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Gareth Cattermole—Getty Images by [Entertainment Weekly / Esther Zuckerman](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Entertainment Weekly / Esther Zuckerman Nov 24, 2014 7:14 PM UTC Academy Award winner Alex Gibney is directing a documentary about Scientology and Hollywood for HBO, _EW_ has confirmed. Set to air in 2015, the documentary is based on investigative reporter Lawrence Wright’s book, _Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief_. _Going Clear_ grew out of a [2011 _New Yorker_ profile of Paul Haggis](http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/02/14/the-apostate-3), who left the Church. According [to _The Hollywood Reporter_](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/hbo-prepping-bombshell-scientology-film-751497), which was the first to report the news, Gibney is “putting the finishing touches” on the film. HBO, meanwhile, is bracing for pushback and protest from the Church. “We have probably 160 lawyers \[looking at the film\],” HBO Documentary Films president Sheila Nevins told _THR_. Gibney is known for his films like _Taxi to the Dark Side_, for which he won an Oscar, and recently _We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks_ and the Lance Armstrong documentary _The Armstrong Lie_. 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