The spiffy fellow who gave us The Office and Extras will direct and star in This Side Of The Truth, which could be yet another Ricky Gervais-type tale of loserdom. But he's good at keeping those interesting. He tells Variety that it's set in a world where no one lies: "My character works in the film industry, where actors are really readers who tell completely factual stories. My character's a loser who's about to lose his job, and who's lumbering through the 1300s. All he's got to work with is the Black Death. But once he lies and pretends he's found lost stories, he becomes the greatest storyteller in the world."
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