Screenwriters' Rant Room

In this kick ass, first episode of 2016 -  we talk with Executive Producer/Showrunner Jeff Melvoin “The Series Fixer!” HIGHLIGHTS: Engaging the fans, becoming a journalist at Time Magazine,  coming up in TV with: Remington Steele & Northern Exposure, “The Hail Mary Syndrome,”  Showrunning the series Army Wives, rising above the clutter, the WGA Staff Writers Boot Camp, vanity & fear, the WGA Showr...

In this new, kick ass episode - Hilliard & Lisa talk with actor/series creator Bashir Gavriel about the hustle muscle it takes to sell a TV Series to the USA Network! HIGHLIGHTS: Discovering your talent at a young age, going to Nursing School, understanding “God Winks,” navigating the world & the industry, life changing advice from Will Smith, the engaging pitch, writing, creating and selling “Par...

Today we talk about making intersectional feminist films with two of the women behind the hit, new Moon Faze Fem Film Festival - actors/producers - Premstar Santana and Sarah Hawkins! HIGHLIGHTS: World star faces, making your own work - “her changing faces,” creating Moon Faze at LA Mother, championing female filmmakers, becoming producers and so much more… Our motto, "Keep it street, keep it opin...

In this episode we go IN with good friend - motion graphics artist Jonathan Winbush and we discuss the hustle muscle it takes to get to the top of your game! HIGHLIGHTS: Taking the plunge to LA, being on your game, designing opening titles for Happy Madison’s company, DVD & BlueRay Menus, working with producers, My Little Pony, why motion graphics is important to filmmakers and so much more!  Our...

“Fade the f**k In!  That’s right, Hilliard & Lisa go IN big time with big bro, Malcolm Spellman writer/Producer of the hit series “EMPIRE!” HIGHLIGHTS: Becoming the IT Writer, balancing a steady career, Writer-Action Message Board, creating Balls Out, savvy writers, inside the hit show “Empire” and so much more! Our motto, "Keep it street, keep it opinionated and keep it what? 2,015” DIRECT LINK: ...

Hilliard, Lisa and big bro, writer/producer Geoffrey Thorne from the hit show The Librarians, chopped it up in this episode - big time y’all! HIGHLIGHTS: Star Trek, Jessica Jones, “women with agency,” TV’s getting it right - Film’s getting it wrong,, diverse casting - only when it’s smart and part of the character, do we really need a black James Bond and a ton more sh**!  Our motto, "Keep it stre...

Hilliard and Lisa talk shop with Science Fiction Author/Professor Dr. Adilifu Nama about his latest book - “RACE ON THE QT -Blackness and the Films of Quentin Tarantino!” HIGHLIGHTS: Inside the new book, projecting race in films: The Planet of the Apes, Django Unchained, Jackie Brown, the self hating black man, living myths, The Groundhouse Pictures and so much more! Our motto, "Keep it street, ke...

Hilliard and Lisa have a blast with Chuck Rose - writer/creator of “THE ART OF MORE” a new, hit series on The Crackle Network! HIGHLIGHTS: Developing with Samuel Goldwyn Jr, playwriting and writing features, creating The Art of More series, behind-the-scenes, structure and pace, rewrites, The Vampires of Hollywood, diverse casting, Chuck’s novel “Head Games” and so much more! Our motto, "Keep it s...

In this episode, Hilliard, Lisa, Tracy Grant and Willie Davis came together and taped a Tribute Episode in memory of our fellow third wheel co-host, Kevin Killebrew, who recently passed away unexpectedly... Our motto, "Keep it street, keep it opinionated and keep it what? 2,015” DIRECT LINK: http://bit.ly/EP-BONUS Subscribe, Comment, Rate & 5 STAR Review on iTunes! http://bit.ly/HG-SRR-EP1 Twitter...

Hilliard, Lisa and Kevin go IN in this episode. This time covering some of the latest and most talked about Hollywood BS! HIGHLIGHTS : The Martian, Project Greenlight, casting “people of color,” more opportunities for woman directors and so much more!   Our motto, "Keep it street, keep it opinionated and keep it what? 2,015” DIRECT LINK: http://bit.ly/EP-76 Subscribe, Comment, Rate & 5 STAR Review...

In this episode, Hilliard, Lisa, Kevin and sitting in with us, rock star horror writer, Jeffrey Reddick! Our motto, "Keep it street, keep it opinionated and keep it what? 2,015” DIRECT LINK: http://bit.ly/SRWW-74 Subscribe, Comment, Rate & 5 STAR Review on iTunes! http://bit.ly/HG-SRR-EP1 Twitter: @ScreenwritersRR @HilliardGuess @LisaBolekaja #ScreenwritersRantRoom #BlackNerds #HORROR

Hilliard and Lisa go in with old friends, twins, JaNieka & JaShieka James, Staff Writers on Season Two of the hit series “EMPIRE!” Our motto, "Keep it street, keep it opinionated and keep it what? 2,015” DIRECT LINK:  http://bit.ly/EP-74 Subscribe, Comment, Rate & 5 STAR Review on iTunes! http://bit.ly/HG-SRR-EP1 Twitter: @ScreenwritersRR @HilliardGuess @LisaBolekaja #ScreenwritersRantRoom #BlackN...

In this episode Hilliard, Lisa and Kevin go IN on an episode of Hollywood Roundup, talking about all kinds of industry sh*t! HIGHLIGHTS: Viola Davis and the haters around the Emmy’s, the top tv series for commercial ads, Matt Damon and Effie T Brown, issues with Fear The Walking Dead and so much more! Our motto, "Keep it street, keep it opinionated and keep it what? 2,015” DIRECT LINK: http://bit....

