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Exclusive: Roadmap Writers presents its week-long celebration of Black History Month once again with their 3rd annual Black to the Future virtual event. This five-day event features panels with working screenwriters, film & TV executives, and literary representatives across the African American diaspora and Black experience in Hollywood.

Black to the Future is an extension of Roadmap Writers’ commitment to support and sustain diversity in Hollywood. Per Roadmap’s Director of Outreach and Diversity Initiatives, James Moorer, “Roadmap Writers has consistently held space for Black screenwriters since 2016 when we launched our Diversity Fellowship. Through our programs and introductions, we are committed to raising awareness, opportunity, and helping writers find a path to success. In its third year, Black to the Future is a celebration of inclusion and representation, and a beacon of hope for those yet to come.”

Panelists include Mika Frank (The Resident), Angela Harvey (Teen Wolf), Lamonia Deanne Brown...

Exclusive: Following the conclusion of the WGA strike, which has sent writers scrambling to either dive back into work or look for new opportunities, Roadmap Writers has reopened its free Support Staff Initiative, which helps get scripts from emerging talents in front of execs and literary reps.

The idea, per the initiative’s co-founder Joey Tuccio, is to allow up-and-comers working in television to focus on “their job and/or job hunt,” while Roadmap works to help elevate their careers, hopefully making the transition out of a historic work stoppage just a little bit easier.

Writers looking to apply for the program needn’t currently be working within a writers’ room — all that’s required to be eligible is experience working in a support staff role within the past 18 months. The door is open to writers’ room support staffers of all kinds, including writers assistants, showrunner assistants, Pa’s, script coordinators,...

Roadmap Writers is hosting a series of free webinars featuring writing talent from top shows.

Panelists include Niko Gutierrez-Kovner (“Beef”), Lillian Wang (“Reacher”), Sivert Glarum (“King of the Hill”), Jasmine Chiong (“Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon NIght”), Michael Poisson (“Robot Chicken”), Aadip Desai (“The Goldbergs”), Charlie Peppers (“Poker Face), Justin Calen-Chenn (“Bel-Air”), Emily Abbott (“Cobra Kai”) and Scott Z. Burns (“The Report”).

The initiative is in anticipation of reaching 350 writers signed to agents and managers through their introductions and to help raise money for The Animal Rescue Mission.

Founded in 2016 by Joey Tuccio and Dorian Connelley, and based in Los Angeles, Roadmap Writers is a screenwriting education and training platform for writers looking for a guided path to professional success writing for film and TV. Classes are online and led by working executives, managers, agents, producers, writers and other industry professionals.

The Animal Rescue Mission’s primary focus is rescuing dogs,...

Circle of Confusion, the talent management and production company behind “The Walking Dead,” has joined production and finance outfit Carte Blanche and Roadmap Writers’ genre screenwriting competition.

Josh Dove at Circle is handling their side of the partnership alongside Kyle Stroud and Frank Ponce at Carte Blanche and Joey Tuccio and Dorian Connelley at Roadmap Writers.

Carte Blanche will be greenlighting and fully financing at least one genre film. The script will have no more than five characters and five locations, and will focus on a contained, character-driven story. “Timecrimes,” “Buried,” “Monsters,” “Locke,” “Another Earth” and “Oxygen” serve as artistic inspiration.

The competition’s jury consists of producer Liz Cardenas (“7 Days”), Carolina Groppa, who is the executive in charge of production at Issa Rae’s ColorCreative, Giselle Johnson of Sony Pictures’ Screen Gems and Pixar alumnus Colin Levy, who is currently developing sci-fi series “Skywatch” for Peacock. They will decide the top three scripts,...

Exclusive: Kyle Stroud and Frank Ponce of production and finance outfit Carte Blanche, which has credits including Paul Schrader’s The Card Counter, are partnering with Joey Tuccio and Dorian Connelley’s Roadmap Writers to launch a genre screenwriting competition.

Carte Blanche will greenlight and finance at least one feature that comes through the initiative at a budget of sub-1M, though this figure could be increased depending on the elements involved such as cast.

Scripts should have no more than five characters and five locations, and will focus on a contained, character-driven story. Projects including Timecrimes, Buried, and Monsters are all cited as comps, the producers said.

The competition’s jury will consist of producer Liz Cardenas of A24’s A Ghost Story, Carolina Groppa, who is in charge of production at Issa Rae’s ColorCreative, Giselle Johnson of Sony/Screen Gems (Don’t Breathe), and Pixar alumni Colin Levy.