BlackForge Partners / Vertical production

Original stories.
Built for the
vertical screen.

Development, creative packaging, and production for a new generation of scripted entertainment.

Go behind the scenes Explore the originals

A JLE Cinema Group company

Crew members working beside the camera on Swipe Left — On set / Swipe Left: Dying for LoveBehind the production

The production business

Creative ambition.
Made tangible.

BlackForge Partners is the vertical production company within JLE Cinema Group. It brings story development, talent, and production resources together to create scripted entertainment for the portrait screen.

The format changes how a scene is framed and how a story unfolds. The work still begins with character, performance, and the collaboration that brings an idea to life.

Swipe Left: Dying for Love / Behind the scenes

Production in focus

On set.
In the details.

Swipe Left: Dying for Love

Step inside the production through photography from the set: cast preparing, crew shaping the frame, and collaborators working between takes.

These moments reveal the people and practical craft behind a vertical original—from the camera and sound setup to the work that happens before a scene rolls.

Swipe Left: Dying for Love official poster

Vertical original / 2026

From the set to the screen.

Discover muVpix

A closer look

The work behind the frame.

A portrait-oriented camera monitor showing a Swipe Left scene — 01The vertical frame

Cast and crew reviewing a scene together on the bar set — 02Working through the scene

A crew member holding the Swipe Left clapperboard before a take — 03Ready to roll

Cast performing at a doorway with crew in the foreground — 04Behind the scene

An actor performing a kitchen scene with camera and sound equipment visible — 05Setting the action

Cast on the bar set with lighting and production equipment visible — 06Lighting the story

Selected vertical originals

Stories built for
a different screen.

Selected titles from JLE’s vertical entertainment ecosystem.

Romeo & Juliet Reimagined official series poster — 01Vertical original
Romeo & Juliet Reimagined

Whispervale official series poster — 02Vertical original
Whispervale

Swipe Left: Dying for Love official series poster — 03Vertical original
Swipe Left: Dying for Love

Meet the muVpix platform www.muvpix.com

From concept to production

A connected creative process.

01

Develop the story

Shape the concept, characters, and episodic structure for vertical storytelling.

02

Bring the package together

Connect the creative material with writers, directors, cast, and production planning.

03

Create for the screen

Bring the performance, image, sound, and production resources together around the story.

Part of a connected group

Production is
the beginning.

BlackForge Partners creates vertical content. BlackForge Distribution manages platform ownership and vertical distribution, including its muVpix platform. Distinct businesses connect the creative work with its route to audiences.

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Build with BlackForge

The next story
starts with a conversation.

Connect about development, production, and creative partnerships.

Discuss a production

Original stories.Built for thevertical screen.

Creative ambition.Made tangible.

On set.In the details.

Swipe Left: Dying for Love

The work behind the frame.

Stories built fora different screen.

Romeo & Juliet Reimagined

Whispervale

Swipe Left: Dying for Love

A connected creative process.

Develop the story

Bring the package together

Create for the screen

Production isthe beginning.

The next storystarts with a conversation.

Original stories.
Built for the
vertical screen.

Creative ambition.
Made tangible.

On set.
In the details.

Stories built for
a different screen.

Production is
the beginning.

The next story
starts with a conversation.