EXCLUSIVE: Yale Entertainment, the independent production company of Jordan Yale Levine and Jordan Beckerman, has filed for bankruptcy, Deadline has learned.
“Unfortunately, that is true – Yale Entertainment has filed for bankruptcy,” the founders said in a statement to Deadline. “The climate for making independent films has become increasingly difficult – with the pandemic, the industry-wide strikes, and a major shift in the independent film marketplace. We’ve been very fortunate to have collaborated with some extremely talented creatives, and we’re grateful to everyone that has been a part of Yale’s journey.”
No word yet on what Levine and Beckerman will do next.
Levine founded Yale Entertainment in 2010, with an eye toward producing high-quality, filmmaker-driven features at conservative budgets, maximizing the possibility for creative and commercial success. Beckerman joined as a full-time partner and producer in 2017. The company is best known for its work on the cult hit action thriller Becky, starring Lulu Wilson, and sequel The Wrath of Becky, along with titles like The Kill Room, starring Uma Thurman and Samuel L. Jackson; Brittany Snow’s SXSW prize-winning directorial debut Parachute; and the Tribeca-premiering David Duchovny starrer Reverse the Curse, to name just a few.
Recent credits for Yale include Barron’s Cove starring Garrett Hedlund, Stephen Lang, Hamish Linklater and Snow; Electra starring Maria Bakalova, Abigail Cowen and Jack Farthing; and Justin Kelly’s Pretty Thing, starring Alicia Silverstone and Karl Glusman. Last year, the company partnered with Joe Swanberg to produce a slate of five new horror films, including Helldorado, Kenneled, Yellow Eyes, Monkey’s Magic Merry Go Round, and Untitled Jae Matthews Project, as we were first to report.
