Greg Daniels and Michael Koman are working on new ‘The Office’ series
Greg Daniels and Michael Koman
Rodin Eckenroth/FilmMagic; Nicholas Hunt/Getty ImagesThe long-awaited expansion to The office universe has come one step closer to reality.
Greg Daniels was assigned to create a new series The office universe, and he tapped Michael Koman to join him, Deadline reported on Wednesday, March 20. The series, from Universal Television, remains in development and there is still no guarantee it will become a reality.
The series would be a sequel to this The officeno actual restart, Deadline reported. While some familiar faces from the American series may appear, this mockumentary-style show would be set in a different office and follow different characters. So don’t expect a return to Scranton, or even necessarily to the Dunder Mifflin paper company.
Daniels, who originally worked with NBC to adapt The office for an American audience, a development space opened in January to work on the project. The American version of the BBC comedy premiered in 2005, starring Steve Carell, Johannes Krasinski, Rainn Wilson, BJ Novak, Jenna Fischer and others who rose to fame during the show’s nine seasons.
More than a decade after the finale, fans held out hope that The Office cast would travel back to Scranton, Pennsylvania, and the cast seems to be mostly all in. Inspired by the British series of the same name, The Office captured the daily affairs of paper company Dunder Mifflin during its nine seasons. Shot […]
Koman is no stranger to the genre. He co-created docu-reality series Nathan for you alongside Nathan Velder, which leads the hit series through four seasons on Comedy Central. He worked on it too The Colbert Report, MadTV And Late night with Conan O’Brien. Koman and Daniels both started out as writers Saturday evening live.
Perhaps not coincidentally, Koman is married to Ellie Kemperwho has joined The office cast in its fifth season.
In addition to The office, Daniels co-created hits like Parks and recreation And king of the Hill. He was also a writer for The Simpsons and wrote the classic episode “Bart Sells His Soul.”
Daniels has stated several times that he does not want to reboot the show with the same premise or characters, but NBCUniversal has long been interested in continuing the series. The office universe somehow.
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Novak, who was also a writer on the show, told earlier Deadline that fans should not hope for a total reunion either.
“You certainly wouldn’t get everyone back together, that ship has sailed,” he said.
More than ten years later The office ended, the show remains a staple of American television and streaming. It currently airs in syndication on Comedy Central and Freeform. Fischer and her costar Angela Kinsey also hosts the rewatch podcast “Office Ladies,” which continues to give life to the series by recapping one episode a week.
The office is currently available to stream on Peacock.