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Ricky Gervais will ride again as “The Office” star David Brent when Open Road Films brings “Life on the Road” to U.S. theaters in 2016. Entertainment One Features announced on Tuesday that Open Road, an independent distributor, acquired the rights to the mockumentary following Brent, now working as a traveling salesman, pursuing his dream of rock stardom by self-financing a UK tour with his band, “Foregone Conclusion.” Gervais also wrote and directed the feature financed by Entertainment One (eOne) in association with BBC Films. UK audiences will get to see the comedy first when it opens across the Atlantic on Aug. »
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