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09-18-2022, 06:51 PM
https://www.looper.com/1004651/the-offices-melora-hardin-has-a-very-specific-idea-for-a-sequel-to-the-series/
Melora Hardin's idea for the reboot involves a feature film with the original characters
In an interview with Smashing Interviews Magazine (https://smashinginterviews.com/interviews/actors/melora-hardin-interview-office-star-on-michael-jans-weird-spark), Hardin discussed her idea for a reboot of the hit comedy. The interviewer notes how "The Office" creator Greg Daniels envisioned a sequel series (https://collider.com/the-office-spinoff-series-producer-greg-daniels-comments/) as having new characters in an "extension of the universe" of the show. Hardin, however, had another idea — one involving all of the original fan favorites. "I think we should do a feature where we could get all the original characters back. It would make a very funny movie like the "Sex and the City" franchise," she told the publication.
No reboots of "The Office" are currently in the works, but Daniels seems to think it would have to look different in order to work in a current context. He told The Hollywood Reporter (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/greg-daniels-interview-office-reboot-space-force-season-two-1235090809/), "I also think that the content was very much pitched for that period of time, when people weren't as sensitive to what is giving offense to people so that you could have a boss who kept putting his foot in it."
It's difficult to say which reboot version fans would want more. But Hardin clearly relished her time on the show, acknowledging that her and Carell were partially responsible for how Michael and Jan's relationship developed. "Greg Daniels, Steve Carell, and I were having lunch during the pilot, and we felt there was this very inappropriate, weird spark between Michael and Jan," she told Smashing Interviews. She added, "There were a lot of collaborations that happened that flowed naturally."
Melora Hardin's idea for the reboot involves a feature film with the original characters
In an interview with Smashing Interviews Magazine (https://smashinginterviews.com/interviews/actors/melora-hardin-interview-office-star-on-michael-jans-weird-spark), Hardin discussed her idea for a reboot of the hit comedy. The interviewer notes how "The Office" creator Greg Daniels envisioned a sequel series (https://collider.com/the-office-spinoff-series-producer-greg-daniels-comments/) as having new characters in an "extension of the universe" of the show. Hardin, however, had another idea — one involving all of the original fan favorites. "I think we should do a feature where we could get all the original characters back. It would make a very funny movie like the "Sex and the City" franchise," she told the publication.
No reboots of "The Office" are currently in the works, but Daniels seems to think it would have to look different in order to work in a current context. He told The Hollywood Reporter (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/greg-daniels-interview-office-reboot-space-force-season-two-1235090809/), "I also think that the content was very much pitched for that period of time, when people weren't as sensitive to what is giving offense to people so that you could have a boss who kept putting his foot in it."
It's difficult to say which reboot version fans would want more. But Hardin clearly relished her time on the show, acknowledging that her and Carell were partially responsible for how Michael and Jan's relationship developed. "Greg Daniels, Steve Carell, and I were having lunch during the pilot, and we felt there was this very inappropriate, weird spark between Michael and Jan," she told Smashing Interviews. She added, "There were a lot of collaborations that happened that flowed naturally."