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UPDATED 23 October 2026 216 REPORTS · 172 COMPANIES

Production / IP

Ambitious Entertainment

Key facts

Operator / parent
Ambitious Entertainment, Inc., a Nevada corporation with an initial public offering registered on Form S-1
Origin
Canada
Headquarters
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Launched
No micro-drama activity launched
Category
Production / IP

Ambitious Entertainment is a film production company incorporated in Nevada and run from Vancouver, led by chief executive Kirk E. Shaw. Its output to date is feature film, including the 2024 slasher All My Friends are Dead, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. In a Form S-1/A registration statement filed on 6 August 2026 it registered an offering of 4,000,000 shares at an indicative $4.00 to $5.00 per share and stated an intention to list on NYSE American, leaving the ticker blank and noting that it will not proceed if the listing application is refused. Micro-drama appears in that filing as a stated intention rather than an existing business: the company says it intends to develop and distribute micro-drama content, naming no title, slate, partner or date. The auditor's report as at 31 December 2025 carries a going-concern explanatory paragraph.

Reported figures

MetricFigureAs ofBasisSource
Shares registered4,000,000 common shares at an indicative $4.00-$5.006 August 2026officialSEC Form S-1/A
Working capitalnegative $14,390,940, against cash of $1,07031 December 2025officialSEC Form S-1/A
Net loss$1,761,069Year ended 31 December 2025officialSEC Form S-1/A

Profile

Markets
Not disclosed for micro-drama.
Content
No micro-drama titles, slate or format specifications disclosed. Existing output is feature film.
Genres
Horror and slasher in film; micro-drama genres not stated.
Monetisation
Envisaged rather than operating. The filing names digital-first marketing, influencer collaboration and pay-as-you-watch subscription models.
Profitability
Loss-making. Auditor's going-concern explanatory paragraph as at 31 December 2025, citing recurring net losses, an accumulated deficit and the need to raise further capital.
Backers
None disclosed. The offering was on file and not completed as at the filing date.

People

  • Kirk E. Shaw, chief executive officer.

Sources