The Office: Dwight and Angela related scoop on the series finale from E! Online's Kristin Dos Santos

Here's some scoop on The Office from Kristin Dos Santos' Spoiler Chat for Friday 4/26/13.

Lisa: Your interview with Angela and Erin from The Office made me cry! And speaking of Angela, what's going on with her in the finale?
We don't want to give too much away (and The Office bosses are keeping storylines on lockdown), but we can reveal that one of the last (or the last) scene that Rainn Wilson and Angela Kinsey shot was with each other.

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The Office: Staffs Up, Hires Better With You Alum Jake Lacy as New Regular-TVLine

According to TVLine's Michael Ausiello, Jake Lacy is joining the cast of The Office as a series regular for its upcoming ninth season. Lacy is joining the cast of The Office as a part of the show's "mini-reboot" for the upcoming season. Here's an excerpt from the article, which gives some scoop on the changes that are taking place in front of and behind the cameras:



The actor joins fellow Office rookie Clark Duke, who inked his own series regular deal earlier this month. The news marks a nice turnaround for Lacy, who was dropped from Fox’s midseason comedy The Goodwin Games last month after starring in the pilot.

As previously reported, The Office is set to undergo a mini-reboot this fall amid changes in front of and behind the scenes — including the departure of showrunner Paul Lieberstein as well as the possible exit of a soon-to-be spun off Rainn Wilson. Additionally, B.J. Novak (Ryan) and Fox-bound Mindy Kaling (Kelly) will not be returning full-time.


The Office launches its ninth season on Sept. 20.



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My thoughts: While I really think NBC needs to stop feasting on the dwindling carcass of creativity that makes up The Office and just let it end with at least a little bit of dignity, I still enjoy watching The Office and I'm willing to keep an open mind about Jake Lacy and Clark Duke joining the cast as series regulars. I don't think that I'd be so willing to keep an open mind about these changes if I wasn't a fan of Jake Lacy and Clark Duke. I absolutely loved Jake Lacy on Better With You and Clark Duke and his character on Greek, Dale, was always one of my favorite things about Greek, so I'm really looking forward to seeing them on The Office.

I know that I said this before, but I personally think that having B.J. Novak no longer be a part of the show full time is several seasons overdue. Also, the character Dwight has been absolutely annoying the hell out of me for at least the past three seasons, so I personally would be beyond thrilled if Rainn Wilson left the show. That being said, I'm really looking forward to seeing who Jake Lacy and Clark Duke will be playing and how they will fit into the show next season.

The Office: Dwight related scoop on episode 9x04 from TVLine's Michael Ausiello

Here's some scoop on The Office from this week's (Posted on 7/17/12) Ask Ausiello column.

Question: What can we expect to see from Season 9 of The Office? —Chris
Ausiello: You can expect to meet Dwight’s kooky clan in this season’s fourth episode. According to sources, that’s when NBC is planning to air the Schrute-centric planted spin-off The Farm.



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The Office Spin-Off: The Farm--Casting News-TVLine

TVLine's Kimberly Roots has released the following information about the potential spin-off of The Office called The Farm. If The Farm goes to series, then it would revolve around Rainn Wilson's character, Dwight Schrute. The potential Dwight-centric spin-off will be previewed in a season 9 episode of The Office. Here's an excerpt from the article, which gives some details on the potential spin-off:



In the new show, Dwight and his kin inherit a large family farm/bed-and-breakfast. When the bespectacled beet farmer decides to give the new venture a go, he must talk his brother and sister into joining him.

What’s that you say? You’d like more info on the rest of the cast? So far, the series regular roles include:

FANNIE SCHRUTE | Attractive, urban and in her late 20s/early 30s, Dwight’s younger sister fled the Schrute farm life for Boston as soon as she could, and has had little to do with her roots for quite some time. Now divorced with one son, Fannie is “a bit of a pseudo-intellectual lefty” with an ironic sense of humor and a great heart.

JEB SCHRUTE | Dwight’s easygoing thirtysomething brother hasn’t done well in any of the career paths he’s followed – worm breeder and Bigfoot hunter among them — but has found some success with a pot farm. He’s got none of Dwight’s dedication or work ethic, but he has made an exercise video about things you can do with a knife and a canoe. (We like him already.)

CAMERON WHITMAN | Dwight’s smart and slightly weird 9-year-old nephew (Fannie’s son) is a cosmopolitan lad who nevertheless feels the pull of his Schrute heritage, especially when he’s around someone — his uncles, perhaps? — who can offer the fatherly guidance he lacks.

HEINRICH MANHEIM | The Schrute siblings’ great uncle is charming, greedy, manipulative… and just may have had to spend time in Argentina following World War II, thanks to his German National Socialist roots. Oh, and he vows to kill Dwight by the end of the first episode.
 
There is no word yet on the whereabouts of cousin Mose (played now and again by Office co-exec producer Michael Schur) or whether the titular farm is the same one Dwight has called home all these years. You’ll recall that he’s already tried being a hotelier — in Season 4, Pam and Jim even spent a romantic night “away” as guests of the Schrute homestead — so here’s hoping Dwight’s improved on his hospitality since!



Link to the full article:The Office Spin-Off Casting News -- The Farm - TVLine



My thoughts: The character Dwight Shrute has become extremely cartoonish and unrealistic in the last few seasons of The Office, if you ask me. He has always been a rather over the top character, but he has absolutely annoyed the hell out of me for years. Personally, I thought it was a bad idea when it was announced that they were planning to develop a spin-off, and after reading these character descriptions, it sounds like an even more terrible idea than I thought before. If this goes to series, I think it will turn out worse than the Joey-centric spin-off of Friends, Joey, did.