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\n\tShowbox, the South Korean studio behind the 2024 box office juggernaut Exhuma<\/em>, has signed a co-production deal with the microdrama app ReelShort \u2014 the latest sign that Korea\u2019s film establishment is treating vertical drama as a serious business category rather than a passing fad.<\/p>\n

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\n\tUnder the agreement \u2014 announced on the eve of APOS, the Asia-Pacific media industry conference in Bali \u2014 Showbox will co-produce short-form series based on ReelShort\u2019s existing properties, with original Showbox-developed titles to follow. The content will stream exclusively on ReelShort. The first Korean-made batch \u2014 mostly romance fare, with titles like Tell Me Not to Love You<\/em>, My Secret Lover Is His Brother<\/em> and Queen Never Cry<\/em> \u2014 suggests that, for now, Showbox is working within microdramas\u2018 usual pulpy genre conventions.<\/p>\n

\n\tThat a studio of Showbox\u2019s pedigree is making one-to-two-minute melodramas is a notable milestone for the form. One of Korea\u2019s major theatrical distributors, the company is behind some of the country\u2019s biggest films \u2014 such as Exhuma<\/em>, which earned $93 million at the global box office in 2024 \u2014 and also produces premium K-drama series, including the Netflix hit A Killer Paradox<\/em>. Showbox\u2019s involvement holds out the promise of higher-quality K-drama production values for a format widely dismissed as cheaply made and disposable.<\/p>\n

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\n\tAnd Showbox is not alone \u2014 much of Korea\u2019s entertainment establishment has begun exploring the microdrama format over the past year. CJ ENM\u2019s streamer Tving launched a vertical short-form section in 2024, telecom KT\u2019s Studio Genie, previously the conglomerate\u2019s general drama-and-film production arm, refocused on short-form series, and several top-grossing filmmakers \u2014 among them Lee Byeong-heon, director of the all-time Korean box office champ Extreme Job<\/em> \u2014 have dabbled in the genre. The number of Korean short-form platforms swelled from around 20 in 2023 to nearly 90 by early 2025, as the industry wagered that Korea could command the higher-quality end of a market so far built on sheer speed and volume.<\/p>\n

\n\tFor Showbox, the move also reflects an attempt at diversification. After Exhuma<\/em> powered the company to record earnings in 2024, its 2025 film slate misfired, with a string of theatrical flops, while the wider Korean box office has struggled to climb out of its post-pandemic slump. Microdramas \u2014 fast and cheap to produce \u2014 could offer an appealingly low-cost hedge. Showbox said it would use the ReelShort deal as \u201ca foundation to expand into a wider range of genres and formats.\u201d It made its first move into the format last December, producing two microdramas of its own \u2014 among them Bridal Shower: The Missing Bride<\/em> \u2014 and signing distribution deals with the platforms DramaBox and Vigloo. But the ReelShort co-production pact goes a step further, signaling the studio is spreading its bets rather than backing a single platform.<\/p>\n

ReelShort \u2014 founded in 2022, with a claimed 70 million-plus monthly active users \u2014 is widely credited with breaking microdramas into the U.S. market, though it is itself Chinese-backed. Beijing-based COL Group owns 49 percent of ReeShort\u2019s California-based parent company, Crazy Maple Studio.<\/p>\n

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