Though the creators of Project X have never confirmed this, many outlets, including the Sydney Morning Herald, have noted the similarities between the film's party and a real-life rager in 2008 ...

Project X did inspire other real-life parties that spun out of control, from a 2012 rave in Houston, Texas, that resulted in one death to a 2014 party in Canadian Lakes, Michigan, that resulted in ...

A new episode of Netflix’s Trainwreck anthology, titled The Real Project X, is set to premiere on July 8, 2025, diving into a chaotic event that rocked the Dutch town of Haren in 2012. What ...

NEED TO KNOW Netflix's Trainwreck: The Real Project X tells the true story of a 16th birthday gone wrong In 2012, over 3,000 people attended Dutch teenager Merthe Weusthuis' party ...

Netflix's 'Trainwreck: The Real Project X' looks back at a riotous Dutch party inspired by the 2012 found-footage flick. But what inspired 'Project X'?

Somehow, Project X, the Todd Phillips -produced “found footage” movie from 2012 about a trio of teens who set out to throw the best high school party of all time, escaped me at the time. I’d ...

Merthe Weusthuis is at the centre of Netflix 's latest documentary, The Real Project X, which tells the true story of how a small Sweet 16 party devolved into riots that took over a quaint Dutch town.

Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Trainwreck: The Real Project X’ on Netflix, a Sloppy Documentary Account of a Party That Got Way Too Wild By John Serba Published July 8, 2025, 4:45 p.m. ET ...

Netflix's 'Trainwreck: The Real Project X' looks back at a riotous Dutch party inspired by the 2012 found-footage flick.

What Is the Real Project X? The True Story of a Viral Birthday Party Invite That Spiraled Into a 3,000-Person Riot Netflix's documentary 'Trainwreck: The Real Project X' explores the incident that ...