Vertical drama news
Micro drama and vertical series stories, picked from the trades and beyond. New stories every morning, older days below.
Each story opens on the outlet that reported it.
Tuesday, Oct 6
Dutch Core shops teen microdrama, doc investigating Europe’s narco trade (opens C21media in a new tab)
LumoTV reveals drama commission brief as it seeks first deaf-led microdrama (opens C21media in a new tab)
Secret Billionaires, Mafia Brides, Alpha Kings: The Insane World of Microdramas (opens The New York Times in a new tab)
Horror microdrama “BITE CLUB” (with a “CHOPPING MALL” reunion!) premieres in NYC this month (opens RUE MORGUE in a new tab)
Gen Z’s bitten by micro dramas (opens Metro India in a new tab)
AI Dramas Are Crowding Out the Human Actors of China's Micro-Drama Boom (opens Trending on Weibo in a new tab)
Allen Ren denies "entry into short dramas," issues emergency statement over spread of fake accounts. (opens Record China in a new tab)
[Vantage Point] Inside the addictive architecture of the AI microdrama (opens Rappler in a new tab)
Micro-dramas: The Next Big Thing in Entertainment (opens Trill in a new tab)
Lights, camera, tourists! Short dramas rewrite the script for "China's Hollywood" (opens Xinhua in a new tab)