--- title: Ricky Gervais Brings Back The Office's David Brent in New Movie description: Ricky Gervais is bringing back David Brent, his character from 'The Office,' for a new movie called 'Life on the Road' canonical: https://time.com/3085466/ricky-gervais-the-office-david-brent/ author: Megan Gibson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-08-06T11:43:18.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T09:31:30.210Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Good news for fan of Ricky Gervais' The Office: David Brent is coming to the big screen og:description: Ricky Gervais is bringing back David Brent, his character from 'The Office,' for a new movie called 'Life on the Road' og:url: https://time.com/3085466/ricky-gervais-the-office-david-brent/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb13aa60ba8c81215/69869e873bc99979891a4cdc/452612358.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Late Night with Seth Meyers - Season 1 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Good news for fan of Ricky Gervais' The Office: David Brent is coming to the big screen twitter:description: Ricky Gervais is bringing back David Brent, his character from 'The Office,' for a new movie called 'Life on the Road' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb13aa60ba8c81215/69869e873bc99979891a4cdc/452612358.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Ricky Gervais Is Bringing Back His _The Office_ Character in New Movie by [Megan Gibson](https://time.com/author/megan-gibson/) ## Megan Gibson Aug 6, 2014 11:43 AM UTC  Comedian Ricky Gervais during an interview on July 24, 2014 Comedian Ricky Gervais during an interview on July 24, 2014NBC--NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images by [Megan Gibson](https://time.com/author/megan-gibson/) ## Megan Gibson Aug 6, 2014 11:43 AM UTC Fans of the original, British version of _The Office_ are in for a treat: David Brent is [coming back — to the big screen](http://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/aug/05/ricky-gervais-david-brent-movie-bbc-the-office). Ricky Gervais, who co-created and starred in the mockumentary style sitcom that aired on BBC — and was remade by NBC in 2005, to enormous success — has announced that his famous character (who served as a prototype for Steve Carell’s Michael Scott) will appear in a new BBC-backed film called _Life on the Road._ The movie, which begins shooting next year, will follow Gervais’ Brent as he goes on the road 15 years after leaving Werner Hogg in an attempt to fulfill his life-long dream of becoming a rock star. “He thinks it’ll be like Scorsese doing the Rolling Stones, but we’ll show the full horror,” Gervais told [the _Guardian_](http://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/aug/05/ricky-gervais-david-brent-movie-bbc-the-office) about his character’s travails in the film. “He’s had to take two weeks off work and cash in his pension, because the session musicians in the band are costing him more than he’s getting in ticket sales.” Fans of the original series will already be familiar with David Brent’s pursuits in the music world. In the first season of _The Office_, Brent hijacks an office training session with his original songs. Then, in the show’s 2003 Christmas Special, viewers saw the results of David Brent’s first disastrous attempt at launching a music career. Since the series ended, Gervais has appeared as Brent in a series of [guitar tutorials on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYPBVDZ8%5FBs). \[[_Guardian_](http://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/aug/05/ricky-gervais-david-brent-movie-bbc-the-office)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3085466/ricky-gervais-the-office-david-brent/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3085466/ricky-gervais-the-office-david-brent/"},"headline":"Ricky Gervais Is Bringing Back His The Office Character in New Movie","datePublished":"2014-08-06T11:43:18.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:31:30.210Z","description":"David Brent will return for a new movie called Life on the Road","url":"https://time.com/3085466/ricky-gervais-the-office-david-brent/","keywords":["movies","Television","The Office","Ricky Gervais","BBC"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb13aa60ba8c81215/69869e873bc99979891a4cdc/452612358.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan Gibson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/megan-gibson/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb13aa60ba8c81215/69869e873bc99979891a4cdc/452612358.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Late Night with Seth Meyers - Season 1","caption":"Late Night with Seth Meyers - Season 1","creditText":"NBC--NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3085466/ricky-gervais-the-office-david-brent/","name":"Ricky Gervais Is Bringing Back His The Office Character in New Movie"}}]}] ```