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Ricky Gervais writing and co-directing a feature?!? It's called THIS SIDE OF THE TRUTH and...

... and it sounds awesome!

Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. I'm a huge gonzo crazy nuts fan of Ricky Gervais'. EXTRAS has been rocking balls and I can't wait for the third and final season to hit!

Gervais has wrapped on Extras and now he's moving into features, co-writing and co-directing (with Matt Robinson) a feature called THIS SIDE OF THE TRUTH. The flick is set in a contemporary world where no one has ever lied... sounds like an alternate universe type deal. Familiar, but radically different.

Anyway, Gervais will play a performer who tells this world's first lie ever and realizes the power he can wield with lies... and, of course, abuses it for personal gain. Apparently this character will work in the film industry where actors are actually more like readers who tell completely factual stories. One day he's about to lose his job and it hits him to start making up "long lost stories" and the comedy ensues.

Sounds great to me. There's very much room for Gervais' patented awkward humor... now if only he can get Larry David in there somewhere and we'll have the world's most awkward situational comedy ever...


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First Posters Suck Balls!!
by kevinwillis.net
Sep 13th, 2007
09:09:04 AM
Sorry, I Couldn't Resist
by kevinwillis.net
Sep 13th, 2007
09:12:14 AM
No third season
by Zempf
Sep 13th, 2007
09:13:16 AM
Quint, there won't be a season three...
by Boba Fat
Sep 13th, 2007
09:15:08 AM
Zempf you quick typer you!
by Boba Fat
Sep 13th, 2007
09:16:36 AM
No Season 3? Good.
by henrydalton
Sep 13th, 2007
09:20:47 AM
Sounds hilarious.
by jimmy_009
Sep 13th, 2007
09:34:06 AM
Gervais great in everything, except Night at the Museum
by Pound Sand
Sep 13th, 2007
09:38:25 AM
No season 3, just a hourlong Christmas special
by performingmonkey
Sep 13th, 2007
09:39:31 AM
"Rocking Balls"
by PotSmokinAlien
Sep 13th, 2007
09:40:42 AM
What about "Cool as Balls?" PotSmokinAlien
by Pound Sand
Sep 13th, 2007
09:45:15 AM
Season 2 was a mess?
by MikeTheSpike
Sep 13th, 2007
10:02:19 AM
Gervais is a one-trick pony...
by stones_throw
Sep 13th, 2007
10:02:44 AM
Will this one feature...
by WYLD STALLYNS RULES
Sep 13th, 2007
10:08:56 AM
Ricky, Steve, and Karl fans: New podcast available!
by JackLint
Sep 13th, 2007
10:22:24 AM
you can tell Gervais is a BIG fan of Larry David:
by future help
Sep 13th, 2007
10:25:27 AM
Gervais is a one trick pony i'm afraid
by HOUSTON500
Sep 13th, 2007
10:29:09 AM
Never liked gervais
by kingoflight
Sep 13th, 2007
10:43:00 AM
No. Cast Gary Shandling...
by Christopher3
Sep 13th, 2007
11:00:50 AM
Gervais is a genius
by Bono Luthor
Sep 13th, 2007
11:26:10 AM
Ricky rules
by v for vienetta
Sep 13th, 2007
11:30:18 AM
HOUSTON500 - your theories are stupid
by quamb
Sep 13th, 2007
11:41:33 AM
New podcast?
by Loopster
Sep 13th, 2007
11:49:35 AM
Bono Luther...
by Francis Begbie
Sep 13th, 2007
12:06:50 PM
Gervais is
by pearboy
Sep 13th, 2007
12:52:05 PM
Bono Luther
by henrydalton
Sep 13th, 2007
01:02:37 PM
saw Gervais live at Edinburgh Castle
by FILMFUNK
Sep 13th, 2007
01:12:47 PM
Extras was below par
by abner pepper
