{"id":2491,"date":"2026-06-25T10:39:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T10:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=2491"},"modified":"2026-06-25T10:39:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T10:39:18","slug":"ricky-gervais-pitches-animation-debut-alley-cats-at-annecy-masterclass-i-could-make-this-forever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=2491","title":{"rendered":"Ricky Gervais Pitches Animation Debut \u2018Alley Cats\u2019 at Annecy Masterclass: \u201cI Could Make This Forever\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\nRicky Gervais really likes being a cat.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cI don\u2019t have to do hair and makeup, I don\u2019t have to get up early,\u201d Gervais said about playing the chubby foul-mouthed tabby Gus in his new Netflix animated series <em>Alley Cats<\/em>. \u201cThe cats never get old. So as I get older and fatter, I can still sit in a chair and continue to make this forever.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=2490\">AI Music Platform Suno Reveals Incubator Program For Indie Artists<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tGervais presented the first two, 15-minute episodes of <em>Alley Cats<\/em> to the Annecy crowd on Thursday and discussed the making of the show in a one-hour masterclass. He was greeted with thunderous applauses and a spontaneous chorus of \u201cHappy Birthday\u201d (Gervais turned 65 today).  <\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe British creator of <em>The Office<\/em> and <em>Extras<\/em> wrote and co-directed the series, with Elliot Dear, who helmed the \u201cAll Through The House\u201d episode from season two of Netflix\u2019s <em>Love Death and Robots<\/em>. The show follows the adventures of a gang of British alley cats, led by Gervais\u2019 Gus. Tom Basden, Andrew Brooke, David Earl, Kerry Godliman, Jo Hartley and Diane Morgan round out the voice cast.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tGervais and the cast recorded all the dialog for the series before a single frame of animation was shot. The cast recorded together in the same room, not the typical practice for animation, so they could improv lines and bounce ideas off one another. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=2489\">Virginie Efira to Receive Locarno Leopard Club Award<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cI told them \u2018Don\u2019t do cartoon voices. Talk as you normally do,&#8217;\u201d said Gervais, explaining the show\u2019s naturalistic feel. \u201cI wanted everything to be realistic. Except for the fact that the cats talk.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\n\tGervais\u2019 trademark style appears to have survived the man-to-cat transfer. The series combines potty-mouthed put-downs with more sentimental story lines. As Netflix\u2019s promotional blurb puts it: \u201cGervais\u2019 signature style of heart and social commentary that audiences have come to expect.\u201d The <em>Alley Cats<\/em> tagline says it all: \u201cNine lives, zero fucks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe first season of six, 15-minute <em>Alley Cats<\/em> episodes drops on Netflix Aug. 7. Check out the <em>Alley Cats <\/em>trailer below.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=2487\">James Murdoch-Backed Art Basel Owner Pushes Into Media Events Business (Exclusive)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ricky Gervais, of &#8216;The Office&#8217; fame, has discussed the making of his new Netflix animation, &#8216;Alley Cats,&#8217; telling Annecy: &quot;I could make this forever.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2246,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1847,288,1829,1830,2,65,1769],"class_list":["post-2491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting","tag-alley-cats","tag-animation","tag-annecy-2026","tag-annecy-animation-festival","tag-international","tag-netflix","tag-ricky-gervais"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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