Ricky Gervais just put up the new poster for his latest collaboration with Stephen Merchant, Cemetery Junction , and I think I like it. The whole look of it really takes me back. Specifically, it takes me back to summers between college terms, when my dad would come home to me eating Bagel Bites and watching shit TV and tell me to “be somebody.” Maybe after Maury , Dad. Maybe after Maury .

The classic The Office/Extras team of Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant is back with the coming-of-age-in-’70s-Reading film Cemetery Junction ! If this isn’t on the Most Anticipated Movies of 2010 list you make every year, you surely omitted this from your stupid list. Here’s the trailer (Sony seems to be pulling it from the YouTube, so make it quick):

The classic The Office/Extras team of Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant is back with the coming-of-age-in-’70s-Reading film Cemetery Junction ! If this isn’t on the Most Anticipated Movies of 2010 list you make every year, you surely omitted this from your stupid list. Here’s the trailer (Sony seems to be pulling it from the YouTube, so make it quick):

Ricky Gervais posted this on his blog , prefacing the photo with the warning: It is a non-speaking role, but his is my favourite character in the whole movie of course. Are you fucking ready…? I’ll tell you, I was not fucking ready. That is too much to handle. He looks like a turn-of-the-century bartender. And cross-eyed!? Tell me the character is actually cross-eyed. Amazing. (If you don’t know why seeing cross-eyed, mustached Karl Pilkington is relevant, you really need to boot into your YouTube or Google or iTune and figure it out. I can’t hold your hand forever.)

From the BBC, here’s a featurette that gives a behind-the-scenes look at a film high on my “G.D. I want to see this!” list, Cemetary Junction . We briefly get to see some scenes being shot, but more importantly, co-writers/directors Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant take the opportunity to take yet another stab at Ralph Fiennes:

Want to see Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant mock Academy Award-nominated actor Ralph Fiennes to his face? Why wouldn’t you? So enjoy.

It’s not like my love of British comedian Ricky Gervais is a secret around these parts. No worries, though I’ll be keeping my inner fangirl at bay, and you don’t need to worry about this turning into a ‘gush-fest’. The first trailer for The Invention of Lying has debuted over at Yahoo! Movies UK and we have our first glimpse at the story of an alternate universe where human beings have never learned the art of deception. Gervais plays a man working in the film industry who becomes the inventor of lying, and quickly uses his newfound skill for romantic and financial gain. Gervais seems to have no trouble inspiring praise from his peers, and the cast list for Lying is proof of that comedy clout. Just some the names in the Lying cast are; Jonah Hill , Louis C.K. , John Hodgman , Tina Fey , Christopher Guest , Jeffrey Tambor , and Jason Bateman . Gervais has even gotten his first advance review for Lying from J.J. Abrams, who said, “The Invention of Lying’ is as funny as it is biting, wholly original, and surprisingly moving. Is there such thing as an important comedy? Turns out there is, and this is it.” It’s an unlikely source of praise, but after watching the trailer, I guess the big question is: could Abrams be right? The Invention of Lying arrives in theaters on September 25th, 2009. After the jump: Gervais’ working class ‘dramedy’, Cemetery Junction, goes into preproduction and Gervais stalks the paparazzi… Filed under: Comedy , Universal , Warner Brothers , DIY/Filmmaking , Movie Marketing , Images Continue reading Ricky Gervais Invents Lying in New Trailer Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments