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Ricky Gervais has confirmed that The Office's David Brent will be heading to the big screen with his own movie, Life on the Road.

So as we anticipate what Brent has been up to since the end of the BBC hit comedy, here's what the cast have done since:

Ricky Gervais

Ricky Gervais played the lead role as David Brent - the embarrassing, toe-curling and cringeworthy boss of company Wernham Hogg, devoid of self-awareness but poised with an unwavering love for the paper merchants he manages.

Gervais went on to create comedy Extras with Stephen Merchant, which was co-produced by the BBC and HBO and aired between 2005 and 2007. Gervais played ambitious actor Andy Millman, afflicted with a useless agent played by Merchant. Guest stars have included Patrick Stewart, Samuel L Jackson, Ben Stiller and Kate Winslet.

In 2009, Gervais starred in, wrote and directed his feature comedy debut The Invention of Lying.

Primeval stars Andrew Lee Potts and Hannah Spearritt will be joining Star Wars actor Jeremy Bulloch, who played bounty hunter Boba Fett, at the Midlands Comic Con in Telford on Saturday, February 16.

Andrew and Hannah will meet fans, host an on-stage panel - and handle any prehistoric peril that arises while they are there.

Playing palaeontology student Connor Temple, Andrew Lee Potts starred in five seasons of hit British sci-fi show Primeval and made a guest appearance in its North American spin-off, Primeval: New World (currently airing on the UK's Watch channel).

In addition to Primeval, Andrew played the Hatter in popular SyFy mini-series Alice; other credits include Band of Brothers, Absolute Power and Doc Martin.

Following musical fame as one of the original members of S Club 7 - a career that saw her garner four UK No1 singles, one UK No1 album and a string of hits worldwide...

The renown British actor has revealed his place in the Sherlock Holmes sequel, older brother to Robert Downey Jr.'s title character. Stephen Fry has many titles; actor, writer, journalist, comedian, television presenter and film director. The British thespian's creative range is immense, he's lent his voice a popular video game franchise (Fables), the Cheshire Cat (Alice in Wonderland), and as narrator to three Harry Potter films. He's also starred in several acclaimed television series such as The Kingdom and Absolute Power. Now, Fry will return to the action-film genre with Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes sequel. While speaking with Danny Baker of BBC's Live 5, Fry let slip casting news that any Holmes fan will be happy to hear: "I’m playing Mycroft in the sequel to the Sherlock Holmes...