{"id":1946856,"date":"2025-08-07T15:32:32","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T15:32:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1946856"},"modified":"2025-08-07T15:32:32","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T15:32:32","slug":"the-office-spinoff-the-paper-first-trailer-photos-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/the-office-spinoff-the-paper-first-trailer-photos-revealed\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;The Office&#8217; spinoff, &#8216;The Paper,&#8217; first trailer, photos revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2025%2F08%2Fthe-office-spinoff.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Extra, extra, read all about it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Peacock has officially released the first\u00a0trailer of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/04\/17\/entertainment\/what-the-office-cast-was-secretly-doing-at-desks-while-filming\/\">\u201cThe Office\u201d spinoff show, \u201cThe Paper<\/a>.\u201d The mockumentary is set at a dying Midwestern newspaper in Toledo, Ohio.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In the trailer, text onscreen informs the audience, \u201cSeveral years ago, a documentary crew filmed the story of Dunder Mifflin. Now they\u2019ve found a new subject.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Paper | Official Trailer | Peacock Original\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/c5v4LJJkvUU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Sabrina Impacciatore as Esmeralda, Domhnall Gleeson as Ned in \u201cThe Paper.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">John P. Fleenor\/PEACOCK<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Domhnall Gleeson as Ned in \u201cThe Paper.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">Aaron Epstein\/PEACOCK<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Steve Carrell as Michael Scott in \u201cThe Office.\u201d <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The trailer shows an exec talking about how their company sells products made out of paper, including toilet paper, toilet seat protectors, and local newspapers.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u201cAnd that is in order of quality,\u201d he quips.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe White Lotus\u201d star Sabrina Impacciatore\u2019s character, Esmerelda, talks directly to the camera \u2013 just like how everyone did on \u201cThe Office\u201d \u2013 and informs us about an article she wrote that she\u2019s \u201cparticularly proud of.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The riveting headline of her article: \u201cYou won\u2019t believe how much Ben Affleck tipped his limo driver.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ned Sampson (Domhnall Gleeson) then enters and introduces himself to the newspaper office as their new editor-in-chief.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Chelsea Frei as Mare, Ramona Young as Nicole, Melvin Gregg as Detrick, Gbemisola Ikumelo as Adelola, Alex Edelman as Adam, Eric Rahill as Travis, Oscar Nunez as Oscar in \u201cThe Paper.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">John P. Fleenor\/PEACOCK<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Domhnall Gleeson as Ned, Tim Key as Ken in \u201cThe Paper.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">Aaron Epstein\/PEACOCK<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The scene cuts to him sitting in a restaurant, as a woman asks him, \u201chave you read this paper? How do you think it compares to any other paper?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ned replies, \u201cIt sucks\u2026but we are going to make it better.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ned tells Impacciatore\u2019s character, \u201cI hope it\u2019s not too disruptive to come in and have me shake everything up.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s revealed that the paper is called \u201cThe Toledo Truth Teller.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>At a staff meeting, Ned asks employees how many of them have written for a paper before.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After an awkward silence, one man recalls writing a paper in high school, while another man says, \u201cI\u2019ve tweeted.\u201d A third man says, \u201cI\u2019m in a group text.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Talking to an unseen person, Ned describes his \u201cvolunteer\u201d employees as \u201cmotivated and tenacious Buckeyes, hunting for news.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Office\u201d star Oscar Nunez enters, telling the\u00a0camera, \u201cI\u2019m not agreeing to any of this\u201d and curses, as the trailer ends.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Rainn Wilson as Dwight Schrute, Jenna Fischer as Pam Beesly, John Krasinksi as Jim Halpert, BJ Novak as Ryan Howard, (center) Steve Carrell as Michael Scott in \u201cThe Office.\u201d <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption> Duane Shepard Sr. as Barry, Oscar Nunez as Oscar in \u201cThe Paper.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">John P. Fleenor\/PEACOCK<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe Office\u201d originally began as a British show that aired from 2001 to 2003, created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant. Gervais also starred.