{"id":2454573,"date":"2026-06-11T13:08:42","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T13:08:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2454573"},"modified":"2026-06-11T13:08:42","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T13:08:42","slug":"could-ai-generated-microdramas-be-the-future-of-mobile-entertainment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/could-ai-generated-microdramas-be-the-future-of-mobile-entertainment\/","title":{"rendered":"Could AI-Generated Microdramas Be the Future of Mobile Entertainment?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div><iframe class=\"trinity-player trinity-iframe\" src=\"https:\/\/trinitymedia.ai\/player\/trinity-i\/2900023920\/?pageURL=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thewrap.com%2Fmedia-platforms%2Ftv%2Fai-generated-microdramas-could-be-the-future-of-mobile-entertainment%2F&amp;readContentType=URL\" style=\"border: 0; display: block; width: 100% !important; height: 80px !important\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>When it comes to artificial intelligence, Hollywood studios have tread lightly, insisting that human actors, writers and directors will stay in the mix regardless of how the new technology gets used. That is decidedly not the case with microdramas.<\/p>\n<p>International players are already flooding the zone with thousands of cheaply produced \u2014 but highly addictive \u2014 microseries that are fully AI-generated, some of which are available in the U.S. <\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s more shocking: The content is driving subscriptions, retention and viewership for some of the biggest players worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>This trend underscores the fact that in many parts of the world, AI is no longer an experiment, with a myriad of international companies betting big on the technology to cut costs and production time in a medium already known for producing quick, cheap content. They also highlight how different cultures are embracing AI, with countries like India showing far more acceptance of fully AI-generated content than the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe saw that the metrics of engagement retention for AI-generated content based on human screens \u2026 is really similar to what we do with live-action,\u201d Bogdan Nesvit, CEO of Ukrainian vertical platform maker Holywater, revealed last week at a microdrama conference in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>Indian AI-powered entertainment company Dashverse, which licenses some of its content to TikTok and ReelShort, plans to ramp up production to 1,000 AI-generated microseries a month by the end of the year, up 10x from its current output of 100 series in June. The company said an hour of content costs as little as $20,000, compared with $150,000 budgets for live-action vertical series. Even in the U.S., HarperCollins is planning to produce AI-generated animated content based on its romance novels.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><\/figure>\n<p>These AI series are not created with a few simple prompts, these companies insist. Dashverse employs 700 people across its platform and made clear that writers pen each script and animators work closely with their AI tool to piece together their series. StoReel, a Chinese AI-native entertainment content platform, employs 60 people to produce its AI-generated content, 20 in the scripting department and 20 on the production side.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you look at the rise of microdramas as a format, it\u2019s already happening,\u201d Amit Jain, founder and CEO of Luma AI, told TheWrap. \u201cIt might look kind of bad right now, but it used to look very bad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His point is that with AI\u2019s rapid advancements, \u201ckind of bad\u201d now could quickly become acceptable.<\/p>\n<p>AI excels at making short, compelling videos that look realistic. While the technology may fall apart in a big-screen feature film as AI still struggles with consistent shots, Jain said, it\u2019s suitable for clips that are a minute long and meant to be viewed on a mobile phone.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s sqaure in the sweet spot of microseries.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-the-wrap-read-more\">\n<div class=\"the-wrap-read-more__container\">\n\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"the-wrap-read-more__image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/media-platforms\/tv\/shortical-ai-generated-microdrama-aki-avni-inevitable-ofir-lobel\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/894de741-4605-4349-b5ca-c6cb0b7442b6.jpg?fit=300%2C169&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"AI-generated Aki Avni in &quot;Inevitable&quot; (Credit: Shortical)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/894de741-4605-4349-b5ca-c6cb0b7442b6.jpg?w=1200&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/894de741-4605-4349-b5ca-c6cb0b7442b6.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/894de741-4605-4349-b5ca-c6cb0b7442b6.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/894de741-4605-4349-b5ca-c6cb0b7442b6.