Sep 13th, 2007
01:19:18 PM
pfah
by Darth Scourge
Sep 13th, 2007
01:39:36 PM
Stephen Merchant made Extras special...
by londoncalling
Sep 13th, 2007
02:12:58 PM
No Season 3 Was Common Knowledge
by Birdys Piano Teacher
Sep 13th, 2007
02:17:46 PM
this sounds based on something and I can't remember
by modlight
Sep 13th, 2007
02:21:30 PM
I got out my Office dvds the other day and
by eggbeater
Sep 13th, 2007
02:50:31 PM
merchant and Gervais - great double act
by theycallmemrglass
Sep 13th, 2007
02:55:52 PM
Best Script I've Read...
by Mr. Winston
Sep 13th, 2007
02:59:53 PM
SEASON 3
by The Real MiraJeff
Sep 13th, 2007
03:12:32 PM
Season 3 - I concur there is only a sxmas special
by theycallmemrglass
Sep 13th, 2007
03:37:19 PM
hmmm Mirajeff - I really think Variety has it wrong
by theycallmemrglass
Sep 13th, 2007
03:40:53 PM
Checked on Wikipedia entry for Extras
by theycallmemrglass
Sep 13th, 2007
03:47:05 PM
Better than Voigt-Kampff.
by DocPazuzu
Sep 13th, 2007
03:51:17 PM
Extras v The Office
by DirkD13"
Sep 13th, 2007
03:53:50 PM
Of course...
by DirkD13"
Sep 13th, 2007
03:55:49 PM
DirkD13"
by DocPazuzu
Sep 13th, 2007
03:59:58 PM
Merchant was in the office
by drewlicious
Sep 13th, 2007
04:18:52 PM
I thought Season 2 of Extras was way better than 1
by INWOsuxRED
Sep 13th, 2007
04:38:35 PM
Sounds like classic Woody Allen!
by RyaSKre
Sep 13th, 2007
04:39:15 PM
but I don't get the Christmas Special thing
by INWOsuxRED
Sep 13th, 2007
04:42:29 PM
Season 2, a mess? Is 'e havin' a laugh?!
by bswise
Sep 13th, 2007
05:11:02 PM
Oggy !
by Jaws Wayne
Sep 13th, 2007
05:27:46 PM
I lost it when....
by drewlicious
Sep 13th, 2007
05:30:28 PM
Right, so there was this monkey, right?
by PushTheButton
Sep 13th, 2007
06:23:02 PM
"You're talking shit, Karl"
by Birdys Piano Teacher
Sep 13th, 2007
07:56:39 PM
gervais has escaped up his own arse
by misnomer
Sep 13th, 2007
08:05:22 PM
NEW John Rambo Trailer sneaks online.
by Orionsangels
Sep 13th, 2007
08:50:27 PM
“John Rambo” Production Stills
by Orionsangels
Sep 13th, 2007
08:56:20 PM
Oh snap! AICN already posted it!
by Orionsangels
Sep 13th, 2007
08:59:11 PM
Is MiraJeff too dumb to be on staff at a news site?
by Sledge Hammer
Sep 13th, 2007
09:58:11 PM
OFF TOPIC
by Spidey3SUCKED
Sep 13th, 2007
10:29:37 PM
Ricky Gervais isn't funny....
by crieff405
Sep 14th, 2007
01:55:24 AM
Fuck Gervais
by Affleckwasthebomb
Sep 14th, 2007
03:04:45 AM
quamb... fuck off.
by HOUSTON500
Sep 14th, 2007
03:24:43 AM
Fuck Gervais!?
by FILMFUNK
Sep 14th, 2007
03:28:39 AM
Gervais prob is racist, hate dwarves, ill people...
by theycallmemrglass
Sep 14th, 2007
04:53:22 AM
Funk
by Affleckwasthebomb
Sep 14th, 2007
05:04:42 AM
There is no Season 3
by hrogthrar
Sep 14th, 2007
07:12:05 AM
resting on his fucking laurels
by hrogthrar
Sep 14th, 2007
07:13:57 AM
Darkplace
by Affleckwasthebomb
Sep 14th, 2007
08:25:40 AM
Isn't that the point of humour....
by TheEnglishBear
Sep 14th, 2007
08:55:04 AM
Personal taste
by Affleckwasthebomb
Sep 14th, 2007
09:35:16 AM
Countdown
by Series7
Sep 14th, 2007
11:58:59 AM
I don't think he is better than that
by INWOsuxRED
Sep 14th, 2007
09:21:37 PM
WHAT? MIRAJEFF GOT SOMETHING TOTALLY 100% WRONG???!?!
by Daddylonghead
Sep 15th, 2007
02:52:35 AM

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