The next series in 'The Office' world officially has a title — and a premiere date. Set in the same universe as the hit NBC mockumentary, the spinoff series will be called 'The Paper' and follow a publisher, played by Domhnall Gleeson, and his employees at a dying small-town newspaper in Toledo, Ohio. The series is set to premiere in September.
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00:00Peacock is returning to the world of The Office, but not how you might expect.
00:04Oh my god! Okay, it's happening! Everybody stay calm!
00:07What's the procedure, everyone? What's the procedure?
00:09Stay f***ing calm!
00:10Set in the same universe as the hit NBC mockumentary, the spinoff series will be called The Paper and follow a publisher played by Donald Gleeson and his employees at a dying small-town newspaper in Toledo, Ohio.
00:22The series, from former Office showrunner Greg Daniels and Michael Komen, is set to premiere in September.
00:27Peacock also released the first image from the series, which also shows Oscar Nunez, who will reprise his role as Oscar Martinez from the earlier series.
00:36During NBCUniversal's Upfront presentation, Nunez talks about having a conversation with Daniels about moving his character to a more cosmopolitan environment, saying, quote,
00:46Greg heard me and moved Oscar to Toledo, Ohio, which has three times the population of Scranton, so it's nice to be heard.
00:53In a previous interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Daniels revealed that the paper will employ much of the same crew that worked on the former series and that he's excited to work on another mockumentary.
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