Cemetery Junction tells the funny, touching and universal story of being trapped in a small town and dreaming of escape.

Clark Kent says: More about this movie and a trailer after the jump.

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In 1970s England, three blue-collar friends spend their days joking, drinking, fighting and chasing girls. Freddie (Christian Cooke) wants to leave their working-class world but cool, charismatic Bruce (Tom Hughes) and lovable loser Snork (Jack Doolan) are happy with life the way it is. When Freddie gets a new job as a door-to-door salesman and bumps into his old school sweetheart Julie (Felicity Jones), the gang are forced to make choices that will change their lives for ever.

The film also co-stars Gervais, Ralph Fiennes, Emily Watson, and Matthew Goode. Judging from the trailer, it’s definitely a more dramatic effort than Lying, but Gervais previously insisted that it’s not a “depressing, gritty British movie about blue collar and working class.”

Scottish star Gerard Butler is to beef up the cast of Ralph Fiennes’ directorial début Coriolanus.

Clark Kent says: This… Is.. Shakespeare!!!!

VIA SD:

Butler will play Tullus Aufidius while Fiennes will play the title role in this contemporary version of Shakespeare’s political and family drama, set to start shooting in Serbia on March 1 2010.

Butler joins a cast that already includes William Hurt, Eddie Marsan, Jessica Chastain and Vanessa Redgrave.

“It’s thrilling that Gerard Butler is going to play Tullus Aufidius in Coriolanus. He has an extraordinary dynamic and commanding presence which is perfect for the role of Coriolanus’ sworn enemy and nemesis,” said Fiennes.

Produced by Julia Taylor-Stanley (Artemis Films), Gabrielle Tana (Magnolia Mae Films) and Colin Vaines (Synchronistic), Coriolanus is being sold internationally by Icon Entertainment International (IEI). The play is adapted for the screen by John Logan.

Other titles currently being represented by IEI at the AFM include West Is West, the sequel to East is East, Jim Loach’s Oranges And Sunshine starring Emily Watson, Julie Taymor’s The Tempest starring Helen Mirren and Karl Golden’s drama Pelican Blood starring Harry Treadaway and Emma Booth.