An entertainment group built to connect ideas, talent, businesses, and audiences.
Our purpose
Create the work. Build the opportunity. Develop lasting value.
JLE Cinema Group operates across film and television, intellectual property, sports representation, promotions, and vertical entertainment. Its approach combines creative development with the relationships and commercial strategy needed to bring projects to market.
The group’s vertical businesses connect BlackForge Partners’ production capabilities with BlackForge Distribution’s platforms and distribution activities. muVpix, owned by BlackForge Distribution, provides a consumer-facing home for mobile-first scripted entertainment. www.muvpix.com
JLE / Around the world
Different places. Real connections.
Meetings, shared experiences, and the moments in between. A closer look at the people and places that make our world.
Creative ambition. Competitive instinct. Global perspective.
01
Film & storytelling
On screen. Behind the story.
John Lewis is an actor, writer, film and television producer, entrepreneur, and pioneering icon in mixed martial arts. His career encompasses more than 30 screen productions, including Den of Thieves, Bosco, and the Western Justice, which he wrote, produced, and starred in as lead antagonist Reb opposite Avatar’s Stephen Lang. An avid writer, Lewis has six feature-film writing credits and is the author of two fiction novels. His latest projects include the psychological thriller Cipher, currently in post-production, starring Terrence Howard, Paula Patton, Joel David Moore, Britt Robertson, and Lewis; Prank Call, starring Zachary Levi; and Miami Nights.
02
Combat sports
Experience earned in the arena.
Considered a legend in MMA for his championship wars against the best fighters of his time, Lewis helped shape the sport both inside and outside the cage. A member of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu’s “Dirty Dozen” - the first 12 Americans to earn a black belt in the discipline - he was the third American to achieve that distinction and today holds a seventh-degree coral belt. He introduced Dana White and the Fertitta brothers to MMA, helping set in motion their eventual purchase of the UFC and its evolution into today’s global organization. He has also trained some of the most legendary champions in MMA history.
03
Enterprise & platforms
Building the connected business.
As founder and CEO of JLE Cinema Group, Lewis develops international business and partnerships across entertainment, sports, and intellectual property. Through BlackForge Partners and BlackForge Distribution, he oversees original production, financing, licensing, and global distribution. He is also the founder of muVpix, the first American microdrama platform, bringing premium, mobile-first vertical storytelling to audiences worldwide. With muVpix, Lewis has built a business that connects original content development and production with technology, distribution, and monetization, creating new opportunities for filmmakers, talent, and international partners.
Lewis also leads NovaCorp Aerospace, an aerospace film and television studio focused on bringing sports - including MMA - and entertainment to zero gravity aboard a SpaceX rocket. Combining his experience in combat sports, production, and international business, he is developing projects designed to bring competition and cinematic storytelling into space.
