Showrunner launches Beneath the Earth horror anime on iOS
Showrunner released Beneath the Earth on its iOS app, describing a missing-persons horror anime that users can watch, remix, or continue. Try it in the app, and watch for Pomegranate, which the same account teased for July 22.
TL;DR
- Beneath the Earth launch puts a missing-persons horror anime inside the Showrunner iOS app, with a story hook built around Detective Elias Vesper, Black Hollow, a townwide illness, and an ancient buried truth.
- Fable's creator-economics note says Showrunner writer-directors will own their IP, earn when fans create episodes inside it, and own remixes.
- Fable's second show post signals more Showrunner drops around the app, even when the post text keeps the title unnamed.
- Gossip Goblin's Pomegranate teaser sets a July 22 premiere, while Gossip Goblin's milestone note calls the film a major AI filmmaking marker.
The official Showrunner site describes the app as serialized AI storytelling where shows become worlds others can "watch, remix, and add to," with Canada early access on iOS. A Hollywood Reporter profile gives useful context for Gossip Goblin's lane: bleak AI genre films assembled with scripts, shot lists, voice actors, foley, and editing. The Pomegranate follow-up link resolves to a YouTube page titled "Pomegranate | Sci-Fi Short Film."
Beneath the Earth
Fable's pitch is compact: Detective Elias Vesper follows a missing-persons case to Black Hollow, where a mysterious illness is driving the town mad and an ancient truth is buried below.
The post says the show is available now on the Showrunner iOS app, where viewers can watch it, remix it, or continue the story themselves.
Watch, remix, continue
The ownership language is the sharp part. In the thread attached to the launch, Fable said writer-directors with Showrunner will:
- own their IP
- earn when fans create episodes within their IP
- own the remixes
The official Showrunner site uses matching product language: every show becomes a living world that others can watch, remix, and add to. The creative object becomes a story world with fan-made continuations attached.
More show drops
Fable also posted a separate "New show on Showrunner!" item. The post does not name the title in text, but it matches the release cadence around Showrunner as a shelf of app-native shows rather than a single demo.
Pomegranate, July 22
Gossip Goblin's teaser sets Pomegranate for July 22. The attached trailer runs just over a minute, moving through surreal, high-contrast environments before the title card.
Gossip Goblin added that the film "will mark a huge milestone in AI filmmaking," and the follow-up link points to its YouTube upload.