Ricky Gervais Confirms Feature-Length David Brent Mockumentary Film, 'Life On The Road'
Ricky Gervais Confirms David Brent Film
The Huffington Post UK
Ricky Gervais has confirmed plans to reprise his David Brent character for a feature-length film, ‘Life On The Road’.
The new film will be shot in a mockumentary style, like several of Ricky’s past projects, and will follow David as he hits the road to travel around the UK on his self-funded tour… all while selling cleaning products on the side, of course.
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‘Life On The Road’ - which is currently in development and will go into production next year - will also give viewers an insight into what David has been up to since ‘The Office’ ended in 2003.
David, Ricky’s best known comic creation, first appeared in the comedy mockumentary ‘The Office’, playing the hapless general manager of a fictional paper company, who failed to win over the respect of his colleagues, despite his best efforts.
After disappearing for almost a decade - aside from a few brief cameos in the American version of ‘The Office’ - Ricky brought the tragic character back for a comic relief sketch, ‘The Office Revisited’ last year, and later went on to make him the star of a web series on YouTube, ‘Learn Guitar with David Brent’.
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Simon Pegg (02 of10)
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We tip our hats to Nick Frost, too, of course, but it's Pegg that's really broken out - with roles in the Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol and Star Trek, and leading man status in How to Lose Friends & Alienate People.
Sacha Baron Cohen(03 of10)
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We first knew him as Staines 'gangsta' Ali G - but now he's Borat, Bruno, The Dictator and the voice of Julien the lemur in Madagascar.
John Cleese(04 of10)
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Steve Coogan(05 of10)
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He broke through with Hollywood hits Night At The Museum and Tropic Thunder, but obviously both of those will be mere blips compared to the film we're really waiting for: Alan Partridge: The Movie. Aha!
Ricky Gervais(06 of10)
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Stephen Merchant(07 of10)
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Matt Lucas(09 of10)
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