One Door Studios

What One Door Studios does

One Door Studios, LLC is a privately held film and television development and production company founded in July 2018 and headquartered in Santa Barbara, California (registered in Utah). The studio develops, produces, and distributes motion pictures targeting the global box office, with an announced portfolio of eight projects organized around the four-film young adult 'Calculated' franchise (Calculated, Simulated, Activated, Liberated) — the first screenplay written by Ann Peacock (Chronicles of Narnia) — and standalone features including Messiah, Cyrus, and a Curdie duology.

The company's distinctive go-to-market is a community-led, equity-crowdfunding model executed through the WeGo.One platform, under which retail investors and fans pledge capital for individual film projects via a 'test the waters' mechanism; pledges are not confirmed until critical mass is reached, after which development proceeds with fan co-creation through an advisory council. The studio partners with global territory distributors from the development phase (including China relationships brought by co-founder Stephen Wollwerth) and is developing MyStreme, an associated streaming platform led by CEO Dan Cobb with patent-holding TV interface technology.

Commercially, One Door Studios had no revenue as of its January 2023 SEC filing, has raised approximately $3M cumulatively ($2M via WeGo.One revenue-share crowdfunding in December 2021 for Calculated and a $1M Regulation D Rule 506(c) offering filed January 2023), and its investment portal is currently paused for maintenance. The leadership team is anchored by deep Hollywood operating experience: CEO Paul Lauer (Motive Entertainment; marketing lead on Passion of the Christ, Chronicles of Narnia), Executive Chairman John J. Lee Jr. (development/financing for $4B+ in global rights earnings; author of The Producer's Business Handbook), COO/President Jason Brents, and CCO Stephen Wollwerth.

Name

One Door Studios

Legal name

One Door Studios, LLC

Website

https://onedoorstudios.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Santa Barbara

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Equity Crowdfunding: The company raises capital through equity crowdfunding campaigns where investors purchase ownership stakes in individual film projects or the studio.
2. Revenue Share Offerings: Some projects offer revenue share to investors, where returns are tied to film performance. The Calculated film raised $2 million through a successful revenue share crowdfunding campaign.
3. Film Production and Distribution: Traditional film production with global theatrical and streaming distribution partnerships, targeting box office and ancillary revenue streams.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

One Door Studios is a film and television development and production company that develops, produces, and distributes motion pictures for the global box office. It operates a fan-funded and fan-created model in which retail investors fund individual film projects through the WeGo.One crowdfunding platform in exchange for equity or revenue share, and the studio partners with leading global territory distributors for theatrical and ancillary release. Its current portfolio includes the four-film young-adult "Calculated" franchise plus standalone features such as Messiah, Cyrus, and The Adventures of Curdie duology.

Product overview

OneDoor Studios is a film and TV development and production company producing global, character-driven, wide-audience stories in both feature film and television. The company operates primarily as a crowdfunding-based studio where fans can invest in projects. The core portfolio includes the Calculated franchise (a 4-movie young adult series: Calculated, Simulated, Activated, and Liberated), standalone films (Messiah, Cyrus, The Adventures of Curdie duology), and the associated streaming platform MyStreme. Projects are categorized as Currently Funding, Gauging Interest (Coming Soon), or Fully Funded.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Calculated Flagship four-film young adult franchise in development for major studio distribution, following mathematical prodigy Josephine Rivers; first film written by Ann Peacock (Chronicles of Narnia) and expected release in 2025.
• Simulated Second film in the Calculated franchise in which Jo Rivers returns home to Seattle after her exploits in Tunisia, dealing with her mathematical gift and mysterious disappearances of those close to her.
• Activated Third film in the Calculated franchise in which Jo Rivers travels to the Arctic of Finland with her team of prodigies to track down Noble and prevent global chaos caused by satellite interference.
• Liberated Fourth film in the Calculated franchise; Action/Adventure/Thriller synopsis announced for Summer 2024.
• Messiah Drama/true story film about Handel composing his famous oratorio Messiah, battling King, country, and Church for what became the most beloved and most performed oratorio in history.
• The Adventures of Curdie: The Princess and the Goblin Fantasy film about young Princess Irene who discovers a magical great-great-grandmother and teams up with miner boy Curdie to thwart a goblin conspiracy.
• The Adventures of Curdie: The Princess and Curdie Sequel to The Princess and the Goblin in which Curdie gains a mystical gift to discern people's true nature by touching their hands as he and Princess Irene navigate intrigue and betrayal in the royal palace.
• Cyrus Action/Adventure/Drama/True Story film set in ancient Persia following Cyrus, heir to a mighty lineage, who conquers vast lands and introduces the first-ever human rights charter.

Quantifiable outcome

• $2 million raised in revenue share crowdfunding for CALCULATED film development
• +1 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

AI capability1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• WeGo.OnecoreGTM or Marketing PartnerWeGo.One is the investment and crowdfunding platform used by OneDoor Studios for fan funding campaigns. The platform enables retail investors to participate in film project financing and co-creation. The company redirects investors to WeGo.One for account creation and investment processing.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Angel Studios: Directly comparable fan-funded film studio behind Sound of Freedom and The Chosen, distributing values-driven family content via Pay-It-Forward community model — the closest operational analog to OneDoor's WeGo.One model.
• Kingdom Story Company: Kendrick Brothers' independent faith-based film company producing family-friendly dramas (War Room, Courageous, Overcomer) with similar themes of hope, courage and redemption; comparable slate scale and target audience.
• Pure Flix: Faith-based film and streaming platform producing values-driven family content (God's Not Dead franchise); overlaps with OneDoor's family-friendly positioning and now operates its own streaming distribution.

Broad incumbents

• Affirm Films (Sony Pictures): Sony's faith-based film division producing and acquiring inspirational theatrical releases (Heaven is for Real, Miracles from Heaven) — Paul Lauer has directly marketed several Affirm titles, making it a comparable distribution/pricing reference.
• Hallmark Movies: Established wide-audience family-content producer and distributor; comparable end-customer demographic (general audience / families seeking wholesome entertainment), albeit with episodic rather than feature-film focus.
• Lionsgate: Independent major studio with deep franchise expertise (Twilight, Hunger Games, Divergent) and a faith/values-affiliated subsidiary; relevant as a distribution counterparty and valuation benchmark for multi-film franchises like the Calculated slate.
• Byron Allen's Entertainment Studios: Privately-held independent studio producing and distributing wide-audience films and television; similarly founder-led, family-controlled, and focused on broad-appeal content economics rather than prestige tentpoles.

Emerging players

• Main Street Films: Independent film development and finance company producing mid-budget features — comparable scale and stage but without OneDoor's crowdfunding/retail-investor distribution model.

Others

• WeFunder: Leading equity crowdfunding platform comparable to WeGo.One; relevant ecosystem peer for distribution-channel benchmarking and capital-formation cost comparisons.
• Republic: Major retail-investment and equity crowdfunding platform; relevant peer for evaluating WeGo.One's GTM mechanics, fee structure, and retail-investor acquisition economics.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/1doorstudios
• Facebookfacebook.com/onedoorstudios
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/onedoorstudios/?viewAsMember=true

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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