Hilliard, Lisa and Kevin go IN - Part 2 with Carlito Machete, writer on the hit show EMPIRE! HIGHLIGHTS: The traffic stop, shit wasn't easy, "The Chop Up" on BET, getting stabbed at a bar, breaking in - "The Left Overs," the writers room on "Empire" and so much more! Our motto, "Keep it street, keep it opinionated and keep it what? 2,015” DIRECT LINK:  http://bit.ly/EP-72 Subscribe, Comment, Rate...

HIGHLIGHTS: Carlito's hustle muscle, the streets of Philly and the Bronx, Prison PTSD, The Source Magazine,  Our motto, "Keep it street, keep it opinionated and keep it what? 2,015”   DIRECT LINK:  http://bit.ly/EP-71 Subscribe, Comment, Rate & 5 STAR Review on iTunes!   http://bit.ly/HG-SRR-EP1   Twitter: @ScreenwritersRR @HilliardGuess @LisaBolekaja #ScreenwritersRantRoom #BlackNerds #Comedy #Em...

This week, Hilliard, Lisa and good friend Kevin Killebrew go IN, this time talking about loving your own thing and chasing the trends!   HIGHLIGHTS: Looking for validation, the “aspiring writer,” seeing things visually,  writers’ block, self validation, self investment... and so much more!    Our motto, "Keep it street, keep it opinionated and keep it what? 2,015”   DIRECT LINK:  http://bit.ly/EP-...

This week, Hilliard, Lisa and good, friend Kevin Killebrew go IN, this time talking about some of our favorite Summer Movies!   HIGHLIGHTS: Johnny Depp, Hollywood needs new faces, our favorite summer movies, Fall movies we can’t wait to see and so much more!    Our motto, "Keep it street, keep it opinionated and keep it what? 2,015”   DIRECT LINK:  http://bit.ly/EP-69   Subscribe, Comment, Rate &...

Hilliard and Lisa go IN with old friend writer/creator Scotch Ellis Loring and this episode is full of GAME!   HIGHLIGHTS: Being “just black,” breaking in on “The Facts of Life” and “Head of The Class,” singing back up, being a gay married parent in Hollywood, “WIG,” writing, directing and creating the webseries “Faux Show,” Lisa’s - Straight Out of Compton rant and so much more!   FAUXSHOWTV.COM...

If you are a fan of Horror then you don't wanna miss this episode.  Hilliard and Lisa talk how genre works with good friend, writer/exec producer, Jeffrey Reddick!   HIGHLIGHTS : Growing up bi-racial in Kentucky, being an intern at New Line Cinema, breaking in and creating the five-movie horror franchise FINAL DESTINATION, writing films like: TAMARA, George Romero’s DAY OF THE DEAD, RETURN TO CABI...

Hilliard and Lisa go IN with old friend and OBS member, Terrell Lawrence, staff writer on the hit show UNDATEABLE!   HIGHLIGHTS: Growing up in South Carolina, transitioning to LA, working at ICM for 8 years, the big staffing interview, the big break, getting staffed on “YOUR FAMILY OR MINE,” the first week on staff,  what do you bring to the room, staffing the hit show UNDATEABLE… and the End Song...

Hilliard and Lisa have a blast with good friend, writer/author/creator Brandon Easton, currently staffed on the hit show MARVEL’S AGENT CARTER!   HIGHLIGHTS: Life in Baltimore, racist Boston, teaching in the ‘hood in NY and LA, the SHADOWLAW graphic novel, breaking in on THUNDERCATS and TRANSFORMERS: RESCUE BOTS, hosting panels at Comic-Con, “Black Geek Stockholm Syndrome,” the 2015 Disney/ABC Wri...

Hilliard and Lisa give you game on making your scripts “compelling!”   HIGHLIGHTS: “Snatching a Bitches Mind,” audience expectations, commanding a writing presence, holding the audiences attention and so much more!     Our motto, "Keep it street, keep it opinionated and keep it what? 2,015”   DIRECT LINK:  http://bit.ly/EP-64   Subscribe, Comment, Rate & 5 STAR Review on iTunes or Stitcher!   http...

Hilliard and Lisa go IN!  This time covering movies and music with the nostalgia of why it moves us!   HIGHLIGHTS: Lisa’s Rant, inside of the movie DOPE, anxious  for STRAIGHT OUT OF COMPTON, Gangsta Rap is Black peoples Punk Rock, "alternative" black singers/groups and so much more!   Our motto, "Keep it street, keep it opinionated and keep it what? 2,015”   DIRECT LINK:  http://bit.ly/EP-63-   S...

It's a brand new, inspirational and kickass episode with good friend, R&B singer/actress/author Rhona Bennett!   HIGHLIGHTS : Rhona’s Listening Party, her big break with Oprah, inside THE MICKEY MOUSE CLUB, HOME BOYS IN OUTER SPACE, signing with Rodney Jerkins, THE JAMIE FOXX SHOW, booking ARCHITECTS OF CRIME, joining EN VOGUE, the Law of Attraction, writing inspirational books and so much more!  ...

Hilliard goes IN with old friend and big sis, Debra Fisher.  This week discussing her rise in TV from Assistant to Co-Executive Producer!   HIGHLIGHTS: Coming up in Children’s Television, the job of the Script Coordinator, a perfect Writers PA, PARTY OF FIVE, the face of the office, writing with SPEED, staffing on ALIAS, the eclectic resume`, Co-EP expectations, inside CRIMINAL MINDS, WITCHES OF E...