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“Space Force” Teaser Shows Steve Carell as Boss of an Office Again (Though Much More Dangerous Than Dunder Mifflin)

May 5, 2020

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An argument could be made that Steve Carell knows how to play a conflicted boss type better than almost any one just off his performance as Michael Scott on The Office.

With that in mind, it’s very exciting to see Carell in another boss role that’s set in an office in Netflix’s upcoming satirical comedy from Steve Carell and Greg Daniels, Space Force, based on Trump’s real life, newly created branch of the U.S. military. In this office, the stakes are much, much higher than they would be at Dunder Mifflin and Carell isn’t necessarily the main source of the strife so much as it’s emanating from the circumstances he was placed in. Space Force actually seems a little closer in DNA to Veep than The Office, though we’ll see when Space Force premieres given Daniels and Carell being so closely tied to the American version of The Office. Still, Carell returning to being the series lead in a comedy is pretty damn enticing.

See all of this for yourself in Space Force teaser here.

The Greg Daniels Space Military Workplace Comedy “Space Force” Sets John Malkovich, Ben Schwartz, Diana Silvers, and Tawny Newsome as Series Regulars Opposite Steve Carell

September 27, 2019

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The Greg Daniels Space Military Workplace Comedy “Space Force” Sets John Malkovich, Ben Schwartz, Diana Silvers, and Tawny Newsome as Series Regulars Opposite Steve Carell

It’s hard to not imagine Space Force as some sort of version of the American version of The Office.

Sure, there’s much more tension inherent in creating another branch of the Armed Forces set in space (not to mention how incompetent that all might be Greg Daniels really wants to satirize Trump’s actual shiny distraction of the same name) versus selling paper to local business to a small section of the Northeastern United States.

The presence of Michael Scott AKA Steve Carell and Ben Schwartz from The Office’s successor, Parks and Recreation along with the likes of Diana Silvers who stood out in Booksmart this year and Bajillion Dollar Propertie$’s Tawny Newsome all under the creative umbrella of Greg Daniels and Carell would suggest that fans of The Office, Parks and Recreation, and Brooklyn Nine-Nine all have something new potentially in the same vein very soon.

Adding John Malkovich to the cast is definitely a very intriguing wrinkle that might end up being quite the role for Malkovich.

You bet we’re excited for whenever Netflix’s drops the full trailer for Space Force.

Greg Daniels and Steve Carell Will Be Sending Up Trump’s “Space Force” in New Netflix Series

January 17, 2019

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When the head moron in the White House announced the creation of a new “Space Force”, much of the world marveled at another revelation of how childish Trump really is.

Greg Daniels and Steve Carell will be sending up that very organization in a new Netflix series that was announced today simply titled Space Force.

No other details for the series exist at this time, but even if this puts a sort of Michael-Jim-Pam-Dwight dynamic in the setting of a Space Force Office, we’d probably be pretty OK with that. Another possibility might be more along the lines of a deep cut from Steve Martin’s filmography, Sgt. Bilko, a workplace comedy set on an Army base that specifically focused on fooling higher-ups that a hovering tank was both worked and was a good idea. It’s all speculation at this point unfortunately.

In any case, we’re excited that Carell will be working with Daniels on a comedy once again.

ABC Commits to Put Pilot for Tessa Coates Comedy Produced By Greg Daniels

September 13, 2018

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ABC Commits to Put Pilot for Tessa Coates Comedy Produced By Greg Daniels

UK comedy multi-hyphenate Tessa Coates might well be on her way to living a bit of La La Land in real life. Not only did she come to LA and perform her solo show Primates, hoping to make a splash in Hollywood, but she did to an inimate crowd so at the very theater where Emma Stone’s Mia performed her solo show in La La Land, the Hayworth Theater (now known as the Dynasty Typewriter at the Hayworth Theater).

Coates was a pure delight and and irresistibly effervescent when we saw her there, her charm winning everybody right from the get go. Details as to what this project might exactly be haven’t been released yet, but we’re excited to see what Coates might have in store for us Yanks. Fortunately, with The Office’s Greg Daniels attached, that might just happen.

Louis CK and Albert Brooks Will Be a Buddy Cop Duo in an Animated Series EP’d by Greg Daniels at TBS

January 15, 2017

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Louis CK and Albert Brooks Will Be a Buddy Cop Duo in an Animated Series EP’d by Greg Daniels at TBS

Those are three names that will automatically generate instant, big time buzz about a comedy series. All three are living and working comedy legends and this show seems like the TV version of those rock supergroups, but for comedy fans.

Even though this is an animated series, the presence of CK and Brooks and the existence of Angie Tribeca on TBS leads us to think that this series will be more a little more, if not a lot more, serious than Tribeca.

Aside from all of that, CK will basically be the cop that he was on Parks and Recreation, right?

TBS Ordered “People of Earth” Starring Wyatt Cenac to Series and There’s Already a Teaser

January 7, 2016

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TBS is really showing their cards this week by not only announcing that their latest series order comes from Conan O’Brien’s Conaco for People of Earth starring Wyatt Cenac, but releasing a teaser for the alien abduction support group comedy.

It’s clear to see that they’re turning a new leaf by going more into single-camera and getting weirder than they’ve ever been and we’re excited to see how far they go in that direction.

Greg Daniels Is Developing a Sci-Fi Rom Com at HBO

June 25, 2015

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(via Splitsider/USA Today)

Jim and Pam in space?

Greg Daniels, the man behind the U.S. version of The Office, is on to his latest project which seems like it will center on the same sort of day-to-day and romantic tensions that Daniels has beautifully orchestrated in the past, but will now be set up in the sci-fi genre over at HBO.

There is no word on talent being attached or more details on the premise, but perhaps, if this gets picked up we’ll all have something to follow up Other Space with.

TBS Orders Alien Abduction Comedy Pilot “The Group” From Conan O’Brien and Greg Daniels

May 14, 2015

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(via Deadline)

TBS is really stepping up their game this year.

Shows from Samantha Bee and Jason Jones as well as Angie Tribeca already has raised anticipation of the new of programming coming to TBS.

TBS/TNT President Kevin Reilly is trying to keep that anticipation up on the TBS end with a pilot from the minds of Conan O’Brien and The Office’s Greg Daniels.

Their project, “The Group”, is centered on a support group for folks that think they’ve been through an alien abduction as they’re profiled by a very skeptical journalist. Of course, he becomes unsure of what’s going on the further he explores their stories.

We’d definitely hope this goes to series just so we can see the pilot of this.

If this goes well, maybe all those fake shows that Conan makes faux promos for might get reconsidered?

Eric Andre Cast in Robert Padnick/Greg Daniels Pilot

March 8, 2013

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Eric Andre Cast in Robert Padnick/Greg Daniels Pilot

This is great news on a couple levels. One, there might be another Greg Daniels show on TV. Two, Eric Andre might stay on network television while still doing The Eric Andre Show at Adult Swim.

Can’t wait to see what comes of this.