It’s official: Ricky Gervais will resurrect his legendary Office boss and make a David Brent movie. According to the BBC, the flick will follow Brent as he attempts to pursue his dreams of becoming a rock star. Titled Life on the Road, it will go into production next year. Gervais has trotted out Brent a number of times in […]
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The Office is coming to an end
August 22, 2012 
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Greg Daniels, the man responsible for adapting The Office for American screens, has announced that the upcoming ninth season of the hit NBC show will be its last. EW has his official statement: “This year feels like the last chance to really go out together and make an artistic ending for the show that pays off a […]
Continue readingThe Inbetweeners being adapted for American audiences
July 5, 2012 1 Comment
Hit British series The Inbetweeners is set for a U.S. big screen adaptation. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Paramount is interested in bringing the story of four awkward friends navigating adolescence, high school, and the prospect of becoming adults to American audiences. They’re hoping to recreate the box office gold that The Inbetweeners Movie struck […]
Continue readingGuinness Book of World Records: The Movie
June 11, 2012 1 Comment
Well, at least it’s not based on a board game! Warner Bros has begun work on a film adaptation of the annual Guinness Book of World Records, proving once and for all that no brand name or property is out of Hollywood’s grasp. Details are scarce, but it’s reported by Deadline that the book will be used as […]
Continue readingSteve Carell to star in Lunatics
November 15, 2011 0 Comments
Steve Carell is attached to produce and star in an adaptation of Dave Barry and Alan Zweibel’s novel Lunatics, Deadline reports. The as-yet unpublished novel follows two soccer dads who engage in a minor feud which soon escalates and kicks off a life-threatening worldwide catastrophe. It will arrive on book shelves next January. Carell is […]
Continue readingEd Helms to play gangster/pimp in remake of Le Mac
September 2, 2011 0 Comments
Ed Helms is on the precipice of comedy stardom having featured in box office juggernauts The Hangover and The Hangover Part II, and is about enjoy more attention on The Office now that Steve Carell has vacated the manager’s seat. He’s no doubt keen, however, to show off his range. Variety reports he has signed […]
Continue readingSteve Carell to teach dogs to speak
February 23, 2011 0 Comments
Earlier in the week we wondered if Steve Carell‘s post-Office career would afford him an opportunity to show off his range and save him from typecasting-hell. Well, this shut us right up! According to The Hollywood Reporter, Carell will produce and star in an adaptation of Carolyn Parkhurst’s not-so-comedic novel Dogs of Babel. Carell will […]
Continue readingCarell to play Streep’s therapist in Great Hope Springs
February 21, 2011 0 Comments
Steve Carell is gearing up to book some big-time movie roles after leaving The Office at the end of this season. According to Deadline, he is in negotiations to star as a marriage therapist in the upcoming comedy Great Hope Springs. Meryl Streep is already signed on to star as one-half of a married couple […]
Continue readingThe invention of sighing – Cemetery Junction review
November 23, 2010 0 Comments
Cemetery Junction – Starring Christian Cooke, Ralph Fiennes and Ricky Gervais. Directed by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant. Rated MA. By Simon Miraudo. This is devastating. Cemetery Junction is written and directed by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, the brains (and heart) behind the peerless modern sitcoms The Office and Extras. Not only are they […]
Continue readingHarvey Keitel to replace Steve Carell in The Office?
