Jon Stewart's 'Rosewater' movie lands U.S. distribution deal
Open Road Films has acquired the U.S. distribution rights to Jon Stewart’s directorial debut, Rosewater, with plans to release the film this fall. The movie tells the true story of BBC journalist Maziar Bahari, who was detained in Iran and accused of spying. For 118 days in 2009, he was interrogated and tortured by Iranian authorities, who released him after overwhelming protests and pleas from the West, including repeated updates on The Daily Show.
Stewart, who took a leave of absence from his Comedy Central show to write and direct the film last summer, based the screenplay on Bahari’s best-selling memoir, Then They Came For Me: A Family’s Story of Love, Captivity, and Survival. Gael García Bernal (The Motorcycle Diaries) portrays Bahari in the film, and Shohreh Aghdashloo (24) plays his mother.
Click below to see Bahari’s 2009 appearance on the Daily Show, after he had been released by Iran.
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