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Ricky Gervais, excellent roaster of Hollywood and the funnyman behind The Office and Extras, is taking his talents to Netflix. His latest show Derek—in which he writes, directs and stars—will be available for anyone to watch on Netflix, should you have missed it on Channel 4 in April.
It’s another instance of Netflix bolstering up its programming with good taste. Here’s what Gervais had to say about bringing his series onto Netflix:
As an artist you want the fruits of your labor to be seen by the largest number of people possible without having to compromise the product. This deal gave me the freedom and the huge potential viewers of the Internet but the production values of film and TV. They also made me an offer I couldn’t refuse. Come on, an artist gotta eat man.”
Seems like the suits at Netflix are really serious about becoming a pseudo-network in the lines of HBO in the US. Lillyhammer, Netflix’s first original series (which is currently on the BBC too), was a disappointment but we’re hoping the return of Arrested Development and this Gervais show will more than make up for it. [NY Times, Image Credit Getty]
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No, it’s getting a Ricky Gervais show. Based on my experiences with his previous works there will be precious little comedy.
and alot of slagging people off because it’s funny right?
When you consider Patrick Stewart in Extras or Liam Neeson in Life’s Too Short, that precious little comedy is precious indeed.
Though you are right with Extras, i have see one of Life’s too short and didn’t like it and The Office made me feel Nauseated.
Thats another good reason why i wont be getting Netflix.
You rather a Ricky Gervais sitcom over Lilyhammer?? Maaaaan, we do not agree on this issue.
Anyone been watching Comedians in cars getting coffee? The Gervais episode… Every time he laughs I cringe so hard I think I’ve got a stomach ulcer coming on.
Unfortunate Derek was a very poor show. I like Ricky, seen him a couple of times live and the Office was brilliant. When I watched Derek it looked like the kind of comedy that a young comedian just starting out had written to try and get a TV break on BBC Three. It wasn’t the kind of quality I expected from somebody with such writing intelligence and experience.