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/894de741-4605-4349-b5ca-c6cb0b7442b6.jpg?resize=320%2C180&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/894de741-4605-4349-b5ca-c6cb0b7442b6.jpg?resize=640%2C360&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/894de741-4605-4349-b5ca-c6cb0b7442b6.jpg?resize=380%2C214&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 380w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/894de741-4605-4349-b5ca-c6cb0b7442b6.jpg?resize=760%2C428&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 760w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/894de741-4605-4349-b5ca-c6cb0b7442b6.jpg?resize=394%2C222&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 394w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/894de741-4605-4349-b5ca-c6cb0b7442b6.jpg?resize=788%2C444&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 788w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/894de741-4605-4349-b5ca-c6cb0b7442b6.jpg?resize=778%2C438&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 778w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/894de741-4605-4349-b5ca-c6cb0b7442b6.jpg?resize=976%2C549&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 976w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/894de741-4605-4349-b5ca-c6cb0b7442b6.jpg?resize=990%2C557&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-portal-copyright=\"TheWrap\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-how-an-ai-microseries-is-built\">How an AI microseries is built<\/h2>\n<p>AI-generated microdramas are not as simple as putting a prompt into ChatGPT or Claude and spitting out 90 minutes\u2019 worth of chapterized content.<\/p>\n<p>TheWrap spoke with several entertainment companies that produce AI-generated scripted content and found several common practices.<\/p>\n<p>Dashverse, Holywater\u2019s My Drama, Israeli-based Shortical and StoReel all made clear that whether live-action, animation or AI-generated, the content lives and dies on a compelling story. Each of these companies either adapts a script from existing libraries or pens an original script for generation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The leading companies use AI engines compatible with the latest video generation technology like Bytedance\u2019s Seedance 2.0. Directors and showrunners can then create their own AI avatars or use their platform\u2019s library of existing AI actors. Production artists \u201ccreate\u201d AI-generated locations and any fantastical elements needed for the script.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe build the characters just like casting \u2026 We can have Brad Pitt if we want \u2014 or somebody who looks like Brad Pitt,\u201d Ofir Lobel, head of content at Shortical, said, which will likely have U.S. copyright lawyers fidgeting. \u201cEveryone\u2019s available, at least their AI version.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"837\" height=\"446\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-06-at-1.24.38%E2%80%AFPM-copy.png?resize=837%2C446&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8032159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-06-at-1.24.38%E2%80%AFPM-copy.png?w=837&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1 837w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-06-at-1.24.38%E2%80%AFPM-copy.png?resize=300%2C160&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-06-at-1.24.38%E2%80%AFPM-copy.png?resize=768%2C409&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 837px) 100vw, 837px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">StoReel Canvas tool for generating AI scripted series (StoReel)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>From there, designated showrunners will enter a page of dialogue \u2013 equal to one minute or one episode of a microseries \u2013 into the engine. The LLM will then produce one minute of content. The producers can adapt their prompt to get more specific and adjust each element.<\/p>\n<p>Dashverse and StoReel said that they spend 10 days to a month on the scripting process and a month on production. While the production process is still much quicker and more cost efficient than a live-action shoot, the production still requires some artistic skill.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the tech is already so advanced, what\u2019s really going to be competitive is everybody\u2019s taste,\u201d StoReel co-founder Angela Yu told TheWrap. \u201cIt\u2019s not going to be that AI is going to take over creation, but people who actually have very high creation powers are going to be the ones that succeed.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-the-wrap-read-more\">\n<div class=\"the-wrap-read-more__container\">\n\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"the-wrap-read-more__image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/industry-news\/awards\/emmys-rule-changes-2026-tv-academy-ai\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Untitled-design-98.jpg?fit=300%2C169&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Untitled-design-98.jpg?w=1200&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Untitled-design-98.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Untitled-design-98.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Untitled-design-98.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Untitled-design-98.jpg?resize=320%2C180&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Untitled-design-98.jpg?resize=640%2C360&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Untitled-design-98.jpg?resize=380%2C214&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 380w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Untitled-design-98.jpg?resize=760%2C428&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 760w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Untitled-design-98.jpg?resize=394%2C222&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 394w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Untitled-design-98.jpg?resize=788%2C444&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 788w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Untitled-design-98.jpg?resize=778%2C438&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 778w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Untitled-design-98.jpg?resize=976%2C549&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 976w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Untitled-design-98.jpg?resize=990%2C557&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-portal-copyright=\"TheWrap\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-international-players\">The international players<\/h2>\n<p>International audiences have fully embraced AI content, according to some of the leading companies.