Sui and Republic Crypto enable fan ownership in Eli Roth's movie projects

Sui Network has partnered with Republic Crypto to bring fan ownership and on‑chain investment to filmmaker Eli Roth’s new horror-focused production venture, The Horror Section. Using Sui’s layer-1 blockchain and Republic’s compliant investment infrastructure, fans can directly purchase fractionalized equity in the studio and its intellectual property, transforming traditional passive film fandom into actual ownership of tokenized real-world assets. During its initial fundraising round, more than 2,500 participants invested as little as $100, contributing over $5.5 million to the company. Republic manages the equity structure and profit distribution, while Sui provides the infrastructure to tokenize and custody investors’ digital shares in a way that is globally accessible and low-cost. This model aims to let horror fans worldwide become stakeholders in both acquired and original film projects—including releases like Jimmy and Stiggs and Roth’s own Ice Cream Man—and potentially in related IP extensions such as games, live events, and merchandise. The collaboration is positioned as a significant Web3 experiment in Hollywood, using blockchain to expand who can invest in film and how transparently future returns are tracked and distributed.

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