Franklin ScreenRunway helps authors turn literary IP into professionally developed screen properties—building the right first asset, developing an audience, and creating a foundation for what comes next.
You write your story.
The story is adapted into a script.
Presented to producers, studios, or buyers.
Wait for someone else to decide.
Historically, creators waited for producers, studios, or buyers to decide whether their story moved forward.
You write your story.
Find the right screen direction.
Create a professional first screen asset.
Build and measure real audience response.
Scale when the evidence supports the next step.
Build the first version, prove its potential, and scale when the opportunity supports it.
Create the right first screen asset.
Develop a focused proof, short, pilot, or format suited to the story.
Build audience evidence.
Test the concept, measure engagement, and learn what resonates.
Scale With Proof
Use audience and commercial signals to guide the next stage.
Children’s literature, fantasy, science fiction, and adventure.
Short films, cinematic scenes, and concept sequences.
Serialized storytelling and creator-led content.
Demonstrate recurring screen potential.
Memoir, history, education, and real-world stories.
Professional screen development for industry presentation.
Identify strong IP and clear rights.
Evaluate creative and commercial potential.
Define the right format, audience, and release path.
Plan the scope, budget, schedule, and creative team.
Create the first proof, short, or pilot.
Launch, reach audiences, and gather response.
Track engagement, audience growth, and commercial signals.
Expand when the evidence supports the next step.
Premium adaptations, polished pilots, and ambitious screen projects.
Genre storytelling, immersive worlds, and episodic fiction.
Engaging screen content for children and families.
Memoir, documentary, history, and nonfiction for the screen.
Illustrative marketplace examples. No partnerships or guaranteed access implied.
Create New Paths for Your Property to Grow and Create Value.
Franklin receives only the permissions needed for the approved work.
Build new pathways for your property to create value.
Discover how Franklin ScreenRunway transforms literary IP into a broader screen ecosystem, creating opportunities for audience development, commercial growth, and multiple pathways for a property to expand beyond the page.
Platform-based revenue opportunities.
Exclusive content and supporter communities.
Create value through brand partnerships and integrations.
Extend your story through physical and digital products.
Engage audiences to support future development.
Rights-based market opportunities.
Digital and independent distribution.
Explore common questions about Franklin ScreenRunway, the adaptation process, ownership, development pathways, and what happens when your story begins moving beyond the page.
No. Franklin can begin by evaluating the underlying book or literary property. If screenplay development is required, it can become part of the recommended development pathway.
Not necessarily. The appropriate starting scope depends on the type of property and what the first production needs to accomplish. Some stories may begin with a focused proof of concept, short, or animated sequence, while others require more development.
Franklin may participate in the development of selected projects. The level and form of Franklin participation depend on the strength of the property, adaptation requirements, commercial opportunity, available resources, and approved project structure.
Every ScreenRunway project requires some form of author runway participation. Additional project capital may potentially come through sponsorship, crowdfunding, or other approved sources where appropriate.
Yes. Authors participating in ScreenRunway retain 100% ownership of their underlying intellectual property.
Franklin receives only the project-specific permissions required to provide agreed development, production, promotion, cross-publishing, distribution, or commercial services.
Creator-first projects are generally developed around the author’s own audience and digital accounts.
Depending on the project, content may also be cross-published, featured, or promoted through Franklin’s developing network, including Franklin Studios, Franklin Vault, Franklin Junior, and Franklin Lens.
Potential revenue pathways may include platform monetization, memberships, audience support, sponsorship, crowdfunding, distribution, licensing, and other commercial opportunities. Eligibility and performance vary by platform and project, and Franklin does not guarantee monetization or specific financial results.
Franklin can help develop selected properties toward larger industry opportunities when their creative and commercial foundation justifies that stage. No specific studio, streamer, distributor, or acquisition outcome can be guaranteed.
Franklin’s strongest direct resources currently include development, animation, visual production, audio, post-production, and digital media.
For projects requiring physical live-action filming, Franklin may support development, planning, packaging, creative direction, and producer-side coordination while working with appropriate external production resources.
Not automatically.
ScreenRunway is a separate media-development pathway requiring its own approved scope and applicable agreement.
An author’s standard literary evaluation or book-publication arrangement should not be confused with an optional media-production investment.
Franklin reviews the property and the author’s adaptation objectives.
If the property appears suitable for further development, Franklin discusses possible formats, development requirements, and the most appropriate initial runway.
A project-specific scope is prepared only after the direction and resource requirements have been evaluated.
