Netflix Buys Ricky Gervais' Comedy 'Special Correspondents' for 2016

Ricky Gervais / Eric Bana

Last fall we learned that Ricky Gervais would be getting behind the camera again as director of Special Correspondents, a remake of a French comedy that the comedian also wrote himself. The film follows Eric Bana as a struggling New York-based radio journalist whose arrogance and decadent lifestyle has hindered his career. So he decides to fake front line war reports from the comfort of his hideout above a Spanish restaurant in Manhattan. Now Deadline reports Netflix, who is only increasing their presence in distribution, has landed rights to the comedy to premiere in 2016 exclusively on the streaming service. ›››

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