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"Space Force": Netflix Offers First-Look at Steve Carell Comedy Series [PREVIEW]

Less than a week after The Office star Steve Carell and Emmy Award winner Greg Daniels revealed the new group of recruits joining them in Netflix's upcoming comedy series Space Force, the streaming service is sharing a first-look at Carell's Space Force General Mark R. Naird (kinda'-sorta') as he reports for duty – whatever that duty might end up being…

Netflix's new workplace comedy stars Carell, John Malkovich (The New Pope), Ben Schwartz (Parks and Recreation), Diana Silvers (Glass), Jimmy O. Yang (Silicon Valley), Tawny Newsome (Sherman's Showcase), and Alex Sparrow (unREAL) have joined the workplace comedy that's centered around the people on Earth who have been tasked with creating a sixth branch of the armed services.

Series co-creator Carell is also set to executive produce, with Daniels serving as showrunner and executive producer. Joining them for their take on President Donald Trump's Space Force initiative as executive producer is 3 Arts' Howard Klein (The Office).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QgJR4pAPlE

Speaking of The Office… in an interview with Esquire in October 2018, Carrell opened up about his reasons for not wanting to return to the role of Michael Scott or be a part of any The Office reboot:

"Because The Office is on Netflix and replaying, a lot more people have seen it recently. And I think because of that there's been a resurgence in interest in the show, and talk about bringing it back. But apart from the fact that I just don't think that's a good idea, it might be impossible to do that show today and have people accept it the way it was accepted ten years ago.

The climate's different. I mean, the whole idea of that character, Michael Scott, so much of it was predicated on inappropriate behavior. I mean, he's certainly not a model boss. A lot of what is depicted on that show is completely wrong-minded. That's the point, you know? But I just don't know how that would fly now. There's a very high awareness of offensive things today—which is good, for sure. But at the same time, when you take a character like that too literally, it doesn't really work."

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