What is the SCP Foundation? Inside the internet horror universe headed to Hollywood.

The SCP Foundation is an expansive online universe that has captured the imaginations of internet writers for nearly two decades. At its core, the Foundation is a secret organization that seeks to locate, study, and contain anomalies - supernatural entities, objects, or phenomena that defy the laws of reality. These anomalies are hidden from the public to protect humanity and the anomalies themselves.

The SCP Foundation is brought to life through the SCP Wiki, an online database of fictional incident reports and classified files detailing each discovered anomaly. Contributors write stories within this fictional world, often adopting the format of internal documents with item numbers, object classes, containment instructions, and descriptions. Some entries even include interviews, experiment logs, and incident reports that gradually reveal the consequences of these anomalies.

The term "SCP" stands for "Secure, Contain, Protect," which are the Foundation's motto. These initials also refer to the "Special Containment Procedures" used to manage individual anomalies. The Foundation's stories are released under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license, allowing creators to build on the project while providing attribution and releasing their derivative work under the same license.

The SCP Foundation's popularity has caught the attention of Hollywood, with Neon and A24 separately announcing films set in the SCP universe for theatrical release in 2027. While the licensing situation has raised some concerns among the SCP Foundation's contributors, the studio has stated that it intends to follow the rules of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license, ensuring that the project remains open for further adaptations and expansions.