{{Short description|American media production company}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2025}} {{Infobox company | name = New Slate Ventures | logo = New Slate Ventures logo.png | type = | founder = {{Plainlist| * [[Jordan Fudge]] }} | area_served = | key_people = {{Plainlist| * Jeremy Allen }} | industry = [[Film industry]] | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | owner = | hq_location_city = | hq_location_country = | num_locations = | num_employees = | caption = | divisions = | parent = | founded = | website = }}
'''''New Slate Ventures''''' is an American film and television production company and film fund founded by [[Jordan Fudge]]. The company has produced films such as ''[[The Forty-Year-Old Version]]'' (2020), ''[[The 24th]]'' (2020), ''[[The United States vs. Billie Holiday]]'' (2021) and ''[[Los Frikis (film)|Los Frikis]]'' (2024).
==Overview== In 2019, Jordan Fudge founded New Slate Ventures, the media and entertainment arm of Los Angeles–based private equity firm Sinai Capital Partners, alongside partners Zach White and Jeremy Allen, with a focus on developing and financing projects that emphasize intersectional, inclusive, and culturally impactful storytelling.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Abramovitch |first=Seth |date=14 January 2021 |title=Meet the Founders Behind $100M Film Fund New Slate Ventures: “There Is a Big Need for Content” |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/meet-the-founders-behind-100m-film-fund-new-slate-ventures-there-is-a-big-need-for-content-4114969/ |access-date=5 September 2025 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref> In 2020, New Slate Ventures announced that it had raised $100 million to invest in projects and expand its slate of original intellectual property.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Goldsmith |first=Jill |date=18 November 2020 |title=LA Media Fund New Slate Ventures Raises $100 Million To Invest In “Culturally Impactful” Projects |url=https://deadline.com/2020/11/la-media-fund-new-slate-ventures-raises-100-million-invest-in-culturally-impactful-projects-1234617752/ |access-date=5 September 2025 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref>
Its 2020 slate included ''[[The Forty-Year-Old Version]]'', produced by [[Lena Waithe]] and directed, written, and starring [[Radha Blank]], which was acquired out of Sundance and released by Netflix; ''[[The United States vs. Billie Holiday]]'', directed and co-written by Lee Daniels and starring Andra Day; and ''[[The 24th]]'', directed and written by Kevin Willmott and starring Trai Byers, an official SXSW selection that premiered in August through Vertical Entertainment,<ref name=":0" /> and the rights to ''Den of Thieves'', a non-fiction book by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist James B. Stewart, which was optioned for adaptation into a limited series by Oscar-nominated screenwriter [[Terence Winter]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ramos |first=Dino-Ray |date=4 March 2020 |title=New Slate Ventures Options Rights To James B. Stewart's 'Den Of Thieves', Oscar-Nominated Terence Winter To Pen Limited Series |url=https://deadline.com/2020/03/new-slate-ventures-acquires-rights-james-b-stewart-den-of-thieves-jordan-fudge-jeremy-allen-zach-white-terence-winter-1202873770/ |access-date=5 September 2025 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref> Day's performance earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress for ''[[The United States vs. Billie Holiday]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=15 March 2021 |title=Andra Day lands her first Oscar nomination for her film debut: 'I just feel gratitude' |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2021-03-15/2021-oscars-andra-day-nomination-billie-holiday |access-date=5 September 2025 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref>
In 2022, New Slate Ventures joined as a production partner on the documentary ''Free Money'', which explores the implementation of a universal basic income program in the Kenyan village of Kogutu and premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lang |first=Brent |date=8 September 2022 |title=New Slate Ventures Boards 'Free Money' Ahead of Toronto Film Festival Premiere (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2022/film/festivals/new-slate-ventures-free-money-toronto-film-festival-premiere-1235365125/ |access-date=5 September 2025 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref>
In 2024, New Slate Ventures produced ''[[Los Frikis (film)|Los Firkins]]'', a Spanish-language drama directed by Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz, which follows a group of young outcasts in 1990s Cuba who contract HIV to secure food during the country's "Special Period."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Aguilar |first=Carlos |date=20 December 2024 |title='Los Frikis' Review: A Vibrant Drama Set in 1990s Cuba Spotlights Punk Rockers Who Took Extreme Measures to Survive |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/reviews/los-frikis-review-1236256054/ |access-date=5 September 2025 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref>
==Filmography== {| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" !Year !Film !Notes |- |2025 |[[Los Frikis (film)|''Los Frikis'']] |distributed by Wayward/Range Releasing<ref>{{cite web |last1=Davis |first1=Clayton |title='Los Frikis,' From Producers Phil Lord and Chris Miller, Lands U.S. Distribution and Christmas Day Release (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/news/los-frikis-phil-lord-chris-miller-release-date-1236160231/ |website=Variety |date=4 October 2024}}</ref> |- |2024 |''Free Money'' | |- | rowspan="2" |2022 |''Icarus: The Aftermath'' | |- |''[[They Call Me Magic]]'' |distributed by Apple plus<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wanjiru |first1=Ellen J. |title=Magic Johnson and Apple TV+ Celebrate World Premiere of "They Call Me Magic" {{!}} See Red Carpet Photos |url=https://www.blackfilm.com/read/magic-johnson-and-apple-tv-celebrate-world-premiere-of-they-call-me-magic-see-red-carpet-photos/ |website=blackfilm.com |date=18 April 2022}}</ref> |- |2021 |''[[The United States vs. Billie Holiday]]'' |distributed by Hulu<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lang |first1=Brent |title=Hulu Buys Lee Daniels' 'The United States vs. Billie Holiday' |url=https://variety.com/2020/film/news/hulu-lee-daniels-the-united-states-vs-billie-holiday-1234874926/ |website=Variety |date=24 December 2020}}</ref> |- | rowspan="2" |2020 |''[[The 24th]]'' |distributed by Vertical Entertainment |- |''[[The Forty-Year-Old Version]]'' |distributed by Netflix |- |}
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