Peacock is licensing micro dramas from ReelShort — another step in Hollywood's love affair with short-form

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Bravo
NBCUniversal is adding micro dramas from both Bravo and ReelShort.

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A startup making AI movies scored $12 million from Khosla Ventures, Jeffrey Katzenberg, and others

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Nate Tepper is the founder and CEO of TrueShort, an AI vertical film app.
Nate Tepper, the CEO of TrueShort, sees a space between TikTok and Netflix for high-quality AI films for phones.

Nate Tepper

Actors call out AI-generated promos that put them in fake sex scenes

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From left: vertical actors Tess Dinerstein, David Eves, Faith Orta
From left: vertical actors Tess Dinerstein, David Eves, and Faith Orta

Gregory Wallace, Yellowbelly, Yellowbelly

A 'Star Wars' and 'Top Gun' producer is joining the micro drama craze. Read his pitch deck.

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Tommy Harper at Variety Next Generation Entertainment presented by Google TV held at Proper Hotel on March 14, 2026 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Anna Webber/Variety via Getty Images)
Franchise film producer Tommy Harper is jumping from the big screen to the small screen with a new micro drama app.

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This startup raised $34 million to make micro dramas starring AI actors — and let fans interact with them

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The founders of StoReel, from left: Rui Zhang, Angela Yu, and Shipeng Fan
StoReel's founders, from left: Rui Zhang, Angela Yu, and Shipeng Fan.

StoReel

TikTok is casting actors to make its own micro dramas as it jumps headfirst into the hot format

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A close-up of a film clapperboard.

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Love the work, hate the slaps: Creators and fans wrestle with the dark side of the micro drama boom

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"Divorced at the Wedding Day" on DramaBox and "Bound by Honor" on ReelShort.

DramaBox, ReelShort

Meet the fans fueling a billion-dollar boom in escapist 'micro dramas' full of werewolves and mafia bosses

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L-R: Michelle Bickford, Sandi Nascimento, and Melissa Dominguez are fans of micro dramas.
L-R: Micro drama fans Michelle Bickford, Sandi Nascimento, and Melissa Dominguez.

Bickford, Nascimento, Dominguez

Fox is teaming with top creator Dhar Mann as it races to win micro drama fans

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Creator Dhar Mann.
Dhar Mann is one of the biggest independent creators of scripted shows for social media.

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TikTok has quietly launched a new micro drama app called PineDrama as the category picks up steam in the US

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TikTok has launched a dedicated micro-drama app called PineDrama

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