Overview
- TikTok and Made By Us Studios announced a multi-year co-production deal at MIPCOM to develop creator-led vertical “micro-series” exclusively for TikTok and its PineDrama app.
- The companies unveiled the first two titles on Oct. 14, 2026, with Hannah Stocking starring in and executive producing the romantic revenge thriller Player and Adam Rose headlining the genre series The Knock.
- Player credits Jonas Barnes as producer, Louiza Zouzias as director and Arun Blair-Mangat and Chela Reyna as writers, while The Knock was created and directed by R. H. Stavis with executive production from Spooky Pictures and Moby’s Little Walnut Productions.
- TikTok frames the initiative as a push to build a new, feed-native storytelling format that places creators at the center of development and production to help turn audience followings into scalable IP.
- Made By Us Studios — launched earlier in 2026 as a production arm of a creator-management firm — will work with established producers, composers and creators to professionalize short-form scripted content and pursue franchise and career-building opportunities.