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A new version of the classic comedy series The Office has arrived our TVs and people are mad because the boss is a woman.

Ricky Gervais personally approved casting a female equivalent of David Brent in the Australian remake of The Office, actress Felicity Ward has said.Ward stars as the franchise’s first-ever female lead, playing Hannah Howard, the managing director of the Flinley Craddick packaging company. The series will arrive on Amazon Prime on October 18.It is the 13th version of The Office around the world to date, after the huge success of the US version, starring Steve Carell as Michael Scott, which ran for nine seasons from 2005 to 2013.“Ricky Gervais has approved a female lead, he’s very excited about a female lead — just in case anyone is angry,” Ward said during the Prime Video Presents: Trailblazers event on Tuesday in London, where she debuted a trailer from the series.”“I did zero preparation, because I read the script and I’m like, ‘Oh my god, this is every annoying part of my personality.’ I’ve been preparing for this my whole life,” she added.“It was just all in the script.

This new Brent is okay. Australian actress Felicity Ward has revealed Ricky Gervais “approved” of her interpretation of his iconic awful boss character in The Office.

The Office has arrived – and it features a female equivalent of David Brent.The adaptation of Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant’s mockumentary comedy series is set to arrive on Amazon Prime on October 18. Felicity Ward stars as the franchise’s first-ever female lead, playing Hannah Howard, the managing director of the Flinley Craddick packaging company.It is the 13th version of The Office around the world to date, after the huge success of the US version, starring Steve Carell as Michael Scott, which ran for nine seasons from 2005 to 2013.In the new clip, Hannah – the equivalent of Gervais’ David Brent – tries (and fails) to win over her employees at the Sydney-based firm with an attempt at charisma, vision and girlboss energy.She is not the only character in the remake whose original counterpart was male – Edith Poor plays receptionist, front desk executive and productivity manager Lizze, the equivalent of Dwight/Gareth role.

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Michaela Zee “Time Bandits” has been canceled by Apple TV+ after one season, Variety has confirmed. The fantasy series, starring Lisa Kudrow, follows a group of thieves and their newest recruit — an 11-year-old boy named Kevin (Kal-El Tuck) — hopping across time and space to plunder riches. Jemaine Clement, Iain Morris and Taika Waititi created the series adaptation of Terry Gilliam’s 1981 cult classic, with Clement and Morris serving as co-showrunners.

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The Office is officially getting a new Australian remake and people are not convinced it is going to be a resounding success.News of the new Aussie regeneration of the Ricky Gervais/Stephen Merchant-created sitcom was announced on Monday (August 19), with all eight episodes of the show set to premiere on Amazon Prime Video on October 18.The show will star Australian comedian Felicity Ward as the franchise’s first ever female lead, playing Hannah Howard, the managing director of the Flinley Craddick packaging company.It will be the 13th version of The Office around the world, after the huge success of the US version, starring Steve Carell as Michael Scott, having run for nine seasons from 2005 to 2013.Following the announcement, fans of the The Office have been reacting on social media, with some expressing doubt that the new version can live up to its predecessors, and others questioning why it would be happening now, over two decades since the debut of the UK original.VERY australian-TV-industry-coded to poop a The Office remake out 20 years too late pic.twitter.com/u7BmTIJj6I— Jay K Cagatay (@jayktweets) August 19, 2024It took Australia this long to tackle The Office? https://t.co/wOMsymgUrl— SJWJamesBond Wants Nazis Banned ︽✵︽ Agent of GIRL (@mvbrat91) August 19, 2024If any of you show me even a second of the Australian remake of The Office I’m sending you anthrax in the mail— The One and Only Peter Falk (@thepeterfalk) August 19, 2024i can only assume an australian version of the office will suck— matt (@mattDCLXVI) August 20, 2024Others have complained that the new reboot proves that there are not enough new ideas being commissioned.First Death In Paradise, now The Office.C'mon Australian television executives,

Hit original UK series, The Office is returning after 20 years off-screen, and this time, it’s going to Australia.The sitcom starring the likes of Ricky Gervais, Martin Freeman, Mackenzie Crook and Sally Bretton that first aired in 2001, will return for a spin-off later this year. Prime have announced they’ve commissioned a new series in Australia with actress and comedian Felicity Ward at the helm, and it will air in two months’ time.The Office has had many adaptations around the world, from France, Sweden, Poland, Germany, Chile, Israel, Czech Republic to the very popular US version.

