By Alex Weprin
HalleHolly, the production company founded by actress Halle Berry and Holly Jeter, has inked a first look unscripted deal with Unanimous Media, the production company founded by NBA star Stephen Curry and Erick Peyton.
The deal will see Sharla Sumpter-Bridgett, chief content officer of Unanimous Media, work closely with Berry and Jeter as the companies collaborate on telling women-led stories for all audiences. It also marks a new push into unscripted for HalleHolly, which has thus far been focused on scripted film and TV projects.
“We’re thrilled to join forces with HalleHolly, a partnership that allows us the opportunity to collaborate on developing new and exciting storytelling opportunities for both of our companies,” said Peyton and Curry in a statement. “Together, we’re committed to bringing fresh, underrepresented narratives to the screen. Most importantly, we’re excited to continue championing stories that celebrate strength, creativity and resilience.”
“It is rare to find partnership with such like-minded people. Holly and I are incredibly aligned with Unanimous in our commitment to integrity in crafting bold, innovative stories and pushing boundaries in order to open hearts and minds,” added Berry. “Stepping into the unscripted space together feels like a natural extension of who we are and how we’ve built our company as multi-hyphenates. We couldn’t be happier about linking arms with this wonderful group.”
Curry has been pushing Unanimous into new areas, including scripted programming. This month it released the original animated film GOAT.
“It’s cool to see the evolution of what Unanimous is capable of, from its inception to now,” Curry told THR over lunch in 2024. “Obviously most of the content has been centered around me for a very long time, and being able to open up doors through TV, film and podcasting, publishing, you name it. Where the long-term sustainability of this is, is other content, other stories, other opportunities that don’t involve me, but the timing of Mr. Throwback and my acting debut — which is extremely fun and hopefully not the last time I get to do it — to the books, from our publishing arm to the podcast I did with my dad, Heat Check, we’re starting to create these avenues for other stories.”
