{"id":51158,"date":"2025-08-07T20:42:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T20:42:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/51158\/"},"modified":"2025-08-07T20:42:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T20:42:06","slug":"watch-the-first-trailer-for-the-office-spin-off-the-paper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/51158\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch the first trailer for ‘The Office’ spin-off ‘The Paper’"},"content":{"rendered":"

The first official trailer for The Office<\/a> spin-off The Paper has arrived \u2013 you can watch it below.<\/p>\n

Created by Greg Daniels (who developed the original British version of the sitcom for the US) and Michael Koman, the mockumentary takes place in the same universe as Scranton\u2019s Dunder Mifflin.<\/p>\n

An official synopsis reads: \u201cThe documentary crew that immortalised Dunder Mifflin\u2019s Scranton branch in the Emmy Award-winning series The Office find a new subject when they discover a historic Midwestern newspaper and the publisher trying to revive it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The show stars Domhnall Gleeson as an idealistic new employee looking to revive the title, with Sabrina Impacciatore portraying the paper\u2019s managing editor. The supporting cast includes Chelsea Frei, Melvin Gregg, Gbemisola Ikumelo, Alex Edelman, Ramona Young, and British comedian and actor Tim Key (This Time With Alan Partridge, Peep Show).<\/p>\n

The Paper will also see the return of The Office US star Oscar Nu\u00f1ez as his character Oscar Martinez<\/a>. No other original cast members from The Office US have been announced as returning.<\/p>\n

Arriving today (August 7), the first trailer for The Paper begins with a familiar shot of Michael Scott\u2019s former office block. \u201cSeveral years ago, a documentary crew filmed the story of Dunder Mufflin,\u201d an on-screen message reads.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

We\u2019re then introduced to the crew\u2019s new subjects. Key\u2019s character appears before the Toledo Truth Teller\u2018s editor-in-chief, Ned Sampson (Gleeson), addresses his staff. \u201cIt sucks,\u201d he says of the newspaper, \u201cbut we are going to make it better.\u201d He later rounds up a group of reporters for a meeting, and asks: \u201cHow many of you have actually written for a paper before?\u201d<\/p>\n

Later, we see accountant Oscar air his frustration as he gets up from behind his desk to confront the camera crew. \u201cNot again!\u201d he says. \u201cI\u2019m not agreeing to any of this!\u201d Check out the trailer in full above.<\/p>\n

The Paper is set to premiere on September 4 on Peacock in the US. Sky has the exclusive rights to the sitcom in the UK, and will broadcast it the following day (September 5).<\/p>\n

Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant \u2013 who co-created\/co-wrote the original version of The Office \u2013 serve as executive producers, along with Howard Klein and Ben Silverman.<\/p>\n

The Office US star Steve Carell said last year that he definitely won\u2019t be reprising his role<\/a>. \u201cI will be watching but I will not be showing up,\u201d he explained. \u201cIt\u2019s just a new thing, and there\u2019s really no reason for my character to show up in something like that.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, he was quick to praise the idea of The Paper, as well as its cast: \u201cI\u2019m excited about it, it sounds like a great conceit. I love the idea \u2013 I guess it\u2019s set in a failing newspaper company, and I worked with Domhnall Gleeson, who is one of the leads; I did [2022 series] The Patient with him, and he\u2019s an excellent actor and a super nice guy so I think it\u2019ll be great.\u201d<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, The Office US favourite Jenna Fischer denied that the show went downhill after Carell departed, <\/a>arguing: \u201cSome of my favourite episodes were in seasons eight and nine after Steve had left.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, a star of the original The Office has said the British version is \u201cnastier\u201d than the US remake<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The first official trailer for The Office spin-off The Paper has arrived \u2013 you can watch it below.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":51159,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[96,391,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-51158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-tv","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51158"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51158\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}