Overview
- Kumail Nanjiani will star and co-write the film with Emily V. Gordon, with both also serving as co-producers.
- Compulsive Liar is based on Menteur, which centers on a habitual liar who wakes in a world where his falsehoods have become real.
- 21 Laps’ Shawn Levy and Dan Levine will produce alongside Gaumont executives Nicolas Atlan and Sidonie Dumas, with Holly Brown involved via Gaumont.
- Menteur writer-director Émile Gaudreault is an executive producer, and Emily Feher is overseeing the project for 21 Laps.
- Plot specifics and a production timeline have not been announced, as the package assembles key talent following the duo’s Oscar-nominated work on The Big Sick.