The Jay & Tony Show Show - Vertically Challenged

145 - AI Creators Are Coming for Hollywood's Lunch Money - Part 2

Kai and Federico stick around to explain how creators might actually make money when AI starts eating the old entertainment model for breakfast. They break down Anamana's creator incubator, revenue-sharing approach, and vision for a world where one person with a laptop can operate like a tiny, deranged studio. Jay and Tony push on the uncomfortable stuff too. What happens to actors? What happens to traditional production? And what happens when storytelling becomes faster, cheaper, and available to basically anyone with an idea and questionable sleep habits? Contact: jay@jayandtonyshow.com The Jay and Tony Show: [https://www.jayandtonyshow.com/] www.jayandtonyshow.com [https://www.jayandtonyshow.com/]

144 - AI Creators Are Coming for Hollywood's Lunch Money - Part 1

Jay and Tony sit down with Kai and Federico from Anamana, an AI-native storytelling platform trying to drag entertainment into its next weird and potentially awesome era. They talk AI-generated microdramas, fan fiction turning into real shows, creators building worlds without waiting for permission, and why Hollywood may be dramatically underestimating how fast this is all moving. It is part tech conversation, part existential crisis, and part warning shot to anyone still pretending a studio lot is the center of the universe. Contact: jay@jayandtonyshow.com The Jay and Tony Show: [https://www.jayandtonyshow.com/] www.jayandtonyshow.com [https://www.jayandtonyshow.com/]

143 - Hollywood Lost the Crown (But Jay Found a Nude Beach)

Jay returns from a microdrama conference in Mallorca, Spain with tales of Hollywood's fading influence. He and Tony get into the global vertical drama boom, America's fading grip on entertainment, AI demos that somehow still need a human to stand next to them and apologize, and a K-pop dance reenactment that Jay refused to do. Meanwhile, Tony does what Tony does best and turns a serious conversation about the future of media into passport trauma, conference weirdness, and the haunting image of a baguette-filled canoe. Contact: jay@jayandtonyshow.com The Jay and Tony Show: [https://www.jayandtonyshow.com/] www.jayandtonyshow.com [https://www.jayandtonyshow.com/]

142 - Why Is Tom Cruise's Producer Doing Verticals? - Tommy Harper Part 2

Part 2 In Part 2, Jay and Tony venture with Tommy into the wonderfully unhinged business of vertical drama, because apparently producing billion-dollar franchises was not stressful enough. Tommy breaks down why he launched VU, what Hollywood veterans still do not understand about verticals, how budgets, marketing, influencers, AI, and audience behavior are reshaping the game, and why the next great entertainment opportunity may not come from a studio lot, but from a phone screen, a ruthless hook, and several thousand very dramatic seconds of content. Contact: jay@jayandtonyshow.com The Jay and Tony Show: [https://www.jayandtonyshow.com/] www.jayandtonyshow.com [https://www.jayandtonyshow.com/]

141 - Why Is Tom Cruise's Producer Doing Verticals? - Tommy Harper Part 1

Jay and Tony sit down with Tommy Harper, a guy who somehow went from wrangling extras as a PA on Showgirls to producing Top Gun: Maverick, Mission: Impossible, Star Trek, Wednesday, and basically half the movies that make the rest of us feel professionally inadequate. In Part 1, Tommy walks through the accidental, slightly insane path from PA-ing alongside Hollywood legends to building a career with Tim Burton, J.J. Abrams, and Tom Cruise, while explaining what actually matters when things gets expensive, the stakes get stupid, and how a random article on a train in Spain sent him down the vertical drama rabbit hole. Contact: jay@jayandtonyshow.com The Jay and Tony Show: [https://www.jayandtonyshow.com/] www.jayandtonyshow.com [https://www.jayandtonyshow.com/]