Followers of NBC’s beloved sitcom “The Workplace” received enormous information at first of 2024 when it was revealed that showrunner Greg Daniels had opened a growth room to formally start planning a reboot. Particulars on a brand new iteration of “The Workplace” are scarce, however Emmy winner Bryan Cranston not too long ago floated the thought to a number of the sitcom’s authentic forged members of doing it as a movie as a substitute of a collection.

“Let’s say that there’s not a reboot collection, however what if there was a film?” Cranston requested Jenna Fischer (Pam) and Angela Kinsey (Angela) whereas guesting on their “Workplace Girls” podcast. “One thing to the place we will see the place these persons are. These folks in the whole forged that we’re inquisitive about. We puzzled on the finish, the place did they go? What did turn into of them?”

Fischer mentioned she would signal on to a film model of “The Workplace” so long as Daniels is concerned “as a result of [then] I’d belief it. You realize? So long as Greg is writing it and he’s accountable for it, then I say sure.” 

“I’d do it for my youngsters as a result of I believe they might assume that’s enjoyable,” Kinsey added.

Cranston has ties to “The Workplace” because the director of the Season 9 episode “Work Bus,” however he wouldn’t need to go on digital camera to star in a possible film reboot in any official capability.

“I simply need to be an additional in it,” Cranston mentioned. “I’d be some man. I’d be a crossing guard or one thing like that. Simply one thing.”

Regardless of Cranston’s query, “The Workplace” reboot is shaping as much as a tv collection. It’s additionally most probably not going to proceed the story of the characters from the NBC sitcom’s authentic run. Daniels informed The Wrap final 12 months that he’s not keen on a “reboot” within the conventional sense and is extra keen to inform a special story inside the similar universe. Which means authentic “Workplace” characters might actually pop up on the present, however they in all probability gained’t be the first focus.

“I really feel like we ended that story superbly,” Daniels mentioned of the unique collection. “The characters had closure. I’d by no means need to redo that very same present with a special forged, as a result of I believe we received the luckiest forged, the very best forged ever, in TV, to do this present. So the notion of a reboot shouldn’t be of curiosity.”

“The notion of perhaps one thing like the best way ‘The Mandalorian’ is a brand new present within the Star Wars universe, you realize what I imply?” he continued. “One thing just like the notion of this documentary crew doing a documentary a few completely different topic.”

“The Workplace,” an American adaptation of the British TV collection of the identical title, ran for 9 seasons and 201 episodes on NBC between 2005 and 2013. The present was headlined by Steve Carell, who has typically mentioned he won’t ever seem in a reboot of the collection.

“I’ll let you know, no,” Carell mentioned again in 2018 when requested by Collider a few potential “The Workplace” reboot. “The present is far more widespread now than when it was on the air. I simply can’t see it being the identical factor, and I believe most folk would need it to be the identical factor, but it surely wouldn’t be. In the end, I believe it’s perhaps greatest to go away effectively sufficient alone and simply let it exist as what it was.”

Carell continued, “You’d actually should have the entire similar writers, the identical producers, the identical administrators and the identical actors. And even with all of these elements, it simply wouldn’t be the identical. So, no. However, I really like the present. It was probably the most thrilling time, and all of these persons are my buddies. All of us find it irresistible. It was a particular factor. It was a particular factor earlier than folks thought it was a particular factor. It was particular to us, earlier than different folks began feeling that means. However, no.”

All episodes of “The Workplace” are at present accessible to stream on Peacock.