The Office was originally created as a UK show but the U.S. remake became even more popular. Now Australia has a new The Office spinoff and it will feature the first-ever female boss.
The Office Australia will premiere on Prime Video, and the streaming service has just debuted the first look at the upcoming spinoff, Deadline confirms. The series will have Felicity Ward as Hannah Howard, the new boss. Ward starred in The Inbetweeners 2, the miniseries Wakefield, and appeared in several episodes of the Apple TV+ series Time Bandits. The streaming platform has also unveiled the release date, scheduled to hit Prime Video on Oct. 18.
The first look at the upcoming female boss shows Hannah Howard smiling at her desk, with several devices turned on. A new poster also shows her looking out her office’s window through the blinds, possibly at the rest of the employees.
An official logline for the upcoming spinoff reads: “Hannah Howard is the managing director of packaging company Fliney Craddick. When she gets news from Head Office that they will be shutting down her branch and making everyone work from home, she goes into survival mode, making promises she can’t keep in order to keep her “work family” together. The staff of Flinley Craddick indulge her and must endure Hannah’s outlandish plots as they work toward the impossible targets that have been set for them.”
The Office Australia’s cast will also include Edith Poor, Steen Raskopoulos, Shari Sebbens, Josh Thomson, Jonny Brugh, Susan Ling Young, Raj Labade, Lucy Schmidt, Zoe Terakes, Pallavi Sharda, and Claude Jabbour, with Susie Youssef, Justin Rosniiak, Carlo Ritchie, Rick Donald and Chris Bunton in guest roles. The streaming platform hasn’t unveiled a look at the employees yet.
The first boss was Ricky Gervais, who created the series alongside Stephen Merchant. He played David Brent on two seasons of The Office U.K. and briefly reprised his role in a cameo in the American version as he stumbled upon Michael Scott in the elevator at the Scranton branch. The Office U.S. had Steve Carell play the iconic Michael Scott for seven seasons and briefly returned in the show’s finale. The Aussie version of the popular mockumentary will be the 13th global version, after other versions aside from the originals aired in Canada, France, Germany, Israel, Sweden, South Africa, and more.
The Office Is Getting a Sequel
The Office Australia might be on the way this October, but there will be a new American version soon, too, that will somehow continue the original universe. So far, none of the original cast has signed up to return. Instead, the series, called The Paper, will feature brand-new faces.
So far, the Peacock series has only cast two people, Domhnall Gleeson (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows) and Sabrina Impacciatore (The White Lotus), and their characters are being kept under wraps. So far, there are no details about other cast members, but cameos from the original actors might still happen although several original actors have confirmed they will not return, Carell included. Original creator Greg Daniels also created the follow-up alongside Michael Koman.
The Paper doesn’t have a release date yet but The Office Australia will be available on Prime Video on Oct. 18.
