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Directed by Larry Charles (Borat, Curb Your Enthusiasm), Real Time’s Bill Maher takes his signature skepticism on a world tour. Fahrenheit 9/11 meets Jesus Camp in this “nonfiction film about the greatest fiction ever told.”

Religulous trailer

Statement from Bill Maher (via Anne Thompson):

“Since starting on Politically Incorrect in 1993, it has been my pleasure over the last decade and a half to make organized religion one of my favorite targets. I often explained to people, ‘I don’t need to make fun of religion, it makes fun of itself.’ And, then I go ahead and make fun of it too, just for laughs.

With religious fanatics like George Bush and Osama bin Laden now taking over the world, it seemed to me in recent years that this issue — this cause of debunking the man behind the curtain — needed to have a larger, more insistent and focused forum than late night television. I wanted to make a documentary, and I wanted it to be funny. In fact, since there is nothing more ridiculous than the ancient mythological stories that live on as today’s religions, this movie would try to be a real knee slapper. Unless, of course, you’re religious, then you might not like it.”

Scheduled release: October 3, 2008