‘The Office’ spin-off will be like ‘The Mandalorian’: “A reboot is not of interest”

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The Office co-creator Greg Daniels has suggested that a potential spin-off would be more like The Mandalorian and not a straight reboot.The classic sitcom has been rumoured for a relaunch for a number of years, most recently in September when a report by Puck News suggested a return was set to be announced once the Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike concluded – though nothing has materialised since the strike ended.In a new interview with TheWrap, Daniels didn’t confirm a return for the series, though said that if it were to happen, he doesn’t “like to think of anything as a reboot”.“Because I feel like we ended that story beautifully,” he explained. “The characters had closure.

I would never want to redo that same show with a different cast, because I think we got the luckiest cast, the best cast ever, in TV, to do that show.

So the notion of a reboot is not of interest.”Daniels then compared it to Star Wars series The Mandalorian, which launched with a focus on new stories and characters in George Lucas’s fictional universe.“The notion of maybe something like the way The Mandalorian is a new show in the Star Wars universe, you know what I mean?

Something like the notion of this documentary crew doing a documentary about a different subject,” he continued.“That, I think, could be intriguing and creative.