The Chinese-backed app that lets you watch cheaply made melodramas in tiny chunks is profitable off of microtransactions. The hot new trend in entertainment is trashy, (very) short-form soap operas on ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. When Hollywood went on strike last year, Autumn Noel, 23, was at a low point and considered leaving ...

The show opens with a dramatic scene. A young woman stands alone in a bar, drinking away her bad memories: her fiancé demanding his engagement ring back in the wake of her family’s bankruptcy and her ...

The camera hasn’t even started rolling and actress Samantha Drews is already shedding charcoal-tinted tears for her latest micro-drama. It’s a sweltering afternoon in central Los Angeles and Drews, ...

Crazy Maple Studio—the creator of ReelShort, the first vertical streaming platform—has launched ReelShort Publishing House (RSPH), a division dedicated to novelizing the company’s most popular ...

Popularized in China during the pandemic, ReelShort and other apps are hoping to bring minute-by-minute melodramas to the United States. By Claire Moses Reporting from Los Angeles When Albee Zhang ...

A seismic shift just occurred in the world of mobile entertainment apps. A Chinese-made app called ReelShort has skyrocketed to the top 20 position on the US App Store, temporarily dethroning reigning ...

ReelShort and Endemol Shine Brasil have teamed up on the Brazilian adaptation of one of the microdrama platform’s biggest global hits, “Married at First Sight.” Locally titled “De Repente Casados,” ...

On ReelShort, prepare for a whirlwind romance unlike any other in “Married The Mafioso I Saved Reward.” Hannah’s world shatters when her fiancé leaves her stranded. Her only lifeline? Alex, the ...

These days, you might hear the popular saying, “There’s an app for that.” Well, ReelShort has become the app for short-form video content of the serialized variety. Owned by Crazy Maple Studio, ...