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Jon Stewart Taking Hiatus From \u2018Daily Show\u2019 to Direct Movie<\/h2>\n
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Funnyman Jon Stewart is taking a turn at a more serious project than he\u2019s normally accustomed to, one that will require him to be behind the camera instead of in front of it.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Daily Show\u201d host announced Tuesday that he would be taking a 12-week hiatus from the Comedy Central program this summer in order to direct his first film, a drama called \u201cRosewater.\u201d Stewart also penned the screenplay for the movie, which is based on the 2011 book \u201cAnd Then They Came For Me: A Family\u2019s Story of Love, Captivity and Survival\u201d by Maziar Bahari and Aimee Molloy.<\/p>\n

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The New York Times:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mr. Bahari\u2019s ordeal is familiar to \u201cDaily Show\u201d fans \u2014 in fact, the comedy program played a role in it.<\/p>\n

A Canadian-Iranian journalist and documentarian, Mr. Bahari was jailed in Tehran in 2009 for four months, accused of plotting to stage a revolution against the government. Shortly before his arrest, Mr. Bahari had participated in a \u201cDaily Show\u201d sketch, conducted by one of the show\u2019s correspondents, Jason Jones, who was pretending to be a spy. Mr. Bahari\u2019s captors used the footage against him.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can imagine how upset we were,\u201d Mr. Stewart said, \u201cand I struck up a friendship with him afterward.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr. Stewart said he eventually read Mr. Bahari\u2019s book and \u201cbecause I\u2019m na\u00c3\u00afve about the movie business\u201d started to think about a film. He said he did not intend to also adapt the screenplay. \u201cIt just kind of happened,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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\u201cDaily Show\u201d correspondent John Oliver will fill in at the anchor desk for eight of the 12 weeks that Stewart is working on the movie.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2013Posted by Tracy Bloom<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Funnyman Jon Stewart is taking a turn at a more serious project than he’s normally accustomed to, one that will require him to be behind the camera instead of in front of it.<\/p>\n

“The Daily Show” host announced Tuesday that he would be taking a 12-week hiatus from the Comedy Central program this summer in order to direct his first film, a drama called “Rosewater.” Stewart also penned the screenplay for the movie, which is based on the 2011 book “And Then They Came For Me: A Family’s Story of Love, Captivity and Survival” by Maziar Bahari and Aimee Molloy.<\/p>\n

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The New York Times:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mr. Bahari’s ordeal is familiar to “Daily Show” fans – in fact, the comedy program played a role in it.<\/p>\n

A Canadian-Iranian journalist and documentarian, Mr. Bahari was jailed in Tehran in 2009 for four months, accused of plotting to stage a revolution against the government. Shortly before his arrest, Mr. Bahari had participated in a “Daily Show” sketch, conducted by one of the show’s correspondents, Jason Jones, who was pretending to be a spy. Mr. Bahari’s captors used the footage against him.<\/p>\n

“You can imagine how upset we were,” Mr. Stewart said, “and I struck up a friendship with him afterward.”<\/p>\n

Mr. Stewart said he eventually read Mr. Bahari’s book and “because I’m naïve about the movie business” started to think about a film. He said he did not intend to also adapt the screenplay. “It just kind of happened,” he said.<\/p>\n

Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

“Daily Show” correspondent John Oliver will fill in at the anchor desk for eight of the 12 weeks that Stewart is working on the movie. <\/p>\n

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