First look of the brand new The Office series, The Paper revealed

The Office showrunners Greg Daniels and Michael Koman are all set with a follow-up to The Office, titled The Paper. The show has a premiere date of September 2025 on Peacock and will involve much of the same crew from the mothership show.

The official logline of the show reads:

"The documentary crew that immortalized Dunder Mifflin’s Scranton branch is in search of a new subject when they discover a historic Midwestern newspaper and the publisher trying to revive it."

A first look at the pilot episode of the show was recently released by Peacock. Here's everything we know about the show.

A first look at Peacock and The Office showrunners' new show, The Paper

Recently, at the NBCUniversal upfront presentation, a first-look image was released for The Paper, featuring cast members Domhnall Gleeson and Oscar Nuñez:

At the presentation, a trailer was also played, which revealed that the documentary crew responsible for The Office was now looking for a new subject and they'd found this Midwestern historic newspaper, Toledo Truth-Teller, based out of Toledo, whose publisher is trying to bring it back to life. Daniel revealed some details about the premise in conversation with The Hollywood Reporter:

"Domhnall Gleeson’s character, is trying to restore this paper, and he just doesn’t have the budget for hiring reporters, and he has to use all the staff that work there on a volunteer basis to be reporters. They’re completely untrained and don’t know what they’re doing"

He also revealed that Oscar from The Office now works as an accountant for The Paper, and in the trailer, Oscar is not too happy about the fact that he has to face the documentary crew again. The show also stars Sabrina Impacciatore as the managing editor, and Melvin Gregg, Chelsea Frei, Alex Edelman, Gbemisola Ikumelo, Ramona Young, and Tim Key.

When talking about the premise of The Paper, Daniels revealed that he felt it was a fruitful premise, and the fact that the only villain in the story is the internet will make it an entertaining watch, considering the great history that local newspapers have:

"It’s a fruitful premise. There’s a tremendous history for local papers. The villain here is the internet and the ability to look at everybody’s news for free, and all the ad revenue going to Google."

This is definitely an interesting take on the current social climate, and using the tried-and-tested mockumentary format from The Office might just work out for the creators of The Paper. However, it is a large undertaking to try and follow the hard act that is The Office, and only time will tell if the show will be able to do it.

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