Cemetery Junction, the first film written and directed by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, the award -winning team behind The Office, will start shooting on June 15.

The project, which is filming in London, will star Gervais and Ralph Fiennes alongside newcomers Christian Cooke, Felicity Jones, Tom Hughes and Jack Doolan.

Cemetery Junction focuses on three blue-collar friends who spend their days joking, drinking, fighting and chasing girls. Two of the friends are happy with their life but one longs to get out of their working class world.

Gervais said: “We want to capture the spirit of those classic British New Wave movies of the Sixties that made stars of Albert Finney, Julie Christie and Michael Caine.”

The film is produced by Sue Baden-Powell and Charlie Hanson and executive producers are Gervais and Merchant.

Cemetery Junction will shoot on location in and around London, and will be based at Shepperton studios. Sony Pictures Entertainment has worldwide rights and the film is scheduled for a 2010 theatrical release.

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