Oscar Nuñez Reprising ‘The Office’ Role in Peacock’s Follow-Up Series

variety.com:

Oscar Nuñez will return as Oscar Martinez in Peacock’s follow-up series to “The Office,” Variety has confirmed. Sources say Nuñez will not be the central character in the upcoming mockumentary sitcom — which takes place in the same universe as “The Office” — as it is an ensemble series.

But he is part of the show’s character mix, and has been in the opening script from the beginning. There are no further details regarding Oscar’s role or storyline in the new show, which Greg Daniels is creating and executive producing with Michael Korman (“Nathan For You”).

As of now, Nuñez is believed to be the only “Office” cast member who will appear in the follow-up series (right now still referred to as the “Untitled Daniels/Korman Project”) — but it has been noted that since it lives in the world of “The Office,” there was always a chance that characters from the original series might appear.

Universal TV and representatives for Nuñez declined to comment. Sources close to the production note that in the past, when asked about rebooting “The Office,” Daniels has said he felt he told a complete story for most of the characters — but if there was one character he’d like to revisit and explore, it would be Oscar. (It’s believed that producers were hoping to keep Nuñez’s involvement a surprise, but the news first leaked Wednesday via newsletter The Insneider.) The series, rumored to be titled “The Paper,” will follow the staffers of a dying Midwestern newspaper whose publisher is trying to revive it with volunteer reporters.