and production house focused on high-concept, genre-bending films and series known for sharp creative swings within efficient production models. Notable recent titles include\u00a0Shelby Oaks\u00a0via Neon and the hit Peacock and SYFY series\u00a0Revival, coming to Netflix later this summer.<\/p>\n

Kister and Koontz are represented by Brett Rosen and Andrew Schoessel Mondrag\u00f3n at TFC Management and attorney Duncan Hedges. Clifton is represented by Brett Rosen and Andrew Schoessel Mondrag\u00f3n at TFC Management and attorney Larry Weinberg.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Anyone wondering where the next big YouTube horror feature is coming from following the mega success of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":565778,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[263],"tags":[332,241551,18,117,19,17,327,241552,609,241553,78342,121],"class_list":["post-565777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-amazon-mgm-studios","tag-amblin","tag-eire","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-movies","tag-scott-stuber","tag-steven-spielberg","tag-the-mandela-catalogue","tag-united-artists","tag-youtube"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=565777"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565777\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/565778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=565777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=565777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=565777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}