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>China has led the charge in the market. In March alone, roughly 50,000 AI-native titles were added to Douyin, China\u2019s popular video-sharing platform. To put that in perspective, that is six times more content than Netflix\u2019s current library. <\/p>\n<p>Holywater\u2019s Nesvit said that AI has allowed the platform to take bigger swings in content. A microseries it created about Formula One would have cost the company upwards of $500,000 if it were shot traditionally, but the AI tool allowed it to stay within budget.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Forbidden-Fiji-Nights-with-her-Rival.jpg?resize=640%2C1024&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8031222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Forbidden-Fiji-Nights-with-her-Rival.jpg?resize=640%2C1024&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Forbidden-Fiji-Nights-with-her-Rival.jpg?resize=188%2C300&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 188w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Forbidden-Fiji-Nights-with-her-Rival.jpg?resize=768%2C1229&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Forbidden-Fiji-Nights-with-her-Rival.jpg?resize=960%2C1536&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Forbidden-Fiji-Nights-with-her-Rival.jpg?resize=990%2C1584&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 990w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Forbidden-Fiji-Nights-with-her-Rival.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u201cForbidden Fiji Nights With Her Rival\u201d is one of the HarperCollins adaptations in partnership with Dashverse. (Dashverse)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Tanveer Ali, vice president of business and partnerships at Dashverse, said that it has found similar success in India.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAI acceptance in India is crazy,\u201d Ali told TheWrap. \u201cWhen we first launched our show in August of last year, we had our own doubts, but the response has been overwhelming.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The company\u2019s subscription-only platform DashReels reported 10 million monthly active users, a million daily active users and a retention rate of 68% on its AI content. Dashverse, including the subscription platform and its ad-supported ShortFree, has more than 50 million combined downloads with over 4 billion episodes consumed.<\/p>\n<p>Initially, the StoReel co-founders wanted to just create a traditional microseries app, but they saw the steep competition and how much other companies were spending on user acquisition, and it was not sustainable as a startup.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn January 2025 we saw the [AI] content was just terrible, it was unwatchable. But in September, when Veo 3 was launched, we saw that there was a huge quality jump,\u201d Yu said of the Google AI video generator. \u201cNow the quality of AI short dramas are really becoming commercially viable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yu added that AI content has allowed her company to expand genres into sci-fi and fantasy as well as LGBTQ+ shows.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_2036.png?resize=580%2C1024&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8031217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_2036.png?resize=580%2C1024&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1 580w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_2036.png?resize=170%2C300&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1 170w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_2036.png?resize=768%2C1356&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_2036.png?resize=870%2C1536&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1 870w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_2036.png?resize=1160%2C2048&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1 1160w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_2036.png?resize=990%2C1748&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1 990w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_2036.png?w=1200&amp;quality=80&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(StoReel)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Up until recently, Israeli microseries company Shortical primarily focused on live-action microdramas, using real talent and production crews. The platform launched its first AI-generated project with Ofir Lobel at the helm last month. Lobel has previously directed Netflix series, including \u201cBlank Space\u201d and \u201cTrust No One,\u201d but this was his first time creating a fully animated series.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI see [AI] as power back to the people,\u201d he told TheWrap. <\/p>\n<p>Lobel said there have been two quantum leaps in the last three years in entertainment, the first being the rise of the microdrama format and the second being AI. Despite early trepidation, he fully embraced the format and became head of content at Shortical.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust like Pixar movies, you can also always say that Pixar movies, they\u2019re made on computers,\u201d Lobel said. \u201cThey\u2019re not shot, they\u2019re not live-action, but they do touch you at the end of the day.