©Deadline - Aaron Epstein/PeacockThe series, which sees The Office’s documentary crew take on a new subject, is called The Paper. It follows the publisher (Domhnall Gleeson) and staff of a historic but struggling newspaper in Toledo, Ohio.
The Paper, from former The Office showrunner Greg Daniels and Michael Koman, premieres in September.
Nuñez, Gleeson and co-star Sabrina Impacciatore appeared onstage Monday at NBCUniversal’s presentation to advertisers. Nuñez said he had spoken with Daniels about the possibility of Oscar moving to a more cosmopolitan setting after The Office.
“Greg heard me and moved Oscar to Toledo, Ohio, which has three times the population of Scranton,” Nuñez said. “So it’s nice to be heard.”
Daniels said The Paper will feature much of the same crew that worked on the previous series and that he's excited to be working on a new mockumentary.
“It’s about this struggling Midwestern newspaper that’s much reduced from its glory days. A lot of the story lines are about how this guy, Domhnall Gleeson’s character, is trying to restore this paper, and he just doesn’t have the budget for hiring reporters, and he has to use all the staff that work there on a volunteer basis to be reporters. They’re completely untrained and don’t know what they’re doing,” Daniels said. “It’s a fruitful premise. There’s a tremendous history for local papers. The villain here is the internet and the ability to look at everybody’s news for free, and all the ad revenue going to Google.”
The paper also stars Chelsea Frei, Melvin Gregg, Gbemisola Ikumelo, Alex Edelman, Ramona Young and Tim Key. Duane Shepard Sr., Allan Havey, Nate Jackson, Mo Welch, Eric Rahill, Nancy Lenehan, Molly Ephraim and Tracy Letts guest star. Ikumelo, Edelman, Welch and Rahill also serve as writers on the series.
