🔥 Reforging the Future: ShadowForge TV Evolves Into Forge+
By Daequan Winbush – Founder & CEO, ShadowForge Media LLC
For decades, the entertainment industry has been dominated by mega-studios, exclusive gatekeepers, and algorithms that decide which stories get told. At ShadowForge Media, we set out to challenge that.
Now, we’re proud to announce the official transformation of our streaming platform—from ShadowForge TV into Forge+.
This isn’t just a rebrand. This is a rebirth.
🔧 Why Forge+? Why Now?
ShadowForge TV was always about raw, fearless storytelling—from our horror roots in “Terror Don’t Sleep” and “Elliot: The Iron Mask” to experimental projects like “9:13” and “Gold Guns & Girls.” But the scale of our ambition demanded a new identity—one that reflected not just the kind of stories we tell, but the kind of future we’re building.
Enter Forge+: a cinematic universe and creator-powered network forged in fire and passion.
The “+” in our new name symbolizes expansion—into originals, animation, collectibles, retail, and creator economy tools. It’s a badge of growth, power, and possibility.
🧠 Brand Philosophy: Forge the Culture
Forge+ is built on a simple truth: culture isn’t curated—it’s created.
We are not trying to be another streamer competing for algorithmic dominance. We’re forging a community where bold creatives, genre-benders, and underdog visionaries can own the spotlight. A place where an iPhone-shot indie film sits next to a lost silent-era gem. Where an animated series created by a teenager can trend next to a psychedelic docu-series from a retired professor.
Forge+ is where visionaries go when Hollywood says “no.”
🎨 A New Visual Identity
Our design overhaul represents everything we stand for:
Molten Logo Reveal: Our animated intro opens with hammer strikes, sparks, and molten typography—emblematic of the forging process behind every idea.
Sleek Ember UI: The new interface combines cinematic design, ember loops, and Netflix-inspired carousel browsing.
Forge+ Originals: A new visual tag highlights homegrown content, letting audiences know: this was made by the Forge, for the Forge.
🎬 What’s Streaming on Day One?
Forge+ isn’t just a platform. It’s a vault of classics, rarities, and licensed cult content—all available for free or via ad-supported streaming.
🧟♂️ Horror & Cult Cinema
Phantasmagoria Theater Presents: Bloody Pit of Horror (1965)
Marihuana – A 1936 cautionary tale turned midnight classic
Five Minutes to Live – Pre-“Man in Black” Johnny Cash in a crime thriller
🕵️♂️ Mystery & Noir
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
Sherlock Holmes: The Woman in Green
Meet John Doe – Frank Capra’s forgotten masterwork of populism and power
🧸 Family & Fantasy Classics
The Little Princess (1939) – A young Shirley Temple in a heartfelt classic
Larry Semon’s Wizard of Oz (1925, silent) – A surreal twist on the L. Frank Baum tale
🤠 Classic TV Episodes (Forge+ Retro)
The Beverly Hillbillies:
“Getting Settled”
“Granny’s Garden”
“The Clampetts Strike Oil”
The Three Stooges – “Sing a Song of Six Pants”
Woody Woodpecker – “Pantry Panic”
🥬 Animation & Public Domain Gold
Popeye for President
Popeye Meets Sinbad the Sailor
Popeye Ali Baba
This is just the beginning. With regular drops of public domain restorations, indie student films, and underground series, Forge+ is turning its library into an ever-expanding vault of cinematic culture.
🔌 What Sets Forge+ Apart?
Forge+ is designed not just to entertain—but to empower:
Upload-to-Stream Pipeline: Creators can soon submit their work directly, get featured, and earn from ad revenue.
Interactive Viewing: Community reviews, Forge+ polls, and creator AMAs are in the roadmap.
Ecosystem Integration: Watch a ForgeyWorld short, then buy the plushie from the Forge+ app. Style yourself in a Boxy drop while binging a docuseries.
This is vertical integration for the indie generation.
🔗 The Connected Universe of ShadowForge Brands
Forge+ sits at the center of a growing web of cultural IPs:
🎥 ForgeyWorld: A plush toy universe backed by lore, music, animation, and a Kickstarter campaign that blazes with heart.
👕 Boxy: Streetwear for the culture, built around bold box logos and limited drops.
📚 TitanVerse: A rising comic universe of superheroes and legacy storytelling.
💀 DreadVerse: Dark tales from the psychological and supernatural edge.
🎙️ A Frankie Productions: Music videos, audio documentaries, and underground visuals.
Every one of these verticals will have a home—and a heartbeat—on Forge+.
🛠️ What’s Coming Soon?
