A new version version of The Office is said to be in the works, and two possible leads for the potential series have been revealed. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Star Wars actor Domhnall Gleeson and The White Lotus star Sabrina Impacciatore will star in the show as part of an ensemble cast.
Greg Daniels, who adapted The Office for the US, is working on the new version of the show with Nathan For You’s Michael Korman. Universal Television is said to be producing the show, and representatives declined to comment when approached by THR.
The Office currently streams on Peacock, but there is no word yet on where the new iteration of the show, should it be made, would be available. The report said Daniels and his team want to “make sure the take is right” before finding a home.
There is no word yet on who Gleeson or Impacciatore could play in a potential new version of The Office. Reports have suggested the new series would take place within the same universe as the original Office, which could make cameos from popular characters possible.
Fans have been holding out hope for some kind of Office reunion of sorts featuring the main cast, but a different report said that is “out of the question.” A number of the stars of the show recently reunited to sell a product, though.
The Office, an adaptation itself of the Ricky Gervais BBC TV show in the UK, debuted in 2005 and ran for nine seasons, ending in 2013. Steve Carell, who played Michael Scott, left the show in Season 7. The series also starred John Krasinski, Rainn Wilson, B.J. Novak, Jenna Fischer, Leslie David Baker, Mindy Kaling, Kate Flannery, Phyllis Smith, Brian Baumgartner, Ed Helms, Craig Robinson, Melora Hardin, and Oscar Nunez.
Carell has said a character like Scott would not fly in today’s climate with his off-color jokes. The Office continues to be extremely popular and lucrative in syndication. NBCUniversal paid Netflix $500 million to bring all the episodes to its own streaming service, Peacock.
In other places around the world, like Australia, The Office has already been remade with new casts.
