'The Office' Producer Michael Schur Admits Reboot Would Be 'Hard to Imagine'
Renowned comedy writer and producer Michael Schur has been lucky enough to be a part of some of the business’ most hilarious shows, such as Saturday Night Live, Parks and Recreation, and The Office. Needless to say, he knows his stuff, which is why it is a little sad to hear such an expert admit that an Office reboot might not happen.
The Daily Beast reports that the Mose actor recently was recently asked about the likelihood of reviving the sitcom on NBC’s Peacock streaming service. The 44-year-old responded, “I don’t think anyone would ever do that without [creator] Greg Daniels’ at least blessing, if not outright participation. Unless he was just like, yeah, go do whatever you want.”
He later mused hope, explaining that the creators of the original British Office did give their full blessing:
“I mean Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant had a really wonderful attitude. Because as I’m sure you remember, the announcement that there was going to be an American version of this was met with a loud thud from the critical community. But Ricky and Stephen had this lovely attitude that was like, ‘Yeah, go nuts. We made our thing, there’s DVDs of it on our shelves, we can watch them whenever we want. This won’t retroactively hurt our version.’ So I suppose Greg and Steve [Carell] and everyone else involved could potentially have that attitude and just say, ‘Go crazy.’”
While there is always a small chance this could happen, Schur seemingly doesn’t think it will, concluding with:
“But it’s hard to imagine. I mean, Greg put so much thought and care into that show. The reason it turned out not to be a terrible idea was Greg Daniels. It’s way harder than it seems to do that premise well. So it would take a heroic effort. If it’s not him, it would take an incredibly thoughtful and careful person to execute it properly. But I don’t know, we’ll see.”
It is true that NBC would have to choose the right person to revisit the series, but I’m sure plenty of The Office’s amazing writing team would love to take a stab at it.