‘Fear Factor’ Vertical Scripted Spinoff Set To Launch On Holywater Tech’s My Drama From Fox & Endemol Shine North America — SkimNews
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- Fear Factor is making its first-ever move from an established unscripted television franchise to an original scripted series, with Fox Entertainment Studios and Endemol Shine North America producing the untitled vertical spinoff.
- My Drama will debut the project in 30 three-minute episodes built from the ground up for mobile-first audiences, marking its move into scripted horror; the date is TBA and Fox Entertainment Global manages worldwide distribution.
- Fear Factor: House of Fear received a Season 2 renewal for the 2026-27 season; its Fox-and-Hulu debut drew 17.5 million multiplatform viewers, ranking as the season’s highest-rated broadcast debut and No. 1 new unscripted series among adults 18-49, according to Fox and Nielsen.
- Fox Entertainment Studios and Endemol Shine North America created the original fictional horror: during prep week on a remote television set, a practical-effects artist and her crew unleash a haunted fortune-telling machine that forces them into personalized death trials while they uncover its tragic origins.
- Banijay Entertainment is behind the Fear Factor format, which has 32 television adaptations worldwide.
- Hannah Pillemer and Endemol Shine North America’s Michael Heyerman converge on the rationale for the spinoff: Pillemer cited House of Fear’s “tremendous response,” while Heyerman called Fear Factor naturally built for vertical storytelling’s immediacy, intimacy and serialized discovery.
Why it matters: For Fox Entertainment Studios and My Drama, the material change is a 30-episode, mobile-first scripted-horror format attached to a franchise that drew 17.5 million multiplatform viewers and secured a second season, with worldwide distribution through Fox Entertainment Global; the launch date remains TBA.
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