<p><br /> Stephen Merchant and his long-term writing partner Ricky Gervais, have a new sitcom in the pipeline, and it is about a dwarf.<br /> </p><p><br /> "We're working on a sitcom about a dwarf, starring a guy called Warwick Davis. He's brilliant, he was an ewok in Return Of The Jedi. It's a sitcom about him and it's very funny," Merchant said.<br /> </p><p><br /> It is not the only project the pair are working on this year, Merchant hinted that Idiot Abroad, starring their friend Karl Pilkington, may be returning.<br /> </p><p><br /> The comedian said: "Hopefully there'll be more Idiot Abroad at some point, we've just got to persuade Karl to humiliate himself again."<br /> </p><p><br /> Merchant can currently be heard in Elton John's new movie Gnomeo and Juliet, an animated take on Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, but with gnomes.<br /> </p><p><br /> Merchant provides the voice for a gnome called Paris, a rival to Gnomeo for Juliet's affections.<br /> </p><p><br /> Gnomeo and Juliet is out from February 11.<br /> </p>
