Ricky Gervais has confirmed that The Office's David Brent will be heading to the big screen with his own movie, Life on the Road.
So as we anticipate what Brent has been up to since the end of the BBC hit comedy, here's what the cast have done since:
Ricky Gervais
Ricky Gervais played the lead role as David Brent - the embarrassing, toe-curling and cringeworthy boss of company Wernham Hogg, devoid of self-awareness but poised with an unwavering love for the paper merchants he manages.
Gervais went on to create comedy Extras with Stephen Merchant, which was co-produced by the BBC and HBO and aired between 2005 and 2007. Gervais played ambitious actor Andy Millman, afflicted with a useless agent played by Merchant. Guest stars have included Patrick Stewart, Samuel L Jackson, Ben Stiller and Kate Winslet.
In 2009, Gervais starred in, wrote and directed his feature comedy debut The Invention of Lying.
So as we anticipate what Brent has been up to since the end of the BBC hit comedy, here's what the cast have done since:
Ricky Gervais
Ricky Gervais played the lead role as David Brent - the embarrassing, toe-curling and cringeworthy boss of company Wernham Hogg, devoid of self-awareness but poised with an unwavering love for the paper merchants he manages.
Gervais went on to create comedy Extras with Stephen Merchant, which was co-produced by the BBC and HBO and aired between 2005 and 2007. Gervais played ambitious actor Andy Millman, afflicted with a useless agent played by Merchant. Guest stars have included Patrick Stewart, Samuel L Jackson, Ben Stiller and Kate Winslet.
In 2009, Gervais starred in, wrote and directed his feature comedy debut The Invention of Lying.
- 8/6/2014
- Digital Spy
Stars: Nora Tschirner, Rob Knighton, Kellie Shirley, Stirling Gallacher, Liberty Selby, Madeline Duggan, Eliza Harrison-Dine, Ellie Chidzey | Written and Directed by Jones
Review by Scott Clark of Cinehouse
Melanie (Nora Tschirner) is a young woman living out a dull existence in an English seaside town, her life crawls along until she meets Ray (Rob Knighton in his second feature performance), a recently divorced gangster-type back in town for one last job. Without a doubt the most charming and impressive feature to debut at Eiff this year, one of those films that comes along once in a blue moon and manages to hold its own amongst the vast array of features fighting for the spotlight. It sounds like a screwball gangster flick with a hint of Lost in Translation, which it could be billed as, but you’d be missing the point. Even though it flaunts moments of comedy and does...
Review by Scott Clark of Cinehouse
Melanie (Nora Tschirner) is a young woman living out a dull existence in an English seaside town, her life crawls along until she meets Ray (Rob Knighton in his second feature performance), a recently divorced gangster-type back in town for one last job. Without a doubt the most charming and impressive feature to debut at Eiff this year, one of those films that comes along once in a blue moon and manages to hold its own amongst the vast array of features fighting for the spotlight. It sounds like a screwball gangster flick with a hint of Lost in Translation, which it could be billed as, but you’d be missing the point. Even though it flaunts moments of comedy and does...
- 7/19/2013
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
The British film Everyone’s Going to Die premiered yesterday at SXSW. It is directed by a directing collective called Jones.
Synopsis:
Two lost souls. One last chance.
Melanie’s life in a seaside town is going nowhere until she meets Ray, back in town with a shady job to do. A moment’s escape becomes a chance to save themselves, and each other.
“Everyone’s Going To Die” is a modern British story about coming home, getting by and the redemptive power of feeling you’re not alone. A story where porn hotlines rub shoulders with sexy beavers on rollerskates; where the past is laid to rest, two lives are changed and nobody, finally, is going to die.
The film stars: Nora Tschirner, Rob Knighton, Kellie Shirley, Madeline Duggan and Stirling Gallacher.
Poster for Everyone’s Going to Die. Thanks Imp Awards.
The man in the poster stirs up...
Synopsis:
Two lost souls. One last chance.
Melanie’s life in a seaside town is going nowhere until she meets Ray, back in town with a shady job to do. A moment’s escape becomes a chance to save themselves, and each other.
“Everyone’s Going To Die” is a modern British story about coming home, getting by and the redemptive power of feeling you’re not alone. A story where porn hotlines rub shoulders with sexy beavers on rollerskates; where the past is laid to rest, two lives are changed and nobody, finally, is going to die.
The film stars: Nora Tschirner, Rob Knighton, Kellie Shirley, Madeline Duggan and Stirling Gallacher.
Poster for Everyone’s Going to Die. Thanks Imp Awards.
