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Following Variety exclusive at Hong Kong FILMART, Singapore studio Edenstone secures funding to expand Spore Fall micro-drama into film, games, and collectibles
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Singapore, March 25, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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Silver Media Fund Backs ‘Spore Fall,’ Southeast Asia’s First AI-Driven Transmedia Franchise, After Variety Exclusive at Hong Kong FILMART
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SINGAPORE, MARCH 25, 2026 – Edenstone today announced that Silver Media Fund (SMF) has signed on to structure and lead a capital raise for the Spore Fall, the studio’s flagship IP, financing the transmedia expansion of Southeast Asia’s first human-written, AI-realized micro-drama series into feature films, games, and collectibles.
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The development follows a successful week for the Singapore-based studio, which secured an exclusive feature in Variety at Hong Kong FILMART 2026, Asia’s largest entertainment content market—where AI-driven content and micro-dramas emerged as the dominant themes.
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Chan, who joins Spore Fall as Executive Producer, brings his investment platform’s backing to scale the IP across formats. Silver Media Fund is regulated by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and managed by One Apex Capital, a MAS-licensed Capital Markets Services fund manager.
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From Micro-Drama to Macro-Franchise
Spore Fall launches as a 10-episode vertical micro-drama series —the flagship IP of Singapore-based studio Edenstone and the inaugural project of its kind from Southeast Asia. Set in the fictional city of Lionara, the series follows a disillusioned soldier and a rogue medic as a deadly spore pathogen outbreak threatens to either accelerate humanity’s evolution—or end it.
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With SMF’s backing, the IP is now positioned to expand across multiple platforms:
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- 2026: Micro-drama series release (April-June)
- 2028: Feature film (theatrical release)
- In Development: Novel, games, and Web3 collectibles
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A New Production Model for Storytelling
Spore Fall integrates generative AI into legacy workflows, enabling nimble teams to build premium, visually ambitious IP with greater speed and efficiency—without compromising creative authorship.
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- Human-led writing: Scripts, characters, emotional arcs, and world-building are conceived and written by human creators
- AI-assisted visuals: Generative AI tools, under strict creative direction, accelerate visual asset creation and high-concept world-building on an agile budget
- Scalable pipeline: The model enables serialized, visually rich content with long-term transmedia potential from small, networked creative hubs
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Speculative Fiction with Regional Roots
While technologically forward-looking, Spore Fall is anchored in themes facing Southeast Asian societies: collective resilience, shifting power, and adaptation through crisis. With Spore Fall, Southeast Asia stakes its claim as a source of original genre storytelling—rooted in regional sensibilities, built for global audiences.
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