<\/p>\n<p>The American version of the show, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/03\/09\/the-office-creator-greg-daniels-on-his-quirky-show-upload\/\">helmed by Greg Daniels<\/a>, starred Steve Carell, John Krasinski, Rainn Wilson, and Jenna Fisher, and aired on NBC from 2005 to 2013, following employees at Dunder Mifflin paper company in Scranton, Pennsylvania.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The show quickly <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/03\/05\/how-the-office-silenced-doubters-and-became-a-phenomenon\/\">became a phenomenon<\/a>, and despite ending in 2013, it enjoyed <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment-arts\/business\/story\/2025-03-18\/why-fans-are-still-returning-to-the-office-after-20-years\">a new surge in popularity during the 2020 COVID pandemic. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Paper\u201d is co-created by Daniels and Michael Korman and is set in Toledo rather than Scranton, with a new cast.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Nunez is the only returning \u201cThe Office\u201d cast member in the trailer, and no other returning cast has been announced.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will be watching but I will not be showing up. It\u2019s just a new thing and there\u2019s really no reason for my character to show up in something like that,\u201d\u00a0Carell, 62,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/tv\/tv-news\/steve-carell-wont-appear-the-office-spinoff-1235898236\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told\u00a0the Hollywood Reporter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cBut I\u2019m excited about it, it sounds like a great concept. I love the idea.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Sabrina Impacciatore as Esmeralda, Ramona Young as Nicole in \u201cThe Paper.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">Aaron Epstein\/PEACOCK<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Ramona Young as Nicole, Chelsea Frei as Mare, Melvin Gregg as Detrick in \u201cThe Paper.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">Aaron Epstein\/PEACOCK<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the first look photos, life at their office looks as wacky as it was at Dunder Mifflin, as one man wears a coffee filter on his head in one shot.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In another snap, Impacciatore\u2019s character pinches a fellow employee\u2019s cheeks like she\u2019s a child.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In May, Gleeson told People that he got some advice from Krasinski.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was wonderful. I mean, his big advice that he gave me was to do it,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cHarry Potter\u201d actor added, \u201cAnd the same with Steve Carell, another just wonderful actor who I\u2019d worked with before. Their advice was, if it\u2019s Greg Daniels, you should do it because getting to work with him is a treat that not many people get to have.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/03\/09\/the-office-creator-greg-daniels-on-his-quirky-show-upload\/\">a 2022 interview with The Post,<\/a> Daniels recalled that he especially liked stretching out the Jim (Krasinski) and Pam (Jenna Fisher) romance over several seasons on \u201cThe Office.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe key to it is having obstacles,\u201d he explained.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>ainn Wilson as Dwight Schrute, Jenna Fischer as Pam Beesly, John Krasinksi as Jim Halpert, BJ Novak as Ryan Howard, (center) Steve Carrell as Michael Scott in \u201cThe Paper.\u201d <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt could have that poignant feeling that you have when you can\u2019t see a way for them to get together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0In June, Gleeson <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/domhnall-gleeson-shoots-down-the-office-the-paper-comparisons-11749527\">told People<\/a> that he doesn\u2019t think his \u201cThe Paper,\u201d character, Ned, is similar to Carell\u2019s boorish boss, Michael Scott.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Gleeson, whose father is <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/09\/13\/banshees-of-inisherin-review-nuts-and-hysterical\/\">\u201cThe Banshees of Inisherin\u201d <\/a>star Brendan Gleeson, added, \u201cI think if you\u2019re trying to compete with what Steve [Carell] did or with what Ricky Gervais did, I think it would be a massive mistake. They are geniuses who are incredible in loads of different ways.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He added,\u00a0 \u201cWe made a whole new character. And it\u2019s a whole new sort of setup, but I hope people will find a reason to love him as well, just in a different way than they did the guys before.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Paper\u201d will premiere Sept. 4 on Peacock.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source celebrity.land \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Extra, extra, read all about it.\u00a0 Peacock has officially released the first\u00a0trailer of \u201cThe Office\u201d spinoff show, \u201cThe Paper.\u201d The mockumentary is set at a dying Midwestern newspaper in Toledo, Ohio.\u00a0 In the trailer, text onscreen informs the audience, \u201cSeveral years ago, a documentary crew filmed the story of Dunder Mifflin. 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