Sierra-Affinity to sell “The Daily Show” host’s directorial debut at Cannes March 29, 2013 - 11:36 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Sierra/Affinity will handle international sales on “Rosewater,” the directorial debut of “The Daily Show” host Jon Stewart, the financing, production and foreign sales company announced, according to TheWrap. Sierra/Affinity will begin to talk with buyers at the Cannes Film Festival in May. In order to make the movie, Stewart is taking a hiatus from hosting his popular late-night show, a satire of the day’s news and inane media coverage. The comedian will produce the film with Scott Rudin and OddLot Entertainment founder Gigi Pritzker. Stewart also wrote the script, adapting BBC journalist Maziar Bahari’s best-selling memoir “Then They Came for Me: A Family’s Story of Love.” Bahari and Aimee Molloy tell the account of Bahari’s 118 days imprisoned in Iran. Stewart interviewed Bahari in 2009, which interrogators then used as evidence that Maziar was working with Western spies. He continued to cover the story, inviting Bahari on after he was released.   Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running”   Partner news |  Latest news Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan  A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia.U.S. welcomes efforts to define Armenia-Azerbaijan border The United States welcomes efforts to define the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, says Vedant Patel.Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. |
