The officially greenlit ‘Office’ sequel switches from the dying paper industry to the dying newspaper industry

It’s official: Peacock is ordering Greg Daniels and Michael Koman’s new series set in the "Office" universe, and the original "Office" (U.S.) creator will give the Dunder Mifflin treatment to the one industry that’s worse off than the paper business: print journalism.

Daniels’ plan to return to the show that helped to make NBC the center of the sitcom universe in the late aughts seemed to be promisingly close to fruition when, late last month, the untitled "Office" series booked its first two stars, Irish actor Domnhall Gleeson of "Harry Potter" and "Star Wars" fame and Italy’s Sabrina Impacciatore from Season Two of "The White Lotus". 

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