‘The Office’ stars Rainn Wilson and John Krasinski reunite after spinoff news
Jim and Dwight are back at it.
Rainn Wilson and John Krasinski have reunited, bringing “The Office” stars together right as a new “The Office”🅘 spinoff has been announced.
On Thursday, Wilson, 58, posted a photo on his Instagram with Krasinski, 44, after the former co-stars reunited backstage at “CBS Morni𓃲ngs.”
Wilson was there .” For his part, Krasinski was there to promote his upcoming directorial 🐟debut “If.”
“Look who I ran into behind the scenes at – is promoting and YOU MUST GO AND SEE IT NEXT WEEK!!!!” Wilson .
“Was amazing to see my incredibly talented, big-hearted brother from another (Scranton) life!”
On , Krasinski shared his photo of the duo. He wrote in the caption, “Soooo… I think I found my IF,” referring to his movie, which is༺ about imaginary friends.
Krasinski and Wilson played Jim Halpert and Dwight Schrute for all nine seasons of the hit NBC comedy, which aired from 2005-2013, following the mundane office lives of employees at a pape🙈r company, as Jim often made jokes at Dwight’s expense.
In the book, by Brian Baumgartner (who played Kevin) and Ben Silverman, an executive producer, the cast and crew dish about how the hit show began as a scrappy underdog with little support from its network, low ratings and mass♒♓ skepticism.
Throughout Season 1, an NBC executive frequently came to the set to inf꧒orm everyone that the current episode would be the end of the series.
“He was like, ‘This will be the last one … It’s jusꦆt not getting the ratings and the network doesn’t get it.’ He said that every week of the first season,” Krasinski recalled in the book.
On Wednesday, Peacock announced aꦜn untitled “The Office” spinoff. It will hail from Gr𒐪eg Daniels (who adapted the original NBC show) and “Nathan for You” co-creator Michael Koman.
Irish actor Domhnall Gleeson, 40 (“About Time”), and Italian 🦹actress Sabrina Impacciatore, 56 (“The White Lotus”), will lead an ensemble cast.
The show isn’t returning t🌺o Scranton, Pennsylvania. Per Peacock’s description, this spinoff will be set in the same world, following different characters in the Midwest.
The documentary crew that immortalized Dunder Mifflin’s Scranton branch is in search of a new subject when they discover a dying historic Midwestern newspaper andও the publisher trying to revive it with volunteer reporters,” according to Pea🏅cock.
A premiere date has not yet been announced, but production will ♉start in July.
It’s currently unknown if Jim, Dwight or other characters will make appea🌸rances in the spinoff show.