Alex Ritman The Australian edition of “The Office” — the 13th global incarnation of the iconic comedy series — is taking shape, with Prime Video setting a release date and releasing a first-look at its lead, Felicity Ward. The “Time Bandits” and “Wakefield” star will play Hannah Howard, managing director of packaging company Flinley Craddick and the first female lead of “The Office” franchise.

A new The Office series is coming to Prime Video!

Toto, I don’t think we’re in Scranton anymore. The Office is officially going Down Under with a new Australian update on the hit comedy series.

Time Bandits series charts its own clever course through history.The original movie, written by Gilliam and Monty Python mate Michael Palin, and featuring Palin and John Cleese in supporting roles, served up an eccentric, ruefully sardonic take on myth and modern times.The titular bandits, having stolen God’s map of the universe, had decided to use the all-powerful tool to hopscotch through time, ransacking wealth from the likes of Napoleon, Robin Hood, and King Agamemnon.Along the way, the Bandits, portrayed by six talented men of short stature, crashed through a time portal into the present-day bedroom of 11-year-old history buff Kevin, who was whisked off on the adventure of his life.Not only a spirited, escapist fantasy aimed at kids, Gilliam’s movie was a visual marvel that took fearless turns into dark corners of greed, consumerism, loss, and abandonment. The film’s notoriously bleak ending boldly subverted the common fairy tale that as long as the kid hero makes it home safe from Oz, then all will be rainbows and sunshine.The ten-episode series dabbles in such darkness, but series creators Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi don’t let the show live there.This Time Bandits — following the same premise of hurtling through history searching for loot and treasure — leans much harder on the humor, and that’s where it shines.

EXCLUSIVE: Many people decided the office was no longer for them after the Covid-19 pandemic, but not so Felicity Ward, or her new alter-ego, Hannah Howard. Comedian and actress Ward is starring in The Office Australia, one of the most hotly anticipated series outside of the U.S., marking the first time a woman has played the iconic (mis)manager role that Ricky Gervais first made famous on the BBC.

Ricky Gervais has said he “can’t wait to see” how Australia intends to modernise The Office. On Tuesday (30 May), it was announced that Australian comedian Felicity Ward will lead the country’s forthcoming re-envisioning of the popular British sitcom. While Prime Video’s The Office: Australia is the 13th version of the workplace mockumentary series, it will be the first-ever female-led version.

The Office is getting an Australian adaptation, led by Australian comedian Felicity Ward, it has been revealed.Per Variety, the Australian adaptation is set to begin production in Sydney, Australia this June. The show – which will consist of eight episodes – will be released as an Amazon Original and will be available for streaming on Prime Video sometime in 2024 worldwide, apart from the US.Felicity Ward, who will lead the cast, will portray Hannah Howard, the managing director of Australian packaging company Flinley Craddick.

Prime Video Australia is remaking The Office as a female-led comedy starring stand-up Felicity Ward in the role Ricky Gervais first made famous.

Katherine Tulich “The Office” comedy franchise will see middle management led by a woman for the first time in an Australian version that will play on Amazon’s Prime Video. Australian comedian and actor Felicity Ward (“Wakefield,” “The Inbetweeners 2”) will portray Hannah Howard, the MD of packaging company Flinley Craddick in “The Office Australia.” In a post-COVID plot twist, Howard gets news from head office that her branch will be shutting down and that staff will have to work from home. She goes into survival mode, making promises she can’t keep and launches outlandish plots in order to keep her “work family” together. The Australian adaptation is the 13th iteration of the show that was originally created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant. Other international retreads have included those in France, Canada, Chile, Israel and the Middle East.

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Harry Potter star Jessie Cave has been taken to hospital after testing positive for Covid-19, during the third trimester of her pregnancy.The actress, who played Lavender Brown in the wizarding franchise, confirmed that she is pregnant with her fourth child, with partner Alfie Brown, last year.Taking to Instagram, the 34-year-old shared an update on her baby journey, posting a photo from her hospital bed.‘Triage, once again……,’ she penned beside the snap. ‘Anyone else had covid in 3rd trimester & had it hit them like a tonne of bricks for weeks?’Co-star Devon Murray – who played Seamus Finnigan in the Potter flicks – was among the stars who offered their well wishes to the expectant mum.‘Jessie, I’m so sorry you’re going through this now. Hoping for a speedy recovery,’ he commented.Felicity Ward replied: ‘Oh honey.

 She penned in the comments section of Charlie’s Instagram post: “So frikkin beautiful guys!!! Love to you both.”Australian comedian Felicity Ward added: “Yayyyyyyy.