The distributor has picked up US rights from UTA to OddLot’s feature directorial debut of The Daily Show host Jon Stewart.

The distributor has picked up US rights from UTA to OddLot’s feature directorial debut of The Daily Show host Jon Stewart.

Sierra/Affinity handles international sales and will show the film to select buyers in Cannes.

Open Road plans in autumn release on Rosewater, which is based on BBC journalist Maziar Bahari’s memoir Then They Came for Me: A Family’s Story of Love, Captivity and Survival.

Gael Garcia Bernal will star and Scott Rudin, Stewart, and Gigi Pritzker produce. Lila Yacoub and Eli Bush serve as executive producers.