Chile to remake ‘The Office’
Tuesday, January 15th, 2008From Variety:
BBC Worldwide Americas has licensed “The Office” for a local remake in Chile.
It’s the first format deal in Latin America for Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant’s comedy and the first Spanish-language version.
“We stopped making ‘The Office’ in 2003, but the rest of the world didn’t,” Gervais said. “I won’t be happy until I see an Inuit doing the dance.”
Hey The Office fans all over the world!!!
I am the director of The Office in Chile.
You can´t even imagine how crazy is to see these comments. We never thought that the news will spread so far…
Hugs to you all. We will see how we can upload the episodes for you to watch them!…
Nimrod
21 | Nimrod Amitai Sun. Apr. 20, 2008 at 7:16pmThis will be interesting to watch. Chilean office workers don’t have the greatest work ethic. I think a lot more work gets done on the UK and US version of the show then an actual office here in Chile. But we’ll have to watch and see. :)
20 | Rancagua Sat. Feb. 9, 2008 at 2:59pmRe Chile being less developed:
Chile is pretty much on par with America in my eyes. I studied there for three months in 2006, right when they were electing a female president. Can’t get more modern than that. But seriously folks, there’s plenty of people working in offices there, ripe for parody.
Re Chili’s in Chile:
They have Hooters, Domino’s, and Ruby Tuesdays. I didn’t go to Chili’s but I’m sure they have it too!
19 | Ashley Sun. Feb. 3, 2008 at 7:02pmHHCF version of the office. Niiiice!
18 | Rocky Fri. Jan. 18, 2008 at 11:33amCool beans. I wonder what the Chilean Dwight equivalent’s name will be. (What’s a dorky Chilean name anyway??)
17 | Mel Wed. Jan. 16, 2008 at 9:44pmThis is interesting. Chile seems like a less.. developed country than the US or UK. Is developed the right word?
16 | angie Tue. Jan. 15, 2008 at 8:12pmCool, that should be interesting to see! !
15 | ileana Tue. Jan. 15, 2008 at 7:57pmThere are many Chillis in Chile. Just FYI.
My actual reaction to this story was to say “Shut UP!!!” to the screen. I can’t even explain myself.
14 | Joanna Tue. Jan. 15, 2008 at 7:19pmWell, we all know what this means. If we want to see The Office anytime soon, we all have to move to Chile. :( But, I doubt they can find a cuter actor to play a Jim Halpert character. ;)
13 | Jen Tue. Jan. 15, 2008 at 5:03pmcousin mose, you crack me up. “Chili’s in Chile”. He he he.
12 | Far Away Tue. Jan. 15, 2008 at 4:39pmChilean Jim and Pam…awww
11 | Elisabeth Tue. Jan. 15, 2008 at 4:23pmhahahaa! Thats awesome! I hope i can watch it!
10 | Charlotte07 Tue. Jan. 15, 2008 at 11:51amThis is so great! I am from South America (living here for about 7 years now) and I have wondered what it would be like to have a spanish version. I’ll be sure to check it out when I go home in June!
9 | TheOfficeB*tch Tue. Jan. 15, 2008 at 11:33amI think the question on everyone’s mind is whether or not there is a Chili’s in Chile.
8 | Cousin Mose Tue. Jan. 15, 2008 at 11:23amI think it’ll be changed to Argentinian lemonade!
7 | Vish Tue. Jan. 15, 2008 at 11:04amI wonder if they’ll have Mexican lemonade…
6 | The Office Fanatic Tue. Jan. 15, 2008 at 10:48amThat’s amazing.
I’ve never seen any of the shows outside of the American and the original versions, but even if Chile is able to capture HALF of the witty satire that the American version did from the original, it will still be a hit. Although, I don’t know much about Chilean (Is that a word?) culture, but surely people will be able to relate to an office setting. I’m only fifteen and I can do it just fine!
5 | Andrew (the fifteen year old) Tue. Jan. 15, 2008 at 10:39amHey, that’s cool. I would like to see a hispanic michael. I just wish that the strike was finally over so we can see the office here. and I’m the first comment, awsome!
4 | martinez Tue. Jan. 15, 2008 at 9:26amThere’s a video on www.rickygervais.com in which Ricky Gervais talk about this, his third golden globe, his children’s book flanimals, and other things.
3 | mung beans Tue. Jan. 15, 2008 at 9:10amThat Ricky quote is hilarious. More versions!
2 | Joe Tue. Jan. 15, 2008 at 8:21am