Cemetery Junction is an upcoming film written and directed by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant. Principal photography began on 15 June 2009, and the film is set to be released on 9 April 2010.

The film was originally titled The Man from the Pru, a colloquial term (and later an advertising slogan) for agents of the Prudential insurance company. During the writing of the film, the Prudential allowed Gervais and Merchant to use their archives for research. However, after reading the finished script, the company decided it was not pleased with how they were to be portrayed in the film and decided not to allow their name to be used. The new title comes from the name of a road junction in the New Town district of the town of Reading in the English county of Berkshire where the film takes place.

Plot

Cemetery Junction is set in the 1970s in Reading, Berkshire, where Gervais himself grew up. It follows two twenty-somethings who work as building society clerks. According to Gervais, it is a "coming of age" story that is a cross between The Office and Mad Men.

Cast

So far the only cast members confirmed are Gervais, who will play the father of one of the twenty-somethings, two-time Academy Award nominee Ralph Fiennes, Christian Cooke, Tom Hughes and Jack Doolan.

• Ricky Gervais as Len Taylor
• Julia Davis as Mrs Taylor
• Ralph Fiennes as Mr Kendrick
• Emily Watson as Mrs Kendrick
• Matthew Goode as Mike Ramsay
• Christian Cooke as Freddie Taylor
• Tom Hughes as Bruce Pearson
• Jack Doolan as Snork
• Felicity Jones as Julie
• Matt Holness as Bandleader
• Steve Speirs as Sgt. Wyn Davies
• Burn Gorman as Renwick
• Anne Reid as Freddie's Gran
• Michael Jibson as Cliff

References

1. http://www.rickygervais.com/thissideofthetruth.php
2. Gervais, Ricky (4 September 2009). Television interview with Jonathan Ross. Friday Night with Jonathan Ross [Television broadcast]. BBC One.
3. Financial Times - Pru Blocks Gervais Film Name - 21st April 2009
4. The Independent 18 August 2008
5. http://www.rickygervais.com/cjpressrelease1.html

External links

• Article at Cinematical (28 February 2008)