The Invention of Lying

The Invention of Lying

The Invention of Lying is an upcoming 2009 comedy film, written and directed by Ricky Gervais and Matthew Robinson.

The film was originally being produced under the title This Side of the Truth, but Gervais announced on his blog in April 2009 that the title had indeed been changed, reversing a previous assertion he had made to the contrary several weeks earlier.

The film will be released in the United States on October 2, 2009.

The film is set on an alternate Earth, where no one has ever lied, and stars Gervais as a performer, who tells the world’s first lie, coming to wield its power for personal gain.

Warner Bros. owns the rights for the film’s North American distribution, while Universal Pictures owns the rights to release the film outside of North America.

The film will be released in North America on October 2, 2009. Its world premiere occurred two weeks earlier at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 14, 2009.