Aug 11, 2026 · 28 min · 11 segments
AI is rapidly changing how short dramas are created—but what will the industry look like in the next few years? In this exclusive interview, Hollywood director and AI filmmaker Tony Shyu shares his…
Tony HsiuGuest
Maggie HanHost
Right now, everyone's really optimistic about micro drama, and originally I think even last year, a lot of people write off micro drama, thinking this is just a fad, something that will pass [laughs] very soon.
Just because you play Mario on a video game doesn't mean people are not gonna go see a Mario movie.
It actually is gonna help, because I can see a very successful microdrama series that people watch on the mobile phone that's made with $200,000 become successful, and then the movie studio will see that building audience.
They will take that $200,000 microdrama series and make it into a big movie, and make it an event movie, because they know there are audience built in already.
Oh, that's an interesting point, 'cause if those hit microdramas, it's already proven in a market.
It is, because- 'cause the studio, they don't wanna take chance on something brand new, 'cause, uh, there's no proven record.
So most of the time they buy a book that's bestseller, but it- that's very limited.
Right now, everyone's really optimistic about micro drama, and originally I think even last year, a lot of people write off micro drama, thinking this is just a fad, something that will pass [laughs] very soon.
Just because you play Mario on a video game doesn't mean people are not gonna go see a Mario movie.
It actually is gonna help, because I can see a very successful microdrama series that people watch on the mobile phone that's made with $200,000 become successful, and then the movie studio will see that building audience.
They will take that $200,000 microdrama series and make it into a big movie, and make it an event movie, because they know there are audience built in already.
Oh, that's an interesting point, 'cause if those hit microdramas, it's already proven in a market.
It is, because- 'cause the studio, they don't wanna take chance on something brand new, 'cause, uh, there's no proven record.
So most of the time they buy a book that's bestseller, but it- that's very limited.
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