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Subject: Plot Details About New Version Of "The Office" Revealed
Date: Mon, 13 May 2024 18:49:05 -0400
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Details about a new version of “The Office” were released this week.

This project is apparently not a spinoff or reboot, but is rather a show with 
all new characters set in the same universe and shot in the same mockumentary 
style as the original.

A logline for the new series says, “The documentary crew that immortalized 
Dunder Mifflin’s Scranton branch is in search of a new subject when they 
discover a dying historic Midwestern newspaper and the publisher trying to 
revive it with volunteer reporters.”

Per a report from Variety, the new comedy has been picked up by Peacock and 
will begin production in July.

“It’s been more than ten years since the final episode of ‘The Office’ aired 
on NBC, and the acclaimed comedy series continues to gain popularity and 
build new generations of fans on Peacock,” Lisa Katz, president of scripted 
content for NBCU Entertainment, said. 

“In partnership with Universal Television and led by the creative team of 
Greg Daniels and Michael Koman, this new series set in the universe of Dunder 
Mifflin introduces a new cast of characters in a fresh setting ripe for 
comedic storytelling: a daily newspaper.”

The American version of “The Office” was based on a British show of the same 
name starring Ricky Gervais. It was set in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and 
followed the staff at the Dunder-Mifflin paper company. The cast included 
Steve Carell, Rainn Wilson, John Krasinski, Jenna Fischer, Ed Helms, Mindy 
Kaling, and B.J. Novak, and others.

The Emmy Award-winning show ran for 9 seasons beginning in 2005.

One of the most beloved aspects of the American version of “The Office” was 
the irreverent humor, which one of the show’s stars said would never be 
accepted in entertainment now.

Mindy Kaling acknowledged that the popular NBC comedy couldn’t exist in 
today’s hyper-sensitive, politically correct culture and said she believed 
most characters “would be canceled.”

“That show is so inappropriate now,” Kaling said during an interview with 
“Good Morning America” in December 2022. 

“The writers who I’m still in touch with now, we always talk about how so 
much of that show we probably couldn’t make now,” she added.

“Tastes have changed, and honestly what offends people has changed so much 
now. I think that actually is one of the reasons the show is popular, because 
people feel like there’s something kind of fearless about it or taboo.”

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