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-the-wrap-read-more\">\n<div class=\"the-wrap-read-more__container\">\n\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"the-wrap-read-more__image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/creative-content\/tv-shows\/issa-rae-microdrama-screen-time-tiktok-partnership-pinedrama\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Robert-OkineGetty-Images-2026-04-08T141303.864.jpg?fit=300%2C169&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Issa Rae (Credit: Randy Shropshire for TheWrap)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Robert-OkineGetty-Images-2026-04-08T141303.864.jpg?w=1200&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Robert-OkineGetty-Images-2026-04-08T141303.864.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Robert-OkineGetty-Images-2026-04-08T141303.864.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Robert-OkineGetty-Images-2026-04-08T141303.864.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Robert-OkineGetty-Images-2026-04-08T141303.864.jpg?resize=320%2C180&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Robert-OkineGetty-Images-2026-04-08T141303.864.jpg?resize=640%2C360&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Robert-OkineGetty-Images-2026-04-08T141303.864.jpg?resize=380%2C214&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 380w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Robert-OkineGetty-Images-2026-04-08T141303.864.jpg?resize=760%2C428&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 760w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Robert-OkineGetty-Images-2026-04-08T141303.864.jpg?resize=394%2C222&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 394w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Robert-OkineGetty-Images-2026-04-08T141303.864.jpg?resize=788%2C444&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 788w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Robert-OkineGetty-Images-2026-04-08T141303.864.jpg?resize=778%2C438&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 778w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Robert-OkineGetty-Images-2026-04-08T141303.864.jpg?resize=976%2C549&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 976w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Robert-OkineGetty-Images-2026-04-08T141303.864.jpg?resize=990%2C557&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-portal-copyright=\"TheWrap\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>As with many of the leading microseries apps, AI-generated content makes its profits off of subscriptions rather than an ad-tier.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Dashverse has found that the cost saving in resources and employment on the AI content allows them to take greater swings and see greater returns. The company would spend $150,000 for a live-action production, still relatively cheap compared to Hollywood budgets, but the leadership said that that budget is not enough to create a high-quality fantasy show.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s where AI gives you the flexibility to create something like a period drama set in medieval times,\u201d Ali said. \u201cYou can get it done with AI for cheap. An hour of content costs around $20,000 to 30,000.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ali said the company is trying to get budgets as low as $10,000 for some series by the end of the year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-the-wrap-read-more\">\n<div class=\"the-wrap-read-more__container\">\n\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"the-wrap-read-more__image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/industry-news\/industry-trends\/susan-rovner-microco-joy-scrolling-vertical-microdramas-future\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/HRTS-DavidBaldini-2166.jpg?fit=300%2C169&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/HRTS-DavidBaldini-2166.jpg?w=1200&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/HRTS-DavidBaldini-2166.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/HRTS-DavidBaldini-2166.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/HRTS-DavidBaldini-2166.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/HRTS-DavidBaldini-2166.jpg?resize=320%2C180&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/HRTS-DavidBaldini-2166.jpg?resize=640%2C360&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/HRTS-DavidBaldini-2166.jpg?resize=380%2C214&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 380w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/HRTS-DavidBaldini-2166.jpg?resize=760%2C428&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 760w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/HRTS-DavidBaldini-2166.jpg?resize=394%2C222&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 394w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/HRTS-DavidBaldini-2166.jpg?resize=788%2C444&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 788w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/HRTS-DavidBaldini-2166.jpg?resize=778%2C438&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 778w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/HRTS-DavidBaldini-2166.jpg?resize=976%2C549&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 976w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/HRTS-DavidBaldini-2166.jpg?resize=990%2C557&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-portal-copyright=\"TheWrap\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-coming-to-america\">Coming to America<\/h2>\n<p>American audiences are slower to hop on the AI-generated content train. While some short form video has been embraced by audiences, the traditional entertainment industry is fearful of how the new technology will kill jobs and reduce creativity to lines of code.