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Joss Whedon to direct Office episode

Joss Whedon, creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, and Firefly, is directing an episode of The Office, according to Televisionary:

Rumor has it that Buffy the Vampire Slayer creator and TV ubergod Joss Whedon will return to television to direct an upcoming episode of NBC’s hit sitcom (and Televisionary obsession) The Office … Look for Whedon’s take on Michael Scott and the gang at Dunder-Mifflin to air sometime in the spring.

Whedon responds to the rumor in his Whedoneque blog.

Links: Televisionary original story and EW confirmation | Whedonesque

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LITO’s iPod giveaway

Speaking of cool Apple gadgets, Brian over at LITO wrote to tell me of his iPod Giveaway:

I recently started some Office forums over at LifeInTheOffice. To get it jump started, I’m having a contest and the prize is an Office packed iPod. (All the episodes and audio clips pre-loaded.)

Go check it out!

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Future Dwight helps to demo iPhone

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During Steve Job’s Macworld keynote address today, he announced the coming of a revolutionary new product called the iPhone.

To show off the iPhone’s video capability, he used the cold open from ‘Branch Closing’ in his demo!

Click here to see a demo of iPhone’s widescreen video capability, brought to you by The Office and Future Dwight. (link no longer available)

I worked at Macworld myself today, and believe me, the excitement surrounding this thing was unbelievable. And yeah, the phone is FREAKING COOL.

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Office Cast Watch List: Jan. 5 – 11

See Office cast members on these upcoming shows:

  • Sun Jan. 7:
    Steve Carell on ‘Between the Lions’ (kids’ reading show)
    Station: KQEDK. Episode: ‘Too Cool.’
  • Mon Jan. 8:
    Jenna Fischer on ‘That 70s Show.’
    Station: KICU (SF). Episode: ‘Don’t Lie to Me.’
  • Mon Jan. 8:
    Rainn Wilson on ‘Six Feet Under.’
    Station: Bravo. Episode: ‘The Trap.’
    Rainn plays Arthur, the creepy mortuary apprentice. Man, I loved that show.
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Rainn Wilson to star in comedy flick

From Reuters:

Rainn Wilson, who plays corporate toady Dwight on NBC’s cult hit “The Office,” will star in “Kanan Rhodes: Unkillable Servant of Justice,” a comedy in development at MTV Films.

“Rhodes” follows the misadventures of a man who serves subpoenas with the suaveness, intensity and conviction of James Bond, though that is where the similarity ends.

Link: “Office” fascist Dwight on “Rhodes” trip

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What’s next for the creators of ‘The Office’

Office creators Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant will appear on ABC’s Nightline tonight to talk with Martin Bashir.

There’s also a great accompanying article on the Nightline site:

Gervais and Merchant were working together at a radio station in London when Merchant asked Gervais to perform in a short film he was making. In one feverish moment, David Brent was born.

“He just stood in front of the camera and performed this character, and it just came out of the box fully formed,” Merchant recalls.

“He’s not malicious. He’s free falling,” Gervais says of his character. “His worst crime is, I suppose, mistaking respect for popularity.”

Read What’s Next for the Creators of ‘The Office.’

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