The Office is returning to screens with a brand new boss, but the newest version of the comedy show will be set in the land Down Under.
The Australian packing company known as Flinley Craddick is run by Hannah Howard (played by Felicity Ward). Hannah’s over-the-top work approach reaches peak levels when it’s announced that their branch is shutting down and all employees will be made to work from home.
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Hannah, determined to keep her “work family” together, goes about setting impossible tasks and standards for her employees in hopes of keeping the branch running as normal.
The comedy series will also star 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.
As it stands, most versions of The Office follow the same protocol. There’s a fanatical and overly-friendly boss, a will-they-won’t-they young couple, and an oddball (and potentially psychotic) co-worker.
Being one of the most beloved sitcoms of the modern age, fans are naturally divided over yet another installment.
“Rebooted again? It already had a UK version then a US version. Now an Aussie version?” saidone X user. In response to the news, anotherwrote: “Cancel Australia.”
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“It’s not a reboot it’s just another adaptation/version of The Office there’s like 10 of them,” onepointed out.
Others seem more optimistic, with commentslike: “I will watch this for the glorious accents alone,”and: “Since Australian TV is low-key the best TV, this better be good.”
Jessica Cullen is a TV and Movies Writer on Dexerto’s UK team. She’s previously written for The Digital Fix, Cosmopolitan, Refinery29, Slate and more. Aside from being the residential Yellowstone expert, she also loves Westerns, ’90s action movies, and true crime. You can email her here: jessica.cullen@dexerto.com.
