The Office continues to get better and better every week, as last nights episode well proved. I think the talent they have pulled together both in front of and behind the cameras is magical. And the writing is the best on television right now, in my opinion. But, that's what I would expect from Executive Producer Greg Daniels, who is still considered by many to be the best writer The Simpsons ever had (and he penned my top 3 favorite Simpsons episodes, so I tend to agree). But despite all the utter goodness coming at us week after week, I guess they still had to up the ante. I thought Swany and Willie, in particular, would find this article interesting.
January 11, 2007 - Around Christmas, word spread that none other than J.J. Abrams, the creator of Alias and Lost, and director of Mission: Impossible III, would be directing an episode of The Office. This past week, an additional rumor surfaced, saying that Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel creator Joss Whedon would also be directing an episode of the critically acclaimed comedy. Entertainment Weekly have now reported on their website, ew.com, that their own Dan Snierson has received confirmation from NBC Universal (The Office is of course an NBC show) that the speculation about both Abrams and Whedon is indeed true. Apparently both Abrams' and Whedon's episodes will air "around late February", making them part of the February sweeps period. Already this season, Harold Ramis, director of feature films like Vacation and Groundhog Day, directed an episode of The Office, so apparently there are plenty of big name people in Hollywood interested in working on the series. While developing the new Star Trek film, Abrams continues to produce Lost and What About Brian, but this will be the first television project from Whedon since Angel went off the air in 2004. In fact, it will be Whedon's first non-comic book work of any sort since Serenity, the 2005 movie version of Whedon's television series Firefly.
3 comments:
"Omm pa, loom pa, doo pa dee dawesome..."
I think the best thing about The Office, is that the writing is so good, it could probably still survive without it's star, Steve Carrell. I don't think you can say that about many shows these days.
I had read about Joss Whedon, but wasn't aware of J.J. Abrams.
Hmmm. I wonder where a J.J. Abrams-helmed episode would go. Will he have a Felicity-worthy plotline delving into the Pam-Jim-Karen love triangle, or will Dwight come up with his own Rambaldi-like conspiracy theory involving faxes from future-Dwight? Wow--I used a lot of hyphens in that sentence.
One things for sure, I expect Greg Grunberg to take a small break from his role on Heroes, and make a cameo on The Office, just as he's done with just about every other Abrams project.
He better, he made Felicity for me... well him and his ultra hot goth wife.
She was pretty hot, which I always thought was very underappreciated until you commented about it.
Post a Comment