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  Optioned Stories: Jon Stewart Buys A Journalist's Tale; Don Murphy Takes Cory Doctorow's Latest Novel

  By Russ Fischer March 23rd, 2010

  Jon Stewart is more than a sharp comic and (unexpectedly) a reliable voice for news analysis. He has worked as an actor, and is now making a foray back into producing. Stewart has optioned the rights to the life story of journalist Maziar Bahari, who was arrested in 2009 during the Iranian election protests. Bahari…

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  Don Murphy Takes Option On Cory Doctorow's Little Brother, Lines Up More Good Stuff

  By Brendon Connelly June 19th, 2009

  An option is definitely not anything like a greenlight for a film, nor is it even talent being hired to develop a film, and all it is, really, is a producer lying down some dollar to prevent anybody else scooping up a great potential. Bearing that in mind, I'm still really very pleased to report…

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