Uploaded February 2023 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Beyond Words, our annual event highlighting this year’s Writers Guild Awards screenplay nominees, in partnership with The Black List, Final Draft and Variety, and sponsored by Late Night with Seth Meyers and Saturday Night Live, is back in person at the Writers Guild Theater!

Listen in on two back-to-back panels featuring nominees for Adapted and Original Screenplay. Learn about their process crafting their nominated scripts plus their journeys as screenwriters navigating the industry.

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY PANEL
Joe Robert Cole - Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Screenplay written by Ryan Coogler & Joe Robert Cole, Based on the Marvel Comics

Rian Johnson - Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Sarah Polley - Women Talking, Based upon the Book by Miriam Toews

Hosted and moderated by Sian Heder (CODA).

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY PANEL
Todd Field - Tár

Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert - Everything Everywhere All at Once

Seth Reiss - The Menu, Written by Seth Reiss & Will Tracy

Hosted and moderated by Kate Hagen, SVP, The Black List.

Photos by Joel Marasigan

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