‘The Office’ and spin-off staff news
Thursday, June 12th, 2008 | 51 commentsFrom Variety:
- “Human Giant”’s Aziz Ansari is the first confirmed cast hire for ‘The Office’ spin-off.
- Greg Daniels and Mike Schur are executive producers of the spin-off.
- Spin-off writers include Tucker Cawley, Dan Goor, and Alan Yang.
- Three new members have been added to ‘The Office’ writing staff: Paul Feig, Aaron Shure, and Charlie Grandy.
- Paul Lieberstein has been promoted to executive producer of ‘The Office.’
Link: Aziz Ansari hired for ‘Office’ spinoff
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tuna tuna tuna, i could not agree more! your predictions sound perfect!
and i ADORE freaks and geeks. i borrowed the DVD set and watched it whenever i could. it was so great!
I love Aziz Ansari!!!!
way to go, paul!! i have always loved him, he deserves this. i’m very much looking forward to this spin-off, it looks like it’s coming together well
has no one seriously even THOUGHT about the spinoff being the Utica branch???? it would be an obvious choice.
Aziz is so funny! He was in an episode of “Flight of the Conchords” and it’s one of my favorites. :)
OMG! I went to high school with Aziz. Awesome! Go Aziz!
Wow, Aziz has a great agent. He’s in this AND the new season of Scrubs on ABC. Both should be airing around the same time. This is going to make him a high-profile comedy actor.
Everybody loves Raymond was hilarious - formulaic or not. Of course, it probably appealed most to those who are married - with kids and in-laws.
Does that mean that Greg and Michael will no longer be writing for the office?
Totally love the Aziz casting.
Isn’t Tucker Cawley the showrunner from Everybody Loves Raymond? I really hope the spin-off doesn’t drift toward to formulaic sitcom world that ELR was.
So Far so good!!! :)
Aziz!!!!! That is wonderful news I know he will do
a great job. I had some big worries about this but I am actually excited now.
Whoa whoa. Congrats, Paul! And Paul, Aaron, and Charlie, welcome to Scranton!
The announcement of the spinoff created a bad knot in my stomach. But these updates have actually made me look forward to it. Ever since it was revealed that original cast members weren’t leaving for it, each subsequent post keeps indicating that both shows are moving in the right direction.
oh, and congrats to paul! he is more than deserving.
i am such a huge freaks and geeks fan, this is great news.
also, at the risk of tooting my own horn, so far all the news coming out about this spin off fits with my predictions: no one from the office will leave, it won’t be what we expect - a spin off in the traditional sense, it might not even be totally related to the office. and i still think that rashida’s contract is for her to return to the original office, not the spin-off, in the role of michael’s boss at corporate (aka jan/rayan).
AZIZ!
It’s great the spin-off is finally starting to take shape with specific names attached to it. I haven’t seen any of Aziz’s work, but from the comments here he sounds hilarious. And that is beyond awesome that Paul Feig is becoming a regular writer for The Office.
Wow, seeing this made me really excited! Aziz is hilarious on Human Giant, and I loved him on Flight Of the Conchords! And yay Paul Feig! Freaks and Geeks remains one of my favorite shows, and he is a very nice person! He came to my school two years ago to talk about The Office, and he couldn’t have been nicer or funnier! I can’t wait to see what kind of stuff he’ll write.
So it’s “unlikely” that any cast members from The Office will be drifting over to the spinoff, Aziz Ansari is the first hire, and they’ve gotten writers from Late Night and South Park. Although I’m still a tad bit worried about Greg and Mike’s attention being diverted away from The Office, I gotta say, I’m actually starting to get excited about this spinoff!
Also - congrats to Paul, and welcome, new Office writers! :)