Tori Spelling and Brian Austin Green star in vertTV vertical thriller microdrama

Mixed · 2Tori Spelling and Brian Austin Green, who starred in Beverly Hills, 90210, are starring in an untitled original thriller microseries for the vertical-video studio vertTV. 1 2 Mixed · 2The Hollywood Reporter said production was wrapping on Wednesday in Los Angeles; Deadline said it had recently wrapped there. 1 2 Left · 1Spelling played Donna Martin and Green played her love interest David Silver in the original series; it is the first vertical microseries for either of them, according to The Hollywood Reporter. 1

Mixed · 2Carol Potter, who played Cindy Walsh, mother of twins Brenda and Brandon Walsh, also features. 1 2 Mixed · 2No plot details have been released. 1 2 Left · 1The Hollywood Reporter describes vertTV as a Los Angeles microdrama studio launched in July 2026 by Hollywood veterans Jeffrey Schenck, Barry Barnholtz and Peter Sullivan, who have made over 200 TV movies for Lifetime and Hallmark; it also has a standalone iOS and Android app. 1

Mixed · 2Its other titles include Finding Hope, with Jodie Sweetin, John Brotherton and Marla Sokoloff (Deadline adds Richard Karn); Chonda, with Chonda Pierce and Regan Burns, which Deadline calls the first multicam sitcom in the vertical microseries format; and Lone Star Hearts, with Cindy Busby and Josh Henderson, per The Hollywood Reporter. 1 2 Mixed · 2Both outlets say vertTV shoots with real actors on real sets and without generative AI; The Hollywood Reporter notes the vertical sector has been inundated with AI-generated titles. 1 2 Mixed · 2The Hollywood Reporter says microdrama production is booming while Hollywood spending on traditional linear and streaming content declines; Deadline notes Peacock's Bravo microdrama Charmed by a Southern Monster, starring Craig Conover and Nicole Mattox, premieres 9 November. 1 2