LOS ANGELES, June 15 — Ricky Gervais has confirmed that Netflix has picked up his upcoming film, David Brent: Life On The Road, reports Deadline.

In an interview yesterday on SiriusXM’s Opie with Jim Norton Show, the British actor confirmed that the film, a spinoff of the hit TV comedy show The Office would be shown on the streaming site.

Commenting on the news Gervais said, “This is exciting news and this is top secret, so I’m going to say it now. Netflix has bought out the rest of the world again. Which is great for me, because I’d rather 20 million people see it than half a million people see it in cinemas, do you know what I mean? Because I want to do tours off the back of it. So for me, it’s great.”

The film will be released in cinemas in the UK, Australia and New Zealand in August 2016, with Netflix handling distribution in the rest of the world beginning in 2017. — AFP-Relaxnews