The Office Creator Has Zero Interest In A Reboot, But Uses Star Wars To Explain How He Wants To Return To That Comedy’s Universe
The strikes are over, and now that Hollywood is getting back to work, Greg Daniels has addressed the ever-popular rumors about The Office potentially being returning in some form. It was reported back in September that Daniels was attached to a reboot of the neo-classic NBC comedy, and while the famed co-creator did confirm his involvement, it was made pretty clear that this won’t be a reboot in the traditional sense. When it comes to the creative team’s ideals for the next Office project, Star Wars’ current streaming TV universe was brought up as one example of how the idea could be approached.
Greg Daniels spoke to The Wrap in connection with Upload’s Season 3 finale on Prime Video, and clarified that he is not working on a reboot version of The Office. The co-creator explained his reasons for not wanting to simply recast the iconic Dunder Mifflin staff, while also reflecting on how the original story was handled, saying:
I don’t like to think of anything as a reboot, you know what I mean? Because I feel like we ended that story beautifully. The characters had closure. I would never want to redo that same show with a different cast, because I think we got the luckiest cast, the best cast ever, in TV, to do that show. So, the notion of a reboot is not of interest.
These latest statements about a reboot of The Office line up with Greg Daniels’ biggest concern about rebooting it when he spoke about the concept in 2019. There’s understandably hesitation over tampering with the original story directly, especially so soon after it ended, and while a reboot wouldn’t necessarily diminish fans’ opinions about the U.S. remake’s initial run, it could still have some kind of negative impact if audiences see it as a cash-grab, rather than an authentic desire to return to this world.
One concept that does appear to be on the table is a series that exists within the same world as The Office, focusing on characters outside the Dunder Miffling offices.
