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Ricky Gervais has started filming a pilot of a retirement home-based sitcom starring Sean Connery, according to reports.
The Life's Too Short star approached the Bond legend to star in the planned show, which has been tentatively titled Derek.
A source told The Sun: "They're filming a pilot in London. It's early days but it looks brilliant.
"Ricky is in charge of the project and plays a man called Derek, living in an old people's home, while Sean has been asked to play his elderly mate in the home."
The source continued: "Ricky is keen to get it in the bag because his sitcom Life's Too Short hasn't been getting great viewing figures."
Gervais has recently been confirmed as the host of the Golden Globes for a third straight year, despite causing controversy last time with a number of jokes that insulted the star-studded audience.
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