The world that David Brent: Life on the Road exists in is harsher, meaner, more desperate. And David is still just singing his dumb songs and making horrible racist jokes about Asians at work.

The manager David Brent (Gervais) sees himself as an entertainer and all-round brilliant boss even when making grossly unsuitable remarks to receptionist Dawn (Davies); equally self-deceiving is ...

David Brent of The Office was – sorry, is – a renaissance man. What can’t he do? He can make you laugh, and he can make you cry.

In David Brent: Life on the Road, the irrepressible Brent continues to hock products as a salesman, but he's also furthering his dream of becoming a star musician with his band Foregone Conclusion.

Nearly two decades after Ricky Gervais made him one of the more influential and cringe-worthy television characters of the 2000s with the BBC mockumentary series “The Office,” David Brent is back.

David Brent: Life on the Road, which hits Netflix today after a British release last year, isn't the first time Gervais has resurfaced Brent, but it's the most ambitious. While most of Brent's ...

Sadly, Brent’s particular quest for easy fame fails. “It works out for everyone except David who ends back at exactly the same desk in the same suit.” This Tweet is currently unavailable.

Thankfully, for fans of the original series of The Office there will be a brief reprieve into the life and times of David Brent in the upcoming film, David Brent: Life on the Road.

The Office and David Brent worked so perfectly because it always looked so real and thanks to Gervais's embodiment of the cringe-tastic lead. This felt at times like a copycat knock-off.

Gervais resurrects the character David Brent from his original version of “The Office.” It’s 12 years later and the former middle-manager is still entertaining dreams of being a rock star.

“ Donald Trump has more in common with David Brent than he does with JFK,” says Gervais, 55. “He’s someone who’s always wanted to be famous.

David Brent: Life on the Road arrives in U.K. theatres on August 19th, the same day Brent’s album drops.