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A show set in the same universe as 'The Office' has received a series order from Peacock. The project is co-created by 'The Office's' Greg Daniels and 'Nathan For You' co-creator Michael Koman. Like NBC's former Emmy-winning comedy starring Steve Carell, the series will also be a mockumentary. It features Domhnall Gleeson and Sabrina Impacciatore leading the ensemble cast. Production will begin in July.

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00:00A show set in the same universe as The Office has received a series order from Peacock.

00:06The project is co-created by The Office's Greg Daniels and Nathan For You co-creator Michael

00:11Komen. Like NBC's former Emmy-winning comedy starring Steve Carell, the series will be a

00:16mockumentary. It features Donal Gleason and Sabrina Impaciatore leading the ensemble cast.

00:22Production will begin in July. The president of NBC Universal Entertainment, Lisa Katz,

00:27said in a statement, it's been more than 10 years since the final episode of The Office aired on

00:31NBC, and the acclaimed comedy series continues to gain popularity and build new generations of fans

00:37on Peacock. She went on to say, this new series set in the universe of Dunder Mifflin introduces a new

00:42cast of characters in a fresh setting ripe for comedic storytelling, a daily newspaper. According

00:47to the show's logline, the documentary crew that immortalized Dunder Mifflin's Scranton branch is in

00:52search of a new subject when they discover a dying historic Midwestern newspaper and the publisher

00:57trying to revive it with volunteer reporters. The untitled mockumentary hails from the same studio

01:02behind the former NBC favorite, Universal Television. For more on this story and the latest TV news,

01:07head to THR.com. This is The Hollywood Reporter News.

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