The US ‘Office’ is getting a reboot and fans are worried
nme.comOffice is reportedly in the works, and fans of the show are not happy.Yesterday (September 25) it was announced that the months-long Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike in Hollywood – which has put a halt to work on new shows – will be coming to an end soon after reaching a “tentative agreement”.Speculation has now started to spread about what this could mean for new shows.
US late-night talk shows, for example, could be returning to screens as soon as next week, while work on HBO‘s The Last Of Us season two will begin “the second” the strikes come to an end.Now, there are reports that the US version of The Office could be getting a revamp.
According to Puck News, the show’s creator, Greg Daniels, is looking to reboot the series.“Greg Daniels is set to do a reboot of The Office, for instance,” the article reads. “Disney’s Dana Walden will finally be able to announce the return of her BFF Ryan Murphy from Netflix.
A ton of high-profile movie scripts will come in. The industry will chug back to normal.”The US Office – a reboot of the British mockumentary series starring and created by Ricky Gervais – ran for nine season from 2005 to 2013, and followed fictional paper company Dunder Mifflin in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
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