NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - "Daily Show" host Jon Stewart will take the summer off to direct a film, and correspondent John Oliver will fill in, Comedy Central said.
Stewart's eight weeks off come in addition to about four weeks of repeats each summer, meaning viewers will have to go nearly three months without fresh doses of Stewart's incisive, sarcastic political commentary.
Stewart, who has hosted Comedy Central's flagship show since 1999, will direct his first film, the drama "Rosewater," from a screenplay he wrote. It is an adaptation of the 2011 book "And Then They Came for Me: A Family's Story of Love, Captivity and Survival" by Maziar Bahari and Aimee Molloy.
Stewart told the New York Times the prospect of a film was "a little scary" but that "one of the reasons we are in this business is to challenge ourselves."
"And I really connected to Maziar's story," he added. "It's a personal story but one with universal appeal about what it means to be free."
Scott Rudin, Gigi Pritzker and Stewart will produce the film, which is expected to start shooting in June, the Times said.
This isn't Stewart's first extended absence from the airwaves: "The Daily Show" went on hiatus for two months during the writers strike that began in November 2007.
Stewart's hiatus was first reported by Deadline.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/jon-stewart-taking-daily-show-summer-leave-john-202213404.html
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