<\/p>\n<p>Many vertical-first companies, however, are jumping aboard. Harlequin, the romance arm of HarperCollins\u2019 publishing group, partnered with DashReels to create animated AI-generated content based off of some of its IP.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The initial partnership was a multi-year deal for Dashverse to create 40 adaptations, which are set to be released by the end of the month. Ali commended the company, which has been in business since 1949, for its progressive approach to IP and adaptation.<\/p>\n<p>CandyJar announced last month its fully AI-generated content arm, Ironblood, will launch in July. Ali Albazaz, CEO and founder of CandyJar\u2019s parent company Inkitt, said that AI will reduce production costs for the company by 99%. They are planning to expand into action, adventure, superhero and sci-fi fandoms with this new platform.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"760\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/7-5_Promotions_Trial-by-Blood.jpg?resize=760%2C500&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8031236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/7-5_Promotions_Trial-by-Blood.jpg?w=760&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 760w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/7-5_Promotions_Trial-by-Blood.jpg?resize=300%2C197&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u201cTrial by Blood\u201d on DashReels (Dashverse)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cAll of our social media feeds are full of \u2018AI slop\u2019 and we\u2019re committed to being the anti-slop AI entertainment platform,\u201d Albazaz told TheWrap. \u201cWith AI, we are able to create Hollywood standard visuals paired with compelling, proven-IP storylines, and the end result is unbelievable.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>ATwist, founded by traditional entertainment execs Chris McGurk, Jana Winograde and Susan Rovner, said that their platform is AI-native, meaning that they use the technology to support production efficiency, personalization and audience insights but not necessarily to create fully AI-generated series.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe think of aTwist as a double helix: One strand is storytelling, the other is technology. AI lives on the tech strand, but everything is always touched by a human hand,\u201d a representative for the company told TheWrap.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Dashverse\u2019s Ali believes 2026 will be the year of the vertical-first AI drama, but the real test won\u2019t be the technology\u2019s speed. It will be whether the industry can maintain that human spark while chasing the scale that global audiences are beginning to demand \u2014 and whether AI-generated microdramas will go down as well in the West as they have in the East.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-the-wrap-read-more\">\n<div class=\"the-wrap-read-more__container\">\n\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"the-wrap-read-more__image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/media-platforms\/tv\/microdrama-evolving-to-microseries-takeaways-vertical-media-summit\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/060426-Microdramas-v5.jpg?fit=300%2C169&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Creators, investors and entertainment industry professionals flocked to Owl &amp; Co's inaugural Vertical Media Summit to discuss the rise of the microdrama and the industry's growing interest in AI (Photo by Christopher Smith)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/060426-Microdramas-v5.jpg?w=1200&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/060426-Microdramas-v5.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/060426-Microdramas-v5.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/060426-Microdramas-v5.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/060426-Microdramas-v5.jpg?resize=320%2C180&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/060426-Microdramas-v5.jpg?resize=640%2C360&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/060426-Microdramas-v5.jpg?resize=380%2C214&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 380w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/060426-Microdramas-v5.jpg?resize=760%2C428&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 760w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/060426-Microdramas-v5.jpg?resize=394%2C222&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 394w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/060426-Microdramas-v5.jpg?resize=788%2C444&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 788w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/060426-Microdramas-v5.jpg?resize=778%2C438&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 778w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/060426-Microdramas-v5.jpg?resize=976%2C549&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 976w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/060426-Microdramas-v5.jpg?resize=990%2C557&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-portal-copyright=\"TheWrap\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.thewrap.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When it comes to artificial intelligence, Hollywood studios have tread lightly, insisting that human actors, writers and directors will stay in the mix regardless of how the new technology gets used. 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