Ricky Gervais is teaming up with former Dexter producer, Clyde Phillips, for a new show called Afterlife, “about an atheist who dies and goes to heaven” says Entertainment Weekly. They are writing the pilot episode now and plan to film in 2012.
Ricky talked about it on his blog saying: Dexter has consistently been my favourite show of the last 5 years. When I first saw Clyde’s name all over it I knew I had to work with him one day. I found out he was also a fan of my work and we became friends on email and through short conversations on various red carpets. We finally started working on an idea this year and we really hit it off. I am so exited about this project.
Gervais is currently working with Stephen Merchant on the Warwick Davis-starring comedy series Life’s Too Short, which will air this fall. Watch the teaser here.