Life on the Road: First look at Ricky Gervais as David Brent in new feature film

David Brent is back, and this time he's headed for the big screen
Rocking: David Brent tours the country with his band Foregone Conclusion in new film (Photo: Rich Hardcastle)
Entertainment One
Ben Travis19 May 2015

Last week we found out that Ricky Gervais’ new David Brent film, Life on the Road, had been financed, and now comes our first proper look at Brent.

Life on the Road comes over a decade since The Office, the series that Gervais’ character originated in, finished. In the intervening time, David Brent hasn’t given up on his rock star dreams, and the film follows him on tour with his band Foregone Conclusion in a last-ditch attempt to find fame.

"I’m so excited that the world will see what David Brent is up to now and where his future lies,” Ricky Gervais said. “This film delves much more into his private life than The Office ever did and we really get to peel back the layers of this extraordinary, ordinary man.

The film will feature brand new music from Brent, as well as including his previous hits Free Love Freeway and Equality Street, and “will do for every mid-level sales rep with a dream of becoming a rock god as what the Rolling Stones did for rock ‘n’ roll”.

Life on the Road, directed, written by, and of course starring Ricky Gervais, will arrive in UK cinemas next summer.

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