RICKY GERVAIS is to make a big screen outing centered around his character from the “The Office,” David Brent.

    The film, “Life on the Road,” will chart Brent’s progress in the 15 years since leaving the company at the center of the hit BBC Two show.

    Brent will be portrayed as a traveling salesman financing a U.K. concert tour in the hopes of fulfilling his dreams of becoming a rock star.

    The BBC film is expected to go into production next year.

    The movie will be made in Britain but is intended for worldwide distribution. “The Office” was shown in more than 100 countries, and was also remade for a number of local markets, including the United States.

    It originally ran in Britain on BBC Two from 2001 to 2003.

    In the new big screen outing, currently in development, Brent assumes the director is making a rockumentary in the vein of Martin Scorsese’s film about the Rolling Stones — but it turns into a “where are they now?”

    The film is expected to follow the mockumentary style that characterized “The Office” and turned it into a huge — if at times painful to watch — small screen hit.

    (SD-Agencies)