'The Office' Sequel Series Gets More Cast Members
by EG
Peacock is making progress on its follow-up series to the classic TV comedy The Office. The new series will follow a similar format to that of the old show, with the paper company in Scranton replaced with a newspaper somewhere in the Midwest. The young cast of the new series got some additions this week. Read on for details.
The staff of the fictional newspaper in Peacock‘s follow-up to The Office is growing.
The as yet untitled series from U.S. Office creator Greg Daniels and Michael Koman (Nathan for You) has added Melvin Gregg, Chelsea Frei and Ramona Young to its cast. They join Domhnall Gleeson and Sabrina Impacciatore in the ensemble.
The series, which Peacock greenlit in May, is set in the same world as The Office and, like that show, will be a mockumentary. The show’s description reads, “The documentary crew that immortalized Dunder Mifflin’s Scranton branch is in search of a new subject when they discover a dying historic Midwestern newspaper and the publisher trying to revive it with volunteer reporters.”
News of the three additions to the cast was broken not in one of the industry trades but in the Palisadian-Post, a community newspaper serving L.A.’s Pacific Palisades where Gregg, Frei and Young recently shadowed staff members.
Gregg can currently be seen in another Peacock series, Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist. His credits also include Snowfall and season two of American Vandal. Frei is konwn for Fox’s The Cleaning Lady and The Moodys and guest-starred in an episode of Peacock’s Poker Face. Young was a regular on Netflix’s Never Have I Ever and recurred on Legends of Tomorrow at The CW.
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