New trailer for Cemetery Junction!

by Liam Goodwin on February 1, 2010 · 3 comments

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Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, the duo who created The Office and Extras, are together again with a new film: Cemetery Junction. Oddly, it looks like it may be a drama and star a group of younger actors. The film is set in 1970s England and “follows the lives of three working-class friends trapped in a small town.” One of them gets a new job and reconvenes with his childhood sweetheart, causing drama among the group. It’s set for release on April 14, 2010. Here’s the trailer.

Update: Sony has taken it down from YouTube. Will post again when it has been officially released.

Usually Gervais stars in most of his productions, but he may be a secondary character this go round. I’m a bit puzzled, but I’ll withhold judgment. What do you guys think? Are you prepared for a drama from the creator of the BBC Office?

  • thebiglumbowski

    I saw a preview of this a few months ago and yes, Gervais plays a secondary character… a downtrodden dad who unfortunately is still just Ricky Gervais in everything his does except he does it in a vest and tattoos. The film was just OK… one of those slightly unfortunate cases where it doesn't know if it's a comedy or a drama with each half being not quite as good as it should be. The 70s references are laid on so thickly it's almost like 90 minutes of bad product placement for 70s crap.

  • Asif

    I'm actualluy from Cemetry Junction. I don't remember a train station being there, but am really looking forward to the film!!!

  • thebiglumbowski

    That surprised me too – I went to Reading Uni and lived around Cemetery Junction for a year or so. The Cemetery Junction in the film is more like a Cotswold town from afar, and any other UK town from closer in. Nothing like the one in Reading, for sure…