THE OFFICE Spinoff Series THE PAPER Sets September Premiere on Peacock
Peacock has officially set the stage for The Office’s spiritual successor. The Paper, a new mockumentary comedy from The Office creator Greg Daniels and Michael Koman, will premiere on September 4th with four episodes dropping that day. After that, expect two episodes every Thursday through September 25th.
Set in the same universe as The Office, The Paper picks up with the documentary crew that once chronicled the strange lives of Dunder Mifflin’s Scranton branch. Now they’re looking for their next subject—and they find it in a struggling Toledo newspaper, The Truth Teller, and the ambitious publisher trying to breathe life back into it.
The ensemble cast includes Domhnall Gleeson, Sabrina Impacciatore, Chelsea Frei, Melvin Gregg, Gbemisola Ikumelo, Alex Edelman, Ramona Young, Tim Key, and The Office alum Oscar Nuñez.
The series comes from Daniels and Koman, who are are joined by executive producers Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant (creators of the original UK Office).
Domhnall Gleeson, fresh off starring opposite John Krasinski in Fountain of Youth, opened up about what Krasinski and Steve Carell told him about signing onto The Paper:
“I mean, his big advice that he gave me was to do it. And the same with Steve Carell, another just wonderful actor who I’d worked with before. And their advice was, if it’s Greg Daniels, you should do it because getting to work with him is a treat that not many people get to have.”