🔓 Creator Portals: Self-publishing, analytics, and monetization for indie filmmakers
🎉 Launch Events: Digital red carpets, online film festivals, and a real-world Forge Festival
🛍️ Merch Integration: Sync episodes to merch drops, limited apparel runs, and seasonal Forgey editions
📺 Native Apps: Android TV, Roku, Firestick, and iOS experiences in development
💬 From the Founder
“Forge+ isn’t just a new name—it’s a new era. I wanted a platform where our stories, our voices, our hustle didn’t need permission. We forged this from nothing. Now we’re about to forge a new future for content.”
— Daequan Winbush
🧲 Join the Movement
🎬 Submit your film
💼 Inquire about licensing & monetization
👕 Partner with Forge+ for merch, drops, or content
🌎 Help us forge a world where content doesn’t need clearance to be powerful.
📍 forgeplus.tv (coming soon)
📧 Contact: shadowforgemedia@gmail.com
📱 TikTok | Instagram | YouTube: @ForgePlus
Forging a Creative Empire: The Rise of ShadowForge Media
How audacity, craft, and community build IP across film, live sports, and transmedia — and the roadmap to scale to $1.5–3B by 2036.
Read the storyWe started ShadowForge Media as a small, stubborn studio with a simple hypothesis: original stories and live culture, when built with craft and community, can be more than art — they can be a self-sustaining creative economy. Over the last few years we've launched a collection of divisions — Forge Fight League (FFL), Forge+, ForgeyWorld, 40RUM Films, and the Hammer Index — each one a different engine in the same ecosystem: IP creation, live events, merchandising, and serialized storytelling.
Why multi-pronged IP matters
Film, live sports, and transmedia each have different economics and audiences. Film builds cultural credibility and shelf-life. Live sports (FFL) creates intense, local-to-global audience moments you can monetize repeatedly — tickets, PPV, sponsorships, merch. Transmedia (ForgeyWorld, Forge+) keeps fans inside our sandbox through serialized drops, collectibles, short-form series and community experiences. When these elements are designed to feed one another — films that spotlight a fighter, live events that seed a series, toys that make characters tactile — you get compound returns instead of one-off spikes.
How we monetize attention (and scale)
The playbook is simple, but execution requires discipline:
- Owned IP first. We own the characters, formats, and leagues we create. Ownership unlocks licensing, merchandising, and repeatable content windows.
- Multi-format launches. A film festival premiere → limited digital series → live crossover event → merchandise drop. Each step is another revenue layer.
- Community-driven product design. Fans tell us what they want; we build it fast and sustainably. That reduces inventory risk and increases LTV.
The FFL model — local roots, national reach
Forge Fight League started as small, electrifying fight nights with community gyms. Because we control production, rules, and narrative framing, a game-changing fight becomes promotional content, ticket revenue, PPV, and a brand moment for sponsors. Scale comes from repeatability: consistent events, serialized storytelling around athletes, and a clean sponsorship stack for local and national brands.
Risk-aware growth: regulatory, insurance, production
Combat sports and live events are high-touch businesses. We’ve put real infrastructure in place — legal, sanctioning compliance, insurance strategy, and venue partnerships — to manage risk while maintaining what makes the product raw and immediate.
The roadmap to $1.5–3B by 2036
Ambition without a plan is vanity. Here’s our roadmap — a multi-wave plan that composes revenue streams to reach a large enterprise valuation:
- Years 1–3 (foundation): Build repeatable live events, secure regional sponsorships, and launch 2–3 filmed projects that expand brand recognition.
- Years 3–6 (scale): National PPV distribution for FFL, licensing deals for ForgeyWorld IP, and a subscription/paid community product through Forge+ with exclusive drops.
- Years 6–11 (expansion): Global distribution partnerships, major brand licensing, TV/streaming deals across multiple territories, and scalable merchandising. Enter new verticals (games, toys, experiential touring) with proven IP.
By vertically aligning the revenue — box office/streaming, PPV/live events, recurring subscription services, product licensing, and sponsorship — we model a path to consolidate recurring cashflow and enterprise scale. Concretely: our financial modeling shows a credible path to scale to $1.5–3 billion in gross revenue by 2036 with disciplined reinvestment and solid partner distribution.
Culture, not just growth
Numbers matter, but culture is the engine. We hire storytellers who are producers, athletes who are characters, and partners who understand iterative merchandising. We prioritize creative autonomy with rigorous product cycles. Audiences sense authenticity — that’s the unfair advantage.
Call to action for collaborators
If you’re a creator, a brand, a gym, or an investor who likes building the future out loud — we’re looking to co-create. Drop us a line at ffl@shadowforgemedia.com or visit shadowforgemedia.com/contact.
