Although I rarely watch "The Daily Show" Jon Stewart cracks me the hell up. As far as I'm concerned he's a more reliable news source than pretty much half--no make that all--of the other news outlets.
Well it looks like Jonboy is going to be taking a little break from Comedy Central to pursue his first directing gig. According to "Deadline" Stewart will take an eight to twelve week hiatus this summer to film Rosewater. John Oliver will host in his place.
Considering his background you might expect Stewart's first film to be a comedy but you'd be wrong. The screenplay (which Stewart adapted) takes its source from the book "Then They Came For Me: A Family's Story of Love, Captivity, and Survival." Here's a brief description:
The book is Maziar Bahari’s harrowing ordeal of leaving London in June 2009 to cover Iran’s presidential elections. With a pregnant fiance left behind, the BBC journalist expected to be away for a week. Instead, he spent the next 118 days in Iran’s most notorious prison being brutally interrogated by a man he knew only by one thing: he smelled of Rosewater. Bahari wrote the book with Aimee Molloy.
Sounds fascinating and with the success of Argo, this film could be a potential hit. Stewart will produce Rosewater along with Scott Rudin and Gigi Pritzger. No stars are currently attached and there is no release date but I wouldn't be surprised if it debuts at Cannes next year.
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