Does the movie that provoked the Libyan slayings even exist?

An offensive trailer for the film fueled deadly riots in Egypt and Libya. But according to enterprising reporters, the claim that an entire film exists may be a lie

Innocence of Muslims might be the most consequential movie that doesn't even exist. After a 14-minute YouTube trailer for the purported film sparked a U.S. Embassy–breaching riot in Egypt and at least provided cover for a deadly attack on U.S. diplomats in Libya, a man claiming to be a California-based Israeli real estate developer named Sam Bacile told the Associated Press and The Wall Street Journal that he had made the film with $5 million in funding from 100 Jewish donors. It didn't take long before that story started to crumble, leaving "the U.S. and Arab world confronting the possibility that the crisis was triggered, if not conjured, by a cheap trick," says Rory Carroll at Britain's The Guardian. Much mystery and confusion still surrounds this bit of anti-Islam agitprop, but here's a look at what journalists and film mavens have uncovered so far:

What do we know for sure about Innocence of Muslims?

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