NEON Plans SCP Foundation Anthology Film With CC BY-SA Compliance
A commercial film released under CC BY-SA would have to accept that third parties can copy, upload, and sell it, the exact condition SCP International said it could not discern A24 had a plan to meet.
Key Facts
- NEON announced it will produce an anthology film based on the SCP Foundation, scheduled for theatrical release in 2027.
- NEON contacted the English-language SCP Foundation Wiki in early September 2026 and said it would comply with the CC BY-SA license in both its terms and its spirit.
- The SCP Foundation Wiki will not be involved in the screenplay or production of NEON's film and will receive no financial benefits from NEON.
- SCP Foundation Wiki content is published under CC BY-SA 3.0, which permits commercial use and derivative works on the condition that derivatives carry the same license.
- A24 announced in September 2026 its participation in "V/H/S SCP," a separate project, and SCP International said it had not received prior contact.
Reporting from 2 sources: Automaton, KAI-YOU.
NEON has announced it will produce an anthology film based on the SCP Foundation, with a theatrical release set for 2027. The American independent company, founded in 2017, says it will release the film and related materials under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license that governs the SCP Foundation Wiki. According to the English-language Wiki's staff, NEON first made contact in early September 2026 and stated it wanted to comply with the license in both its terms and its spirit. The Wiki provided licensing advice but is not involved in the screenplay or production, and it will not receive financial benefits from NEON. The film is planned to focus on emerging filmmakers. Cast, directors, and which specific SCP works will be adapted are not known. This project is separate from the SCP-based film A24 is pursuing.
The anthology format is aimed at emerging filmmakers, though no cast, directors, or specific SCP entries have been named. NEON's track record includes U.S. distribution for Bong Joon-ho's "Parasite" and Sean Baker's "ANORA," both of which won the Academy Award for Best Picture, and the horror hit "Longlegs."
The Wiki staff described NEON as trying to respect both the license conditions and the cooperative spirit behind the SCP project. They stressed the film is not a community-sanctioned official work, and that other creators can keep making SCP-derived works as before. The backdrop is A24's "V/H/S SCP." SCP International said it was not contacted in advance and later stated it could not discern that the company understood the license or had a concrete plan to comply, though A24 said it does not intend to claim exclusive rights to the SCP setting.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 2 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.