[Movie News] Ricky Gervais is Bringing ‘The Office’s’ David Brent to the Big Screen
Ricky Gervais will once again bring his character from his hit show The Office back to life when David Brent hits movie screens.
Ricky Gervais’s character David Brent is back! BBC Films will follow Brent in Life on the Road which will catch up with Brent on his self-funded U.K. tour in the form of a “where are they now” documentary.
Fifteen years later, David Brent is on a self-funded U.K. tour, and his life is once again being filmed. It’ll be set up as a “where are they now” documentary, which follows Brent’s efforts to fund his recording sessions, as ticket sales for his band aren’t cutting it.
In the present day, David Brent is a sales rep now, “selling cleaning products up and down the country, but has never really given up his dream of being a rock star.”
That premise lines up with the update we received on the character last year, when Ricky Gervais brought Brent back for a ten-minute YouTube video, which showed him peddling his cleaning products and working alongside a young musician who was somehow convinced that Brent could help him get his career off the ground.
Gervais wanted to come out and clarify that this will not be a movie for his show The Office.
Just to be clear, I am not making an “Office” movie. I’m doing a documentary film about David Brent trying to be rock star. Just Sayin 🙂
— Ricky Gervais (@rickygervais) August 5, 2014
Source: CinemaBlend