MUVPIX PARTNERS WITH BUZZFEED STUDIOS TO LAUNCH OVER 100 VERTICAL TITLES, BETTING BIG ON THE MICRODRAMA BOOM

What's Next: A Global Slate

Following "Romeo & Juliet, Reimagined," the slate will expand with additional titles shooting in Mexico City, Canada, and India. Also in development is a title produced inside the Tasty kitchen at BuzzFeed Studios in Hollywood, bringing BuzzFeed Studios's beloved culinary content into the vertical microdrama format for the first time.

Richard Alan Reid, president of BuzzFeed Studios will oversee the partnership, alongside BuzzFeed Studios executive producers Mike Aho and Dan Katt and muVpix's Erik Heintz, head of creative content, with Ben Asaf Jehoshua and Harris Levinson as co-executive producers.

"Through our partnership with BuzzFeed Studios, we are reaching even broader audiences, while raising the bar in creativity and production quality," said John Lewis, founder of muVpix. "This partnership allows us to bring premium storytelling to a format that audiences are already showing up for in massive numbers, and to do it at a scale and quality level the space hasn't seen before."

"BuzzFeed Studios is uniquely positioned in this partnership as a distributor, a production services company, and a marketing and PR powerhouse, with an expansive social media reach," said Mike Aho, Executive Producer at BuzzFeed Studios. "BuzzFeed Studios has always been at the forefront of content and culture, and in this new medium, BuzzFeed Studios is leading the way."

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About BuzzFeed Studios

BuzzFeed Studios delivers premium content across social, digital, film, television, and streaming platforms, powered by digital media juggernaut, BuzzFeed, Inc., and its portfolio of beloved brands - BuzzFeed, Tasty, HuffPost, and more. Led by industry veteran Richard Alan Reid, BuzzFeed Studios develops, acquires, produces, distributes and markets genre-spanning scripted and unscripted programming covering film, series, video, animation, podcasts, vertical micro dramas, and licensing. A digital powerhouse that leverages insights and data from its massive global audience to create and market premium, cost-efficient projects, BuzzFeed Studios drives creative excellence with content built for today's most sought-after demographics.

About muVpix

muVpix is the flagship platform of BlackForge Distribution and the first American vertical micro-drama streaming app built for global audiences, combining premium production values with fast-paced narrative design optimized for mobile viewing.

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