Neon sticks it to A24 by announcing a Creative Commons SCP Foundation movie

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Key facts

• A24 pissed off one of the internet's largest horror communities when it announced it was working on an SCP Foundation film, but apparently hadn't bothered to contact the SCP Wiki team, nor did it commit to releasing it under a Creative Commons licens…
• Reported by The Verge and published Wed, 30 Sep 2026 20:24:39 UTC.

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