‘Fear Factor’ Vertical Scripted Spinoff Set To Launch On Holywater Tech’s My Drama From Fox & Endemol Shine North America
Fox Entertainment Studios and Endemol Shine North America are turning the Fear Factor franchise into its first scripted series, a mobile-first horror story for Holywater Tech’s My Drama platform. The move extends the franchise beyond reality competition and marks My Drama’s entry into scripted horror.
The untitled series will have 30 episodes, each three minutes long. Set during preparation for a horror television show, it follows a crew whose haunted fortune-telling machine subjects them to personalised death trials. A release date has not been announced; the project follows the renewal of Fear Factor: House of Fear for a second season, after its debut drew 17.5 million multiplatform viewers.
In short
- Fear Factor is getting its first scripted spin-off.
- The horror series will have 30 three-minute episodes.
- It will stream on My Drama, with no date set.
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The case for
A scripted spin-off could refresh a familiar franchise by taking its fear-based premise into horror fiction, while the short episodes suit viewers who prefer mobile-first storytelling. The partnership may also give My Drama a distinctive new genre offering and create room to reach audiences beyond reality-competition fans.
The case against
Turning Fear Factor into scripted horror may dilute what makes the franchise recognisable: its unscripted competition and real contestants facing challenges. The three-minute format could also limit character and story development, while extending a successful brand into a new genre may feel more like a commercial move than a creative necessity.
Explained simply
Fear Factor is best known as a reality competition franchise in which contestants face frightening or unsettling challenges. Fox Entertainment Studios and Endemol Shine North America are the companies behind the new scripted adaptation, which uses the franchise name for a fictional horror story.
The series is being made for My Drama, a mobile-first platform owned by Holywater Tech, and is planned as 30 episodes of about three minutes each. It follows a television crew preparing a horror show who encounter a haunted fortune-telling machine that sets personalised trials.
The project brings Fear Factor into scripted drama for the first time and introduces My Drama to scripted horror. It also sits alongside the reality series Fear Factor: House of Fear, which has been renewed for a second season.
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