PaintBox Shorts is the format-native arm of an active production studio. These are real projects in the PaintBox Labs in-production stable — being adapted, packaged, and produced for vertical. Not a hypothetical brief. Not a sizzle reel. Live IP with decks, scripts, and episodes already in motion.
A multi-generational music industry drama built for the vertical format from the ground up. PaintBox's first ReelShort original — pitch deck, character bible, and the first 10 episodes already packaged. The proof that we know how to ship this format, not just talk about it.
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A modern twist on true crime: an FBI-led task force took down a real burglary gang in 1995. Our adaptation follows DJ — a finance and crypto exec by day, heist crew leader by night. Originally a TV series in PaintBox Labs' stable. Now being packaged as a 50-episode vertical drama.
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Angel Ramos, a Dominican music executive from Washington Heights, gambles his career, his relationship, and his savings on a Puerto Rican music genre nobody believed in. The origin story of an entire global sound — and exactly the kind of culturally-specific narrative a Fortune 500 brand can build around.
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