The cringe-worthy character made famous … Expect the same brand of barbed, furious humor that Gervais has become notorious for over the years, though I wouldn’t exactly expect the level of giddy awkwardness that made his award-show-hosting gigs so infamous and, occasionally, insufferable. MX23RW : Wednesday, July 1 04:48:54| >> :600:6336900:6336900: Wednesday, July 1 Now Brent is getting the big screen treatment. Should Ricky Gervais revive The Office character or leave him alone? David Brent returns 10 years on for a Comic Relief special! Well, triumphant-ish. Find out what he has been up to, and what he's doing now! Still, Brent is one of the great comedic creations of the aughts and is one the few deserving of further exploration as a character. Posted on May 13, 2015 at 12:42 pm by David "Snackbar" Edmundson“BBC Films is thrilled to be supporting David Brent in this exciting new phase of his career,” said Christine Langan, Head of BBC Films, getting in on the fourth-wall-breaking fun. By creating an account, you verify that you are at least 13 years of age, and have read and agree to the Comicbook.com Ricky Gervais will reprise the role that made him famous, the uncomfortable office manager David Brent in a BBC film called The film, created for BBC originally was set to air in the UK on August 19th, 2016 but with the news of Netflix acquiring world wide rights the release date is unsure. By Alex Fletcher.
The Office’s David Brent returns this summer to theaters. It’s been 15 years since the original UK version of The Office introduced Ricky Gervais’ character of David Brent, but in August he will make his triumphant return. The former bid farewell to network television a few years ago, but the return of David Brent is seemingly imminent, as Entertainment One and BBC Films announced today that they will be co-funding and distributing Life on the Road, a feature-length film wherein a documentary crew catches up with Brent … He's been off screens for 10 years but on Friday night David Brent made his big return on Comic Relief. Ricky Gervais rules out a future return for The Office and an ageing David Brent. No release date is set yet, but I’m already impatiently waiting for Brent to take the stage again.Directed, written by and starring Ricky Gervais, LIFE ON THE ROAD sees a documentary crew catching up with Brent – former star of hit series The Office and now working as a travelling salesman – as he chases his dream of rock stardom by self-financing a UK tour with his band, “Foregone Conclusion”. Ricky Gervais will reprise the role that made him famous, the uncomfortable office manager David Brent in a BBC film called Life on the Road with David Brent. Ricky Gervais has confirmed he is to bring David Brent to the big screen with a film to follow the hit television series The Office. The trailer below heralds Brent’s return via a new big screen mockumentary, titled Life on the Road. David Brent: Life on the Road is written & directed by Ricky Gervais and stars Ricky Gervais, Jo Hartley, Ben Bailey Smith and Tom Bennett. A nice return to the life of David Brent. Gervais made the announcement on Opie Radio:Netflix has done several projects with Gervais, Special Correspondents, a comedy special and the series Derek. The Office, set in a paper merchants in Slough, made Gervais a star and was shown in more than 100 countries and remade in countries including the United States, Chile A camera crew catches up with ' The Office' star, David Brent, as he pursues his lifelong dream of becoming a rockstar on the road . Ricky Gervais's David Brent comeback: Do you want to see more? David Brent is back, and more grotesque, more embarrassing, and more humiliated by life than ever Independent culture newsletter The best in film, music, TV & … Ricky Gervais himself tweeted the trailer earlier today (April 7) for David Brent: Life on the Road, a spin-off movie that’ll see him return to the character he created 15 years ago.