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The Office: Greg Daniels Reportedly Ready to Explore New Series Ideas

Greg Daniels is reportedly assembling a development room of "trusted writers" to brainstorm follow-up series ideas for The Office.

Based on the hit British sitcom from Ricky Gervais & Stephen Merchant, Greg Daniels' Steve Carell-starring U.S. take on The Office wouldn't take long to define itself as its own series – running for nine seasons before wrapping up its run on May 16, 2013. And on May 17, 2013, fans of the influential NBC series were already wondering when they would get to return to the Scranton, Pennsylvania, branch of the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company. Now – nearly eleven years later – Deadline Hollywood is reporting that Daniels is putting together a development room of his "trusted writers" that will brainstorm ideas for possible spinoff/sequel series ideas (Daniels isn't interested in rebooting the series). One possibility is that the series would focus on another company with another ensemble cast but still be set within "The Office" universe, potentially with its own documentary crew. To be clear, this would put things very early on in the development process, with no guarantee that a project could end up resulting from the brainstorming sessions.

Along with Carell, the long-running & award-winning sitcom also included an all-star cast: John Krasinski, Rainn Wilson, B.J. Novak, Jenna Fischer, Mindy Kaling, Leslie David Baker, Melora Hardin, Kate Flannery, Brian Baumgartner, Ed Helms, Oscar Nuñez, and Craig Robinson (with James Spader stepping in following Carell's departure). A successful spinoff series would have a number of important positives to it beyond the obvious. On the streaming side, expect the viewership of The Office to skyrocket (not like it's lacking right now as it is). And then there's the matter of potential crossovers, with a spinoff series serving as a possible platform to feature the return of a number of familiar faces from the original NBC series. With Novak putting a match to the idea of a full reunion during a previous interview with DH ("Definitely you wouldn't get everyone back together, that ship has sailed"), a spinoff series could be the next-best-thing.

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