As more and more people’s homes becomes their “workplace,” The Office executive producers Ben Silverman and Paul Lieberstein are currently lining up a new workplace comedy based on working-from-home conditions amidst the current COVID-19 crisis.
“So many of us are jumping on daily Zoom meetings — for work and beyond,” Silverman told Deadline. “We are in a new normal and are personally navigating ways to remain connected and productive at work and in our home lives.”
“With the brilliant Paul Lieberstein (who played Toby on The Office) at the helm, we think we have a series that not only brings humor and comfort during this troubling time but will also be an inventive and enduring workplace comedy for years to come.”
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The series is reportedly about “a wunderkind boss who, in an effort to ensure his staff’s connectedness and productivity, asks them all to virtually interact and work face-to-face all day.”
“Start with the office comedy, lose the office and you’re just left with comedy. The math works,” according to Lieberstein.
Speaking of virtual meetings, The Office’s John Krasinski and Steve Carell just held a mini-Office reunion on the first episode of Krasinski’s new YouTube series, Some Good News.
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Source: IGN.com The Office Producers Creating New Comedy Based on Work-From-Home Virtual Meetings