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Artists Equity Formalizes In‑House Writers’ Room, With Affleck, Damon and Roth Mentoring

Twice‑yearly rooms pay WGA scale, with a third round now underway featuring eight writers.

Overview

  • Affleck and Damon’s studio made the writers’ room a standing program after two pilot rounds.
  • Ben Affleck, Matt Damon and Eric Roth provide regular feedback to participants during the process.
  • Four scripts from the pilots are now in packaging, with four additional projects still in progress.
  • The current cohort spans two rooms and includes Jason Stone, Gabriel Sherman, E. T. Feigenbaum, Flint Wainness, Jono Matt, Sam Mazany, Agatha Helena Nowicki and Steven Robillard.
  • Projects that advance will be packaged with talent and financing by Artists Equity, which maintains a multi‑year theatrical deal with Sony Pictures and a creative partnership with Netflix.