This Side Of The Truth

Gervais Mocks Christians’ Criticisms Of ‘The Invention Of Lying’

Ricky Gervais is one of those people you either love or hate, there is no middle ground. I happen to love his work so far although I do think he needs to evolve his acting style a little in movies to avoid becoming a bit samey. However, that hasn’t happened quite yet, so The Invention...
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Gervais Talks ‘The Invention Of Lying’ Cameos

I know a lot of people seem to have gone off Ricky Gervais in recent years, particularly in the U.K. where we tend to build people up until they start believing their own hype and then taking pleasure in knocking them down again. Which isn’t the case in the States, where people at the top...
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Universal Pick Up Gervais’ Truth

Shooting on Ricky Gervais’ new movie, and his directorial début, This Side Of The Truth, begins on Monday in Boston, and to mark the occasion, Universal Pictures International has picked up all distribution rights outside of the US. Warner Bros had already tied up the domestic deal, and now the film is guaranteed to be...
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Four More Actors Seek ‘This Side Of The Truth’ With Ricky Gervais

As a Brit Ricky Gervais is one of my comedy heroes, a man who managed to take that quintessentially English humour of laughing at yourself, and turning it (The Office) in to a successful television show both sides of the Atlantic. So naturally, it wasn’t going to be long before he wanted in on a...
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Jennifer Garner In Talks To Star In Ricky Gervais’ ‘This Side Of The Truth’

Jennifer Garner is reportedly in talks to star in the Ricky Gervais directorial début This Side Of The Truth. Ricky Gervais is the main man behind this flick, co-writing, co-directing and starring in the independently financed comedy, and Garner would make a nice foil to play opposite the British funny man. Variety is reporting that...
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