Peacock’s Office spinoff starts streaming in September

[Karlston]

It’s called The Paper, and according to showrunner Greg Daniels, ‘the villain here is the internet.’

Image: Peacock

 

The Office cinematic universe is expanding this fall. Peacock has given the previously announced spinoff of the mockumentary series a streaming date and name, while also revealing a first image. It’s called The Paper, and it will premiere in September. The image, meanwhile, sure looks like an office. Of a newspaper.

 

The show will feature the same documentary crew as The Office, but this time they’re following the exploits of a small town newspaper. As the official logline explains, “the crew is in search of a new subject when they discover a historic Toledo newspaper, The Truth Teller, and the eager publisher that is trying to revive it.” Greg Daniels, showrunner on The Office, and Michael Koman — best-known as a writer on Nathan for You and Late Night with Conan O’Brien — are serving as writers and executive producers.

 

Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, Daniels said that “the villain here is the internet and the ability to look at everybody’s news for free, and all the ad revenue going to Google.”

 

Meanwhile, the cast includes Domhnall Gleeson, Sabrina Impacciatore, Chelsea Frei, Melvin Gregg, Gbemisola Ikumelo, Alex Edelman, Ramona Young, Tim Key, and Oscar Nuñez.

 

The Paper is one of Peacock’s bigger swings as it attempts to carve out its own distinct space in the streaming landscape. In addition to The Office spinoff, the streamer also has new seasons of Twisted Metal and Ted on the way, a prequel to Friday the 13th called Crystal Lake, and it just kicked off season 2 of Poker Face.

 

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