Ahoy, squirts! Quint here with a little bit of detail about Ricky Gervais' involvement in Christopher Guest's next flick FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. We've known for a while now that Gervais was going to make an appearance... he actually even dropped out of MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 3 in order to do it, he says. But now we have the details (thanks to the BBC and a heads up from "Mainstreammatt!")!
Comic star Ricky Gervais is to play a studio boss in a Hollywood film about the movie awards season, called For Your Consideration.
Gervais, who co-wrote and starred in TV comedies The Office and Extras, will play a man convinced his awful film is going to bag an honour.
Written and directed by Spinal Tap star Christopher Guest, the film will also feature American Pie's Eugene Levy.
Filming is due to get under way in October, Gervais' spokesman confirmed.
Internet rumour
The comic's character commissions a film which is known to be dreadful, about the Deep South during the 1940s.
But an internet rumour begins that it is in the running for awards, and the cast are led to believe that glory days are just around the corner.
The action in the new film is expected to be widely improvised.
