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Ricky Gervais developing new sitcom

Ricky Gervais is teaming up with a former Dexter showrunner for a show about an atheist who dies and goes to heaven.

Comedian Ricky Gervais is teaming up with former Dexter showrunner, Clyde Phillips, for a new show called Afterlife, about an atheist who dies and goes to heaven.

They are writing the pilot episode now and plan to film in early 2012, though no studio is yet attached. Gervais will take a cameo role.

On his blog he wrote, “Dexter has consistently been my favourite show of the last 5 years.

“When I first saw Clyde’s name all over it I knew I had to work with him one day. I found out he was also a fan of my work and we became friends on email and through short conversations on various red carpets.

“We finally started working on an idea this year and we really hit it off. I am so exited about this project.”

Gervais, 50, is currently filming Life’s Too Short with Warwick Davis for the BBC.

Source: EW.com

10 Responses

  1. Ahhhhhhh!!! (Running as fast as I can away from it!)
    Would not watch anything that he is associated with… I literally cannot stand to look at him! I do not know why, I think he comes accross as very arrogant…

  2. Hmm, Ricky has terrible taste in drama. Dexter seasons 2-4 are bottom of the barrel and 5 was only a bit better. At least he’s funny I suppose.

  3. Looking forward to it! It doesn’t sound like Stephen Merchant is very much involved with this one, so I’m really looking forward to ‘Lifes Too Short’. Looks like he’s kept himself busy lately!!

    @Gil, although The Office is an absolute classic, Extras and Idiot Abroad are certainly up there with quality shows

  4. I don’t know about this one. I loved The Office – best ever – but I have my doubts about this one. Not much from Gervais has come close to The Office since it finished.

  5. There was another show called Afterlife from a some years ago starring Lesley Sharp and Andrew Lincoln. I am guessing that Ricky Gervaise may not have seen this earlier series.

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