RICKY Gervais has hinted he could be set to rekindle his love-hate relationship with Swindon for a new movie.

The comedian, actor, writer and director has started casting work on Life On The Road, the big-screen debut of character David Brent, the well-meaning but cringeworthy manager in hit mockumentary, The Office.

And multiple award-winning Gervais has hinted Swindon could reprise its cameo roll from the original series on the big screen, as he prepares to document Brent's next move - a 'tragic tour' with his band, Foregone Conclusion.

Updating fans on Facebook, he said he was currently editing his next movie, Special Correspondents, and had started work on Life On The Road.

"I also started casting Life On The Road and the response from actors wanting to audition has been overwhelming," he said.

"Started planning the towns Foregone Conclusion [Brent's band] might visit on their tragic tour too.

"Surely they have to pass through Swindon."

In The Office, Swindon was the location of David Brent's rival branch of paper merchant Wernham-Hogg, which was later closed and saw staff from the Wiltshire town absorbed into his office, in Slough, Berkshire.

And the bumbling Brent didn't delay in offending the new arrivals, with ill-tempered jokes about the town, including branding 'the Swindon lot', 'little slugs'.

In the show, he joked: "I hear they dropped an atomic bomb on Swindon - did about £15-worth of damage."

Gervais, along with Stephen Merchant, produced two series and two Christmas specials of The Office, which ran between 2001 and 2003.

The series won the British Comedy Award for best new TV in 2001, and in 2002, the series won the best TV comedy gong, ith Gervais picking up the best TV comedy actor honour.

In 2003, The Office won the Golden Globe Award for best television series: musical or comedy. It was the first British comedy in 25 years to be nominated for a Golden Globe, and the first ever to win one.

Gervais was also awarded the Golden Globe for best actor in a television series: comedy or musical.