premise compression
Black Mirror
A single rule, a moral turn, and a complete argument inside a tight narrative container.
PYLON TOWER
Serialized prestige thrillers built for the 10-minute episode.
For viewers looking for the next Black Mirror, Severance, The Night Agent, or True Detective Season 1, PYLON TOWER is the compressed thriller format inside Pylon.
The format
PYLON TOWER is the Pylon strand for serialized prestige thrillers built around the 10-minute episode. Seasons run 6 to 10 episodes, with 8 to 12 minutes per episode and a 60 to 100 minute total runtime. The full season releases on the $7.99 DTC tier first, then episodes join the free web and app release pattern after day 14.
- Season shape
- 6 to 10 episodes per season
- Episode runtime
- 8 to 12 minutes per episode
- Season runtime
- 60 to 100 minutes per season
- DTC release
- Full season on DTC day one
- Free release
- Weekly free episode drops after day 14
- Creator share
- 55 percent revenue share
- Rights
- Filmmakers keep 100 percent of IP
Reference grid
What PYLON TOWER is in conversation with
institutional horror
Severance
Controlled spaces, visual restraint, and dread built through design rather than spectacle.
cliffhanger architecture
The Night Agent
Every episode ends with a reason to keep watching, without stretching the season past its charge.
atmosphere lock
True Detective Season 1
A single tonal world, a single season shape, and imagery that stays with the viewer.
visual restraint at high concept
Devs
Big ideas carried by quiet camera language, sound, and controlled production design.
melancholy speculative realism
Tales from the Loop
The strange is treated as part of ordinary life, with feeling ahead of machinery.
Flagship title
SACKCLOTH anchors the first PYLON TOWER run.
The title is designed as a full-season sitting on DTC and a weekly free release after day 14. Director cut lives on DTC. Distribution cuts are prepared only where future partners require them.
SACKCLOTH trailer
Final trailer asset lands here when launch materials are approved.
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Flagship season
SACKCLOTH
6 episodes, 8 to 12 minutes each
A Mojave-set prestige thriller structured around the Two Witnesses, built for a full-season sitting and a weekly free release.
Why 10 minutes
The runtime is evidence-based, not a gimmick.
ten minute wedge
A 10-minute prestige episode is a deliberate compression unit for AI-native production, not a concession to weak attention.
full season release
Netflix found that hook points landed after the pilot, from episode 2 to episode 8, which supports full-season release on DTC.
Two ways into PYLON TOWER
For viewers
Watch on Pylon. Free on the web and apps. Or $7.99 a month, 4K and ad-free.
Watch on PylonFor filmmakers
Apply with a 6 to 10 episode season, 8 to 12 minutes per episode, clear rights, and a finished creative point of view.
Apply as a founding creator