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The Office aired for nine seasons on NBC and seems to have become even more popular since it ended. There have been rumors and discussions about the possibility of a revival of the series for ten years but the show’s creator has doubts.
Starring Steve Carell, Rainn Wilson, John Krasinski, Jenna Fischer, B. J. Novak, Melora Hardin, David Denman, Leslie David Baker, Brian Baumgartner, Kate Flannery, Angela Kinsey, Oscar Nunez, Phyllis Smith, Ed Helms, Mindy Kaling, Paul Lieberstein, Creed Bratton, Craig Robinson, and Ellie Kemper, the series followed the employees of the Dunder Mifflin Paper Company.
Series creator Greg Daniels recently addressed the latest rumors about a reboot of The Office. He said the following, per USA Today:
“The last time that I had dinner with (star) Steve Carell we were joking that they could do Season 10 of ‘The Office’ with AI, without the participation of anybody who worked on it. There’s enough footage where the computer can deepfake him and Rainn (Wilson) and Jenna (Fischer). And deepfake their voices and write scripts based on the past script. It’s such an odd thought.”
Answering the question of rebooting the comedy more seriously, Daniels said:
“I think that the show had an ending, don’t you? Those characters had a very good ending. I can’t imagine wanting to make it with any other cast. I’ve said before that if there was to be anything, it would probably be more like what “The Mandalorian” is to “Star Wars,” rather than trying to get Princess Leia with a new actor. But at the moment there’s just a lot of speculation.
You fall in love with the actors and the characters. If you could get the entire (“Office”) cast to come back and do more episodes the way they did with “Will and Grace,” maybe there’s something fun about that, but I don’t think that is ever going to happen. We jump forward in the story in the finale and let all of them disperse and go (on with their lives). I don’t think artistically trying to do the “Will and Grace”-style reboot would make any sense.”
What do you think? Do you want to see more of The Office? Would you watch a reboot or should this series be left alone?
