'Nepo dads' are Hollywood's new trend — Obsession director's father makes his own film

Jeff Barker, father of Obsession director Curry Barker, is shooting his own horror short, Medium Rare, this summer, starring Dane Cook. The move spotlights a growing "nepo dad" trend in Hollywood, alongside the fathers of Lana Del Rey and Tom Holland. The spring hits Obsession and Backrooms, made by young YouTubers, both outgrossed recent Star Wars and Supergirl releases in what analysts are calling the biggest industry shake-up since New Hollywood in the 1970s.

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With Dane Cook set to star his new film, Curry Barker’s dad joins Lana Del Rey’s dad and Tom Holland’s dad in a new wave of nepo daddies

A generational shift is happening in Hollywood. The two big breakout films of the spring – Backrooms and Obsession – were made by a pair of plucky young YouTubers who found themselves granted the keys to the kingdom . Both of these films took more money than the most recent Star Wars , the most recent superhero movie ( Supergirl ) and the most recent Spielberg . It is arguably the biggest shake-up of the film industry since the rise of New Hollywood in the 1970s.

But perhaps the biggest change is tangential to all of this. This week it was announced that Jeff Barker – the father of Obsession direction Curry Barker – is making a film of his own. Medium Rare is a horror short that will shoot this summer and star Dane Cook and the Oscar-nominated actor Leslie Ann Warren. This will come hot on the heels of Good Tape, another horror short of Barker’s that is currently in post-production.

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'Nepo dads' are Hollywood's new trend — Obsession director's father makes his own film

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