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Google and Range Media Partners launched 100 Zeros to produce vertical microdramas, 60-episode series with minute-long installments and budgets averaging $250,000. Talent like Kenan Thompson are joining, drawn by creative freedom studios wouldn’t greenlight, even without upfront pay.
Disney has signed a deal with Dhar Mann Studios, the Burbank creator known for viral morality-tale videos, for a 20-episode youth and family series. Dhar Mann Studios claims 170 million followers and nearly 300 million weekly views across platforms.