Everything you need to know about The Office remake

The Office has been one of the biggest shows in the history of television, and quite possibly also the one that has seen the most remakes in several countries and languages. If you've watched the show's Australian version, Indian version and of course, the original British version, then you can strap in for a brand new version of the show that will look at another remake of Micael Scott's journey at the paper company.

This time, it's a South African version titled Die Kantoor, which is set to premiere in 2026. According to Variety, the story is about an office at Deluxe Processed Meats, rather than Dunder Mifflin's paper supplier. It will be shot in mockumentary style, but the workplace would be a polony manufacturer. Writer and director Bennie Fourie refers to polony as the sort of product nobody dreams of being passionate about, which immediately sets the tone for the awkward humor the franchise is known for.

Talking about the show, the director told the outlet,

“It’s a massive honor to be able to make the show. When we started way back with “Hotel,” this was the type of show that we were trying to emulate. I don’t think we were ready to make it then but after 10 years of playing with the mockumentary genre, now is the perfect time for us to do this. Everything has really fallen into place and we’re extremely excited.”

The show’s central figure will be Flip, played by Albert Pretorius. Like David Brent and Michael Scott before him, Flip is convinced that the on-site documentary crew has arrived to capture his rise to glory after receiving a promotion. His confidence is wildly out of sync with reality, which means the cringe factor is absolutely covered.

Die Kantoor is set to premiere on Showmax on January 20, 2026.

The legacy of The Office

The Office began as a quiet, brutal little experiment in 2001 when Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant premiered the British series that turned awkwardness into empathy. That original mockumentary followed David Brent and a paper company in Slough and it rewired how comedy could be intimate, observational, and painfully human.

When Greg Daniels adapted the show for American audiences in 2005, the series grew into something larger than a sitcom. Steve Carell’s Michael Scott became a cultural lodestar for cringe comedy and sympathetic buffoonery. The U.S. version ran nine seasons and collected dozens of awards and nominations, including multiple Emmys, Golden Globes, and ensemble honors that cemented its industry standing.

But beyond the awards, The Office became a cultural icon for it's memorable lines, iconic characters and scenes that keep showing up in gifs, and most of our conversations. It launched careers, retooled sitcom grammar, and gave viewers a mirror for the small violences and small mercies of everyday work life. That is a legacy that keeps showing up in writers rooms and group chats alike.

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The Office is streaming on Netflix and Disney+.

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