‘The Office’ Spinoff Starring Rainn Wilson In The Works For Midseason 2013 Launch
I hear that NBC is working on an Office spinoff starring Rainn Wilson for a potential midseason 2013 launch. No deals have been closed yet but I’ve learned that the proposed spinoff is a family comedy, which was the brainchild of Wilson and The Office executive producer/showrunner Paul Lieberstein. It will have Dwight (Wilson) living at the Schrute family beet farm and bed & breakfast, which have been featured on the show several times, including in an episode where Jim and Pam visited Dwight there. (photos below) The potential spinoff will be introduced in an Office episode later this season set at Schrute Farms. “Paul and Rainn have been joking for years about Dwight’s life on the farm, his family and how ill-suited he is to run a B&B,” a source close to The Office said. “A while ago, it started to feel like a show to them. NBC agreed, it’s been further developed to include multiple generations, many cousins and neighbors. (It is unclear if that would include cousin Mose who has been featured on the show.)
At its base it will be about a family farm struggling to survive and a family trying to stay together.” Wilson and Lieberstein will executive produce the spinoff with The Office executive producers Ben Silverman, who has been working with Wilson and Lieberstein on the development of the project, and Howard Klein. Greg Daniels, who developed and executive produces The Office, is not involved in the offshoot.
I hear that The Office producer Universal Television has re-opened discussions with the other key Office cast members, approaching them over the past week or so with informal offers for next season. None of the core Office cast members, including Ed Helms, John Krasinksi and Mindy Kaling, have deals for next season, and while the studio can’t formally sign the actors before there is a renewal for the show, it is trying to shore them up in anticipation of a pickup. It may not be easy to get the whole gang back together.
I purchased the Scranton Business Park less than two years ago, and in that time, I turned ordinary into freaking extraordinary.
Remember when the lobby was just a place to enter? Every time I’d pass through, I’d shake my head and whisper, “Unbelievable,” or sometimes, “Lame.” But now, that once blah lobby is home to Caffeine Corner, the greatest cafe in Scranton. People like Kelly have referred to it as “kickasscular,” which I believe is quite good.
Rainn Wilson posted this video on his Twitter yesterday.
Description: This is what The Office would look like if it was a classic sitcom. It has all the elements of a 80-90′s sitcom : The way-too-long opening sequence with cheesy music and of course, the laugh track. Created by benny2700.
Rainn Wilson was on “Lopez Tonight” last night, April 4th. “The Office” star talks about his down and out years living in an abandoned brewery, his new movie, “Super,” and working with comedy legends Will Ferrell and Steve Carell. Plus, Rainn asks George to be his “butt buddy.”
