The Vertical

Where fiction meets the vertical screen. News, craft and opportunity in vertical storytelling.

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May 18, 2026

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Vertical won. Disney, Netflix, and Amazon just admitted it.

All three streamers caved on the format in 70 days.

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May 21, 2026

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2 min read

FlareFlow hires from Disney. Vertical 2.0 begins.

A Chinese microdrama giant just staffed up out of Paramount, Disney, and Hulu.

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May 26, 2026

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3 min read

ReelShort cleared $80M. Vertical isn't a side bet.

ReelShort's Q1 just changed the floor for every vertical drama pitch in town

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Jun 17, 2026

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3 min read

aTwist put microseries in theaters. Vertical went big-screen

The format built to fight the multiplex just bought a ticket inside it

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Global

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Jun 16, 2026

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4 min read

Neymar bet on microdrama. Sports is vertical's new lane

A 220-million-follower superstar just turned World Cup season into a vertical genre

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Jun 15, 2026

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3 min read

Showbox makes Korea's biggest films. Now it makes vertical

The studio behind Korea's all-time box-office champ is now co-producing microdramas for a global swipe

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Global

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Jun 13, 2026

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3 min read

Europe stopped laughing at microdrama. Now it's building

A European market spent a full panel deciding microdrama is no longer optional, and the skeptics lost

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Global

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Jun 12, 2026

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3 min read

CandyJar's parent built an all-AI action app. The cost math shifted

A separate, fully AI-built action app puts vertical's economics on the table

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Jun 11, 2026

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3 min read

A casting app for vertical just landed. Actors, your move

The format that runs on speed finally has a swipe-to-match casting tool of its own

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