{"id":55853,"date":"2025-08-09T01:38:04","date_gmt":"2025-08-09T01:38:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/55853\/"},"modified":"2025-08-09T01:38:04","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T01:38:04","slug":"the-paper-trailer-is-here-teasing-the-return-of-an-employee-from-the-office-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/55853\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The Paper\u2019 trailer is here, teasing the return of an employee from \u2018The Office\u2019 – National"},"content":{"rendered":"

The first trailer for The Paper, the new spinoff of The Office<\/a>, has dropped, and while it\u2019s been a long time coming, now that it\u2019s here, it\u2019s left legions of fans satisfied and smiling.<\/p>\n

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The premise of the mockumentary series, much like the original, follows another struggling industry as it attempts to revive its business.<\/p>\n

This time around, the same documentary crew that followed Michael Scott and his employees at Scranton\u2019s Dunder Mifflin is now zeroing in on a Midwest local newspaper in Toledo, Ohio, as it tries to get back on its feet with a team of (untrained) volunteer journalists.<\/p>\n

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The trailer opens with the voice of Tim Key\u2019s character, the publisher at the Toledo Truth Teller, listing off the products that are now being made in the same building, where the newspaper has slipped to being an afterthought in its 100-plus year history: \u201cToilet tissue, toilet seat protectors and local newspapers; and that is in order of quality.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Sabrina Impacciatore\u2019s (The White Lotus) character then reveals to the camera the kind of hard-hitting news the Truth Teller is covering, turning her computer around to show an article she\u2019s particularly pleased to have penned: \u201cYou Won\u2019t Believe How Much Ben Affleck Tipped His Limo Driver.\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s where Domhnall Gleeson (Star Wars, Harry Potter) comes in. His character, Ned Sampson, is brought in as the Truth Teller\u2019s editor-in-chief and is given the Herculean task of getting an oddball group of wannabe reporters trained up and finally telling the stories that matter to Toledoans.<\/p>\n

The Office director Greg Daniels is back at the helm of The Paper \u2014 a good sign that the formula that made The Office a huge hit will be preserved \u2014 but viewers can expect an almost entirely new, but not unknown, cast.<\/p>\n

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And while both mockumentaries technically follow companies that rely on paper to make money, the trailer saves the biggest connection (and what technically makes the show a spinoff) for the end: former Dunder Mifflin accountant Oscar Martinez (Oscar Nu\u00f1ez) shows up, none too pleased to be subjected to camera intrusion, yet again.<\/p>\n

\u201cNot again, I\u2019m not agreeing to any of this,\u201d he tells the camera, vowing to make any footage unusable, and cursing to prove his point.<\/p>\n

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Daniels previously told USA Today that The Paper is \u201ctechnically\u201d a spinoff of The Office because both feature<\/a> Oscar\u2019s character. \u201cBut you know, it isn\u2019t like the story of Oscar in a new land,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He described The Paper as a show \u201cabout journalism in the modern age,\u201d adding, \u201cThey\u2019re following a very idealistic person who is really trying to swim against the tide.\u201d<\/p>\n

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As of now, there have been no details of other stars from The Office returning to The Paper, even as guest appearances, but you never know.<\/p>\n

\u2018The Paper\u2019 premieres Thursday, September 4 at 10 p.m. ET only on Showcase<\/a> and streaming exclusively on STACKTV<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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