The Workplace co-creator Greg Daniels has steered {that a} potential spin-off can be extra like The Mandalorian and never a straight reboot.
The basic sitcom has been rumoured for a relaunch for a lot of years, most not too long ago in September when a report by Puck Information steered a return was set to be introduced as soon as the Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike concluded – although nothing has materialised for the reason that strike ended.
In a brand new interview with TheWrap, Daniels didn’t verify a return for the sequence, although stated that if it had been to occur, he doesn’t “like to consider something as a reboot”.
“As a result of I really feel like we ended that story superbly,” he defined. “The characters had closure. I might by no means need to redo that very same present with a special forged, as a result of I believe we received the luckiest forged, one of the best forged ever, in TV, to do this present. So the notion of a reboot just isn’t of curiosity.”
Daniels then in contrast it to Star Wars sequence The Mandalorian, which launched with a give attention to new tales and characters in George Lucas’s fictional universe.
“The notion of possibly one thing like the way in which The Mandalorian is a brand new present within the Star Wars universe, what I imply? One thing just like the notion of this documentary crew doing a documentary a couple of totally different topic,” he continued.
“That, I believe, could possibly be intriguing and inventive. However I don’t even know what you’d name that. I don’t know if that’s like a sister present or one thing. I don’t know what the time period is. But it surely doesn’t really feel like ‘reboot’ can be the suitable time period for that.”
The remark echoes earlier phrases from Daniels from earlier this 12 months, wherein he steered a brand new present can be “an extension” of the present’s universe.
“I can’t inform whether or not followers would need extra of it, and once I say extra of it, I don’t assume it might be the identical characters,” he instructed Collider.
“I believe it might simply be type of like an extension of the universe, what I imply, like the way in which [The] Mandalorian is like an extension of Star Wars. However I don’t know if that might be one thing individuals would need or not, it’s exhausting to inform.”
Final month, Daniels responded to the latest reboot report, telling Collider that “when there’s one thing to announce, I’ll undoubtedly announce it”.
Broadcaster NBC stated again in 2021 that they had been able to do a reboot of The Workplace “each time Greg Daniels desires to do one”.
The present, which is predicated on the UK model of The Workplace, first launched in 2005 and ran for 9 seasons till 2013. It follows the staff on the Scranton model of the Dunder Mifflin Paper Firm.
