David Brent Movie

 

Ricky Gervais returns to his iconic creation from the award-winning The Office to give David Brent his very first motion picture. David Brent: Life on the Road catches up with the Slough-based entertainer 12 years after The Office came to a bittersweet conclusion. While he’ll never stop trying to be a rock and roll superstar, Brent’s current circumstances has him selling cleaning products on the road.

In typical David Brent fashion, he’s not letting a small thing like having no talent as a musician stand in his way of living the rockstar dream. Mounting a last attempt to find fame and fortune, Brent embarks on a self-financed tour of the UK with his new band. Naturally, expect painfully awkward comedy and a likely reprise of Brent’s infamous dancing skills.

Written and directed by Gervais, David Brent: Life on the Road arrives in UK cinemas on August 19.

DAVID BRENT: LIFE ON THE ROAD sees the highly anticipated big screen debut of one of comedy’s best-loved characters, David Brent (Ricky Gervais). The film catches up with Brent twelve years on from the BBC mockumentary ‘The Office’ to find he is now a travelling salesman with Lavichem, a cleaning and ladies’ personal hygiene products company. However, he hasn’t given up on his dream of rock stardom and is about to embark on a self-financed UK tour with his band, ‘Foregone Conclusion’.

Assembling a group of session musicians who are just in it for the money, and talented rapper Dom (Ben Bailey Smith) in an attempt to gain street cred, Brent cashes in his pensions and takes unpaid leave in a bid to turn his dream into reality. Get ready to join David Brent on the road as he takes one last shot at fame and fortune.

 

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