Gaming🎮 The new offshoot The Office series is now ordered, and its premise sounds enticing and eerily relevant

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The new offshoot series set in The Office universe (whatever that entails) is now a go at Peacock, and its premise sounds really good, actually.

Expectations weren't exactly low, given that The Office creator Greg Daniels and Nathan for You co-creator Michael Koman were involved, but looking at the mid quality of some recent TV revivals quickly put together to boost streaming offerings, it's reasonable to stay cautious. Now, with the first-ever premise details out in the wild and the initial pitch quickly moving forward, plus a couple of great leads, we're starting to feel pretty good about this one.

Via Deadline, the official press release from Peacock and Universal Television confirms the series will start shooting as soon as this July. More importantly, a strong connection to the original (US) show has been confirmed through the plot synopsis: "The documentary crew that immortalized Dunder Mifflin’s Scranton branch is in search of a new subject when they discover a dying historic Midwestern newspaper and the publisher trying to revive it with volunteer reporters."

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