The First Studio Where Fans Pick the Stories and Share the Profits
Co-founded by Golden Globe winner Ron Perlman, Watrfall removes the gatekeepers between great movies and shows and the audiences that want them. Fans choose what gets made. Creators keep control. Everyone shares profits.
Join the company powering Hollywood’s rebellion. Reserve before Watrfall goes live in Q2 2026.
It's taken me 50 years to figure out what is amazingly beautiful about this industry and what stinks up the joint. Nowadays, there's a handful of people making obscene amounts of money and everyone else can go kick rocks. All we're doing is getting rid of the stuff that stinks up the joint and keeping the rest.
Ron Perlman · Co-Founder
Investors Are Already Helping Power Our First Slate
This isn't a concept. With the help of our earliest investors, these beloved stories are getting new chapters. It's a glimpse of what this model makes possible: fans with a direct stake in what gets made, and a share in what it becomes. Here are the stories currently in development:
Caillou
One of the most recognized children's franchises in the world, broadcast in over 140 countries and 21 languages. with 73+ billion minutes of YouTube watch time.
Johnny Test
This cult favorite ran from 2005 to 2015 before a Netflix revival proved the audience was still there.
The Audience Isn’t the Problem.
The Gatekeepers Are.
New stories are rarer by design. Hollywood funnels 80% of budgets into sequels, reboots, and franchises. Not because audiences demand it. Because execs hate “risk.” And when projects make money, creators rarely see it. But the model’s cracking. The percentage of sequels outperforming predecessors has fallen yearly since 2020. Meanwhile, breakout originals like Sinners and Weapons returned 4-7X on fractions of the budgets. How many more never got made?
Meet the Hollywood Rebellion
Watrfall is the first studio where audiences and creators decide what gets made and share in what it earns. No gatekeepers choosing for everyone. No executives hoarding profits. Fans who've only been talked at finally have a voice. Creators who've been locked out finally have a door. And the money can finally flow to everyone.
Participation: Fans vote on, fund, and ultimately decide what gets made
Transparency: All contracts and payouts are publicly tracked on-chain
Control: No middleman interference or creative meddling
Quality: Creators stay true to their vision; audiences get better stories
Our Plan to Launch
in Q2 2026
You’re investing at a pivotal moment as we finalize the platform and prepare for launch. By Q2, we aim to have a growing community, greenlit productions, and lean, transparent infrastructure powering it all.
Q1
Platform Finalization + Content Acquisition Complete core product development and quality testing.
Begin acquiring existing content to establish library.
Creator onboarding/voting launch
Q2
Platform Launch + Creator Onboarding.
Platform goes live with streaming and creator onboarding flow.
Begin acquiring the first slate of films and series for fan voting.
Pre-production begins
Q3
Fan Voting Launch + Community Building.
Enable users to fund, vote on, and discuss projects.
Begin building an early community around initial titles.
Watrfall Social+
Q4
Greenlights + Pre-Production.
Announce the first projects selected through fan participation.
Move those titles into pre-production with selected creators
Oscar and Golden Globe Winners, Billion-Dollar IP Creators
Our leadership combines more than a century’s worth of entertainment experience, content and blockchain expertise, and proven ability to launch platforms and scale successful ventures.
Golden Globe-winner and Emmy-nominated actor/producer with over 40 years in film and television.
He's known for standout roles in Hellboy, Beauty and the Beast, and Sons of Anarchy, as well as extensive work in voice acting.
A leading producer behind some of the most beloved kids programming. Founded/ran/sold one of the world's most successful animation studios. Oversaw Teletubbies, Inspector Gadget, Caillou, Peanuts, StrawBerry Shortcake.
Academy-Award-Winning producer (Bowling for Columbine). Former Chairman & CEO of Wildbrain (market cap of $1.5B CAD in '17). Named Canada's Entrepreneur of the Year in 2017.
Entrepreneur across tech and entertainment. Built and sold companies in creative services and consumer products, led product & design at Amazon Video, co-founded a subscription business with Gary Vee, and launched creator-driven projects with various talent.
Directly Powering Our Platform’s Launch
The capital we raise helps transition from working demo to a fully operational, content-rich platform:
available for fan voting, community discussion, and transparent performance tracking.
letting users watch, fund, and participate in the creative process
using Walrus for lean, transparent video storage and Seal for encryption and security
to bring trusted filmmakers, production houses, and their loyal audiences to the platform
across tech, distribution, and creative to support greenlit projects and create a scalable foundation