September 3, 2010 0 Comments
The casting of Steve Carell’s replacement on The Office is becoming as drawn out as those for Captain America, Spider-Man and The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. The names Rhys Darby, Kathy Bates and Danny McBride have already being thrown around, and we now have another actor for your consideration: Harvey Keitel. Executive producer Paul […]
Continue readingDanny McBride and Rhys Darby headhunted for The Office
August 11, 2010 0 Comments
Producers of The Office have reached out to some brilliant comic actors to fill the hole left by Steve Carell when he leaves Dunder Mifflin at the end of next season. EW have confirmed that Danny McBride (Eastbound and Down) and Rhys Darby (Flight of the Conchords) – both specialists in stilted, awkward humour – […]
Continue reading2010 Emmy nominations
July 9, 2010 0 Comments
Out with the old and in with the new. The nominees for the 62nd Emmy Awards have been announced, with newcomers Glee, Modern Family, Nurse Jackie and The Good Wife dominated the field and ousting oldies such as Two and a Half Men and Entourage. Emmy favourites such as 30 Rock, The Office, Mad Men […]
Continue readingUnderbelly to be remade in America
June 22, 2010 2 Comments
The rights to the hit Australian crime drama Underbelly have been purchased by U.S. cable network Starz, and CEO Chris Albrecht now plans to remake it for American audiences. Albrecht, former chief of HBO (home of The Sopranos), hopes the U.S. adaptation of the series will replicate the same success abroad as it has had […]
Continue readingDilbert: The Movie
May 27, 2010 0 Comments
Scott Adams’ comic strip Dilbert is set to head to the big screen. A live-action feature based on the white-collar office drone is being developed by Phoenix Entertainment, with Ken Kwapis (He’s Just Not That Into You) set to direct. The scoop comes from Pajiba, who note that Chris Columbus previously held the film rights […]
Continue readingRicky Gervais’ Cemetery Junction heading direct to DVD
April 22, 2010 1 Comment
Cemetery Junction, the first feature film written and directed by duo Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant (The Office and Extras), will NOT be released theatrically in Australia. It will instead head direct to DVD at some point in the near future. The highly anticipated coming-of-age drama opened in the U.K. last week to mostly favourable […]
Continue readingJim from The Office edges closer to Captain America
March 10, 2010 0 Comments
Late last month we discussed the shortlist of actors in contention for the coveted role of Captain America in Joe Johnston’s upcoming adaptation of the Marvel comics hero. New reports have emerged indicating that one of these actors now sits atop the pack and, unsurprisingly, it is the most famous one. UPDATE: OK, so maybe […]
Continue readingGervais and Merchant’s Cemetery Junction feature trailer debut!
February 2, 2010 0 Comments
source: youtube.com The trailer for Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant‘s latest film Cemetery Junction has leaked online. Check it out now before it’s gone! Cemetery Junction follows a couple of twenty-something’s working as building society clerks in 1970’s Reading. The film was written and directed by Gervais and Merchant (creators, writers and co-directors of The […]
Continue reading2009 Emmy nominations dominated by 30 Rock and Mad Men!
July 16, 2009 0 Comments
source: emmys.tv Television satire 30 Rock and slow-burn period drama Mad Men have dominated the 2009 Emmy Nominations. 30 Rock nabbed 22 nominations, a record for a comedy show. Mad Men scored a hefty 16 nods.Other notable nominees include Aussies Toni Collette, Simon Baker and Rose Byrne who were each honoured for their acting prowess. […]
Continue readingGervais and Merchant’s Cemetery Junction trailer debut!
July 14, 2009 1 Comment
source: rickygervais.com A (very, very early) teaser trailer for Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant‘s upcoming film Cemetery Junction, featuring comedy superstar and regular yuck-meister Ralph Fiennes has debuted online. Cemetery Junction follows a couple of twenty-something’s working as building society clerks in 1970’s Reading. Gervais has described it as a cross between The Office and […]
Continue readingSlumdog Millionare wins DGA’s top prize!
February 1, 2009 0 Comments
source: ninemsn.com Slumdog Millionaire has continued its awards season domination by picking up top honours at the annual Director’s Guild of America awards. Danny Boyle was named Best Director for helming the rags to riches tale of a hopeless romantic slum-dweller in Mumbai. It also picked up top awards at last week’s SAG awards and […]
Continue readingFirst Look at American Kath and Kim
July 3, 2008 2 Comments
source: news.com.auHere is the first picture of Molly Shannon and Selma Blair as Kath & Kim in the U.S adaptation of the hit aussie show. The new American version will still focus on the same basic story of perky Kath and her spoilt daughter Kim. It will be set in the suburbs of Florida. It’s […]
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