Disney Launches ‘Locker Diaries’ Vertical Drama With Characters From ‘Zombies’, ‘Descendants’ & ‘Phineas & Ferb’
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Some familiar faces are dropping in asDisney gets into themicro-drama craze with its new short-form series,Locker Diaries.
Designed for vertical viewing, the series features characters fromZombies,Descendants andPhineas & Ferb in bite-size adventures that blend comedy, drama and thrills, all unfolding in school hallways and told through open locker doors.
The first twoZombies-themed episodes of the 11-part series are now available to stream onDisney+ and theDisney Channel YouTube, Instagram and TikTok. They feature Malachi Barton, Freya Skye, Swayam Bhatia, Julian Lerner and Mekonnen Knife, reprising their roles fromZombies 4: Dawn of the Vampires.
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Rolling out every Saturday through mid-April, episodes will also air next month on the Disney Channel, in addition to being made available on Disney Channel On Demand.
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The series comes asDisney+ embraces vertical video to drive daily engagement, part of a larger trend of major studios and execs adapting to agrowing demand for micro-dramas. The booming medium was projected tosurpass $9.4B in China last year.
Erin Teague, EVP of Product Management for Disney Entertainment and ESPN, previously said “everything’s on the table” in terms of how vertical video is delivered on Disney+. It could be original short-form programming, repurposed social clips, refashioned scenes from longer-form episodic or feature titles or a combination. “We’re obviously thinking about integrating vertical video in ways that are native to core user behaviors,” Teague said. “So, it won’t be a kind of a disjointed, random experience.”
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