Exclusive: Brian Grazer and Ron Howard’s Imagine Entertainment is partnering with Impact to launch a global call to discover an emerging writer to pen a new basketball comedy. An idea hatched by Imagine, the feature is described as a “School of Rock meets Moneyball.”

Similar to Impact’s content accelerators, applicants vying to claim the role as screenwriter of the project will go through an extensive review process. The top candidates will interview with Impact before making it to the finals where they will present to Imagine — who will make the hiring decision. Writers of all levels are invited to apply with a well-thought out take on the open writing assignment (Owa) and a writing sample. Submissions will be accepted starting today through March 7.

The logline for the project is: “When an NBA legend enrolls his superstar son at a local Stem academy, the washed-up basketball coach must team...