Gervais’ ‘Mad Men’ Meets ‘The Office’ Project Grows Legs

Simon Dang — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 11:32:00 +0000

According to Variety, the Sony International Motion Picture Production Group has jumped on board Ricky Gervais’ next project “Men At The Pru.” Described as a “coming-of-age tale about a group of 20-something men at an insurance company in the 1970’s,” the project unites Gervais with his working partner from “The Office” and “Extras,” Stephen Merchant.

Word about ‘Pru’ has been around since early last year when it was reported that Gervais and Merchant had began researching and writing for the project based in Gervais’ hometown of Reading.

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