Neon Buys Gen Z Road Thriller ‘It Ends’ Following SXSW Debut (EXCLUSIVE)

Key Highlights

• In a rave review, Variety described the film as “Jean-Paul Sartre with a Gen Z spin,” calling it “a hangout horror movie rife with existential anxieties that cinema and television have been wrestling with since their inception — from Luis Buñuel to ‘The Good Place’ — and which philosophers have pondered for much longer.” Related Stories Nathan Lane, Laurie Metcalf to Star in Broadway's 'Death of a Salesman' Revival 'Titanic' Parody 'Titanique' to Open on Broadway Neon will release the film theatrically in 2026.
• “It Ends” is produced by Carrie Carusone and Evan Barber along with production companies Above .330, Aymara Films, Please Hold Pictures, and Snoot Entertainment.
• Snoot’s Keith Calder and Jess Wu Calder serve as executive producers.
• Popular on Variety Ullom, who also wrote the film, was named one of Filmmaker Magazine’s 25 New Faces of Independent Film in 2024.
• “It Ends” went on to receive the Best First Feature Award at the Fantasia Film Festival and is featured as one of the launch titles on the Letterboxd Video Store in the Unreleased Gems shelf.