Ricky Gervais has announced his next world tour and corresponding Netflix special.
“Ricky Gervais: Mortality” is set to launch later this year and run until the end of 2025, “taking in all of Gervais’s favorite arenas around the world,” per a press release. The special will also be filmed for release on Netflix.
“We’re all gonna die. May as well have a laugh about it. Mortality looks at the absurdities of life. And death. Bring it on,” Gervais said in a statement.
Gervais and Netflix have had a robust partnership together, as his most recent special for them, “Armageddon,” won a Golden Globe, spent time at No. 1 on Netflix’s most-watched list, and holds the world record for the highest-grossing comedy special of all time.
Other Gervais-Netflix collaborations include three seasons of his series “After Life,” as well as specials “Humanity” and “SuperNature.”
Although Gervais’ specials have drawn controversy in the past due to anti-trans rhetoric, Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos has defended the comedian as an essential member of the Netflix family.
“I think it’s very important to the American culture generally to have free expression,” Sarandos said in a New York Times interview in 2022. “We’re programming for a lot of diverse people who have different opinions and different tastes and different styles, and yet we’re not making everything for everybody. We want something for everybody but everything’s not going to be for everybody. Nobody would say that what he does isn’t thoughtful or smart. You just don’t agree with him.”
See the full tour poster below.
From Variety US