The man in the poster stirs up...
- 3/11/2013
- by Alex Corey
- LRMonline.com
In just a few days’ time, festivalgoers will be heading out to Park City, Utah for Sundance 2013, the first big film festival of the year. Next up is the Berlinale in February. And then comes SXSW in March, out in Austin, Texas.
Sundance continues to boast a brilliant line-up, including the premieres of Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s directorial debut, Don Jon’s Addiction; David Lowery’s Ain’t Them Bodies Saints, with Casey Affleck, Rooney Mara, and Ben Foster; Zal Batmanglij’s The East, with Alexander Skarsgård, Ellen Page, Brit Marling, and Toby Kebbell; Drake Doremus’ Breathe In, with Felicity Jones and Guy Pearce; and so much more.
And now SXSW has started to announce what films we can look forward to out in Austin this spring, with the initial line-up including the world premiere of Don Scardino’s The Incredible Burt Wonderstone, starring Jim Carrey and Steve Carell, which has...
Sundance continues to boast a brilliant line-up, including the premieres of Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s directorial debut, Don Jon’s Addiction; David Lowery’s Ain’t Them Bodies Saints, with Casey Affleck, Rooney Mara, and Ben Foster; Zal Batmanglij’s The East, with Alexander Skarsgård, Ellen Page, Brit Marling, and Toby Kebbell; Drake Doremus’ Breathe In, with Felicity Jones and Guy Pearce; and so much more.
And now SXSW has started to announce what films we can look forward to out in Austin this spring, with the initial line-up including the world premiere of Don Scardino’s The Incredible Burt Wonderstone, starring Jim Carrey and Steve Carell, which has...
- 1/16/2013
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
SXSW is coming in March and they have some awesome premieres this year. The Incredible Burt Wonderstone hits opening night and the Evil Dead remake is getting it’s world premiere.
Here’s a list of the films hitting SXSW:
Downloaded (World Premiere)
Director: Alex Winter
Downloaded is a documentary that explores the rise and fall of Napster and the birth of the digital revolution. It’s about the teens that helped start this revolution, and the artists and industries who continue to be impacted by it.
Drinking Buddies (World Premiere)
Director/Screenwriter: Joe Swanberg
You know what makes the line between “Friends” and “More Than Friends” really blurry? Beer.
Cast: Olivia Wilde, Jake Johnson, Anna Kendrick, Ron Livingston, Jason Sudeikis (uncredited), Joe Swanberg
Everyone’s Going to Die (World Premiere)
Director/Screenwriter: Jones
A guy whose life is falling apart, meets a girl whose life can’t get started.
Here’s a list of the films hitting SXSW:
Downloaded (World Premiere)
Director: Alex Winter
Downloaded is a documentary that explores the rise and fall of Napster and the birth of the digital revolution. It’s about the teens that helped start this revolution, and the artists and industries who continue to be impacted by it.
Drinking Buddies (World Premiere)
Director/Screenwriter: Joe Swanberg
You know what makes the line between “Friends” and “More Than Friends” really blurry? Beer.
Cast: Olivia Wilde, Jake Johnson, Anna Kendrick, Ron Livingston, Jason Sudeikis (uncredited), Joe Swanberg
Everyone’s Going to Die (World Premiere)
Director/Screenwriter: Jones
A guy whose life is falling apart, meets a girl whose life can’t get started.
- 1/15/2013
- by Philip Sticco
- LRMonline.com
There are times we lose sight of Ricky Gervais’ comedic genius now that he has become a celebrity in his own right. The news that he will once again host the Golden Globe Awards brings with it nervous anticipation but the better news is that The Office Special Edition is coming out this week from Warner Home Video. The 2001 series is collected in its entirety with both Christmas specials included along with new featurettes plus the original bonus material.
Never before has there been a television series set in an office environment that felt so accurate even though there were some distinctly English touches. Coming two years after Mike Judge’s brilliant Office Space, Gervais and partner Stephen Merchant gave us the employees at Sough’s Wernham Hogg Paper Company and a mockumentary style that has been imitated by numerous shows ever since.
Gervais’ David Brent is everyone’s worst...
Never before has there been a television series set in an office environment that felt so accurate even though there were some distinctly English touches. Coming two years after Mike Judge’s brilliant Office Space, Gervais and partner Stephen Merchant gave us the employees at Sough’s Wernham Hogg Paper Company and a mockumentary style that has been imitated by numerous shows ever since.
Gervais’ David Brent is everyone’s worst...
- 11/22/2011
- by Robert Greenberger
- Comicmix.com
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