Peacock’s ‘Office’ Follow-Up Adds Four More Actors
The staff of Peacock’s mockumentary follow-up to The Office is growing.
The show from Office creator Greg Daniels and Michael Koman has added Gbemisola Ikumelo, Alex Edelman, Tim Key and Eric Rahill to its ensemble. They join the previously cast Domhnall Gleeson and Sabrina Impacciatore, along with Melvin Gregg, Chelsea Frei and Ramona Young.
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In keeping with Office tradition, three of the newly cast actors — Ikumelo, Edelman and Rahill — are also writers on the series. The beloved NBC comedy also featured several castmembers, among them B.J. Novak, Mindy Kaling and Paul Lieberstein — who worked as writers as well.
The untitled series will feature the same documentary crew that made Dunder Mifflin famous searching for a new subject when they discover a dying, historic Midwestern newspaper and the publisher trying to revive it with volunteer reporters.
Ikumelo won a BAFTA TV Award for best female performance in a comedy for the BBC’s Black Ops. Edelman is coming off an Emmy win for writing for a variety special for Alex Edelman: Just for Us. Key’s credits include the BBC’s The Witchfinder and This Time With Alan Partridge. Rahill has appeared in episodes of The Bear and I Think You Should Leave With Tim Robinson.
Universal Television is producing the Peacock series. Daniels and Koman (Nathan for You) executive produce with Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant — creators of the U.K. Office, on which the NBC series is based — Howard Klein, Ben Silverman and Banijay Americas.
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