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Should Hollywood Take the Microdrama Boom Seriously?

Should Hollywood Take the Microdrama Boom Seriously?

The Town with Matthew Belloni

February 12, 202632m 55s

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Show Notes

Matt is joined by Shicong Zhu, head of West Coast Studios at DramaBox, to discuss just how successful and profitable vertical micro-dramas have become, how they are produced so cheaply, the genres that work best for vertical video, and whether this is a threat to traditional Hollywood filmmaking (00:00). Matt finishes the show with an opening weekend box office prediction for ‘Wuthering Heights,’ ‘Goat,’ and ‘Crime 101’ (25:47).


Host: Matt Belloni

Guest: Shicong Zhu


Producers: Craig Horlbeck, Jessie Lopez, and Jon Jones

Theme Song: Devon Renaldo


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