'This Side of the Truth' is now 'The Invention of Lying'

The Ricky Gervais movie shot around Boston last summer has changed it's name from 'This Side of the Truth' to The Invention of Lying. The movie also stars Jennifer Garner, Boston comedian Louis C.K., Jonah Hill, Rob Lowe, and Tina Fey. Filming locations include Quincy, Lowell, North Andover, and Boston.

They have just released the trailer and the movie is coming out September 25th. With an all-star cast like this I think this is going to be a big hit.

Ricky Gervais ruffles some feathers

Among several other towns, Lowell, Massachusetts is now home to a film cast and crew. For most people, the Hollywood hustle and bustle is new and exciting, but for others, some feathers are getting ruffled. Writer/director Ricky Gervais (of the hit UK sitcom The Office) has been keeping a video blog via YouTube. The Bostonist reports that Gervais was reading local paper The Lowell Sun and curled his lip in a gesture of distaste as he catches a typo. Apparently, in a later blog entry, Ricky shoots a nerf gun at a friend, and the Sun jumped all over it saying "These guys must be dying to shoot. We know we are". This raises questions as to whether or not the production is creating bad blood between the city and Gervais. It will be interesting (and probably entertaining) to see how this Hollywood vs. Small Town rumble works itself out.