UPDATE: Gervais took to his Facebookto clarify the upcoming project. Just to be clear, I am not making an Officemovie, wrote the comedian. Im doing a documentary film about David Brent trying to be rock star. Just Sayin
Ricky Gervais will reprise his most famous character, David Brent, in a new movie sequeltothe original U.K. version of The Office, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Life on the Road, which will beginproduction next year, is set 15 years after the end of The Office, when Brent was deemed a redundancy and let go from his job at Wernham Hogg. Hes a sales rep now, selling cleaning products up and down the country, but has never really given up on his dream of being a rock star, studio BBC Films said in a press release.
In hopes of finding that elusive free love on the free love freeway, Brent takes matters into his own hands andself-funds a tour and album; his efforts are captured mockumentary style, lathe original show. He thinks itll be like [Martin] Scorsese filming the Rolling Stones, but it turns out to be a where are they now documentary, the statement adds. He has to take a few weeks off work and cash in a couple of pensions, because the session musicians in the band are costing him more than hes getting in ticket sales. Tragic.
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The original Office, which Gervais co-created with Stephen Merchant, aired for two seasons on the BBC and concluded its run with a two-part Christmas special in 2003. The show, of course, then came stateside, where it starred Steve Carell inthe bumbling David Brent-esque boss role andran for nine seasons.
Gervais has hardly slowed down since the U.K. Office ended: Along with a number of movie roles including The Invention of Lyingand Muppets Most Wanted the actor notoriously roasted Hollywoodduring threegigs hosting the Golden Globes. Hes kept up his TV work as well, creating and staring in the series, Extras, for which hewon theEmmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series in 2007; hes nominated in the same category this yearfor his titular turn in Derek, a new comedy series that he also created airing in the U.S. on Netflix.