Artists Equity Unveils Writers' Room In-House Development Program

Oscar-winning screenwriters Ben Affleck, Matt Damon and Eric Roth serve as advisors for Artists Equity's Writers' Room in-house development program.

Variety
Le film qui a enchanté le festival de Cannes... Je suis pas convaincu du choix de ces mots et de cette phrase pour accrocher et vendre ce film qui est vraiment très beau et fort mais n'a rien d'enchanteur. Au contraire. C'est plutôt glaçant !

Dans les années 90, l'Irak subit une crise sanitaire et alimentaire. Malgré cela, le président Sadam Hussein tient à forcer son peuple à fêter son anniversaire et c'est pour cette occasion que la jeune Lamia, élève de CE2, est tirée au sort pour confectionner un gâteau.

Ce souhait d'anniversaire alors que le peuple irakien vit dans une misère et une pauvreté flagrante, créé un sentiment de sidération qui m'a laissé perturbé en sortant de ma séance. Surtout du fait que ce contexte a été réel.
La caméra alterne brillamment entre cette jeune enfant à la recherche des ingrédients pour faire son gâteau coûte que coûte, et sa grand-mère, à la recherche de sa petite-fille.
On pourrait trouver un semblant de magie "Disney" avec cette petite Lamia, toujours accompagnée de son coq qui semble vraiment communiquer avec elle. Mais la vitrine est très vite brisée au fur et à mesure des rencontres qu'elle va faire. Et je ne vous parlerai pas de la fin...
Donc non, je n'ai pas été enchanté mais c'est un film fort qui vaut le coup.

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Breaking Baz: ‘The Morning Show’s Billy Crudup & ‘Andor’s Denise Gough Reveal Why Their London Stage Version Of ‘High Noon’ Still Resonates
#News #BillyCrudup #BreakingBaz #DeniseGough #EricRoth #HighNoon #LondonWestEnd #PaulaWagner #TomWerner #WestEnd

https://deadline.com/2025/12/billy-crudup-denise-gough-high-noon-play-1236634881/

Breaking Baz: ‘The Morning Show’s Billy Crudup & ‘Andor’s Denise Gough Reveal Why Their London Stage Version Of ‘High Noon’ Still Resonates

Billy Crudup and Denise Gough talk about how they’re helping to bring the landmark movie 'High Noon' to London’s West End as a play.

Deadline
Movie TV Tech Geeks #TVFeatures #EricRoth #ThomasVinterberg Netflix Is Trying to Replace Its Biggest Historical Epic, but They're Already Doomed to Fail http://dlvr.it/TP1HTh

Father-Son Writing Duo Secure Rights to Poker Champion Stu Ungar’s Life Story (Exclusive)
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https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/stu-ungar-life-story-rights-secured-father-son-writing-team-1236200041/

Father-Son Writing Duo Secure Rights to Poker Champion Stu Ungar’s Life Story (Exclusive)

Eric and Geoff Roth plan on developing the story of the card-playing virtuoso the New York Times deemed the "enfant terrible of poker" into a limited television series.

The Hollywood Reporter
Film Review: HERE (2024): Robert Zemeckis' Stagey Drama is an Ordinary Look at Ordinary People | FilmBook

Here Review. Here (2024) Film Review, a movie directed by Robert Zemeckis, written by Eric Roth, Robert Zemeckis and Richard McGuire and starring Tom Hanks

FilmBook
‘Here’ Review: Tom Hanks and Robin Wright Get Boxed in by Banal Story in Robert Zemeckis’ Fixed-Camera Experiment

Premiering at AFI Fest, the director's reunion with his ‘Forrest Gump’ stars and screenwriter Eric Roth also features Paul Bettany, Kelly Reilly and Michelle Dockery.

The Hollywood Reporter

[How do you know if something will last or not?] Well, you don’t! That’s a form of arrogance! I think that if you can somehow tell some kind of truth or at least get to some sense of truth… Then it will last. Because then you’ve reached some kind of primal understanding of something that will transport you over time. But I don’t sit here and say, “Is this going to be great and last?” I don’t think so. I just try to make it something that has a sense of something that matters, you know, that makes it of value.

~ Eric Roth, from Eric Roth

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Eric Roth wrote the screenplay for Forrest Gump, an adaptation of the book.

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https://constantine.name/2024/07/18/will-it-last/

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Eric Roth - The Talks

“I’m interested in what would resonate to you about a film, and what would resonate to me.” “Write what you see and feel and hear. You take from your experience.”

The Talks