Idris Elba has been cast on "The Office" as a new rival to Dunder Mifflin regional manager Michael Scott (Steve Carell), reports Variety. Elba will appear in six episodes later this season. He'll play a no-nonsense hire at Dunder Mifflin's corporate office who will throw Michael Scott into turmoil.Well it's about time we got some new conflict from corporate. Ever since Jan left, Michael really hasn't had to worry about his actions. I'm not familiar with the actor, but I like the idea of this new character.
And then we also have news on the show that was originally meant to be an Office spinoff, but will now be a completely seperate show that's just being run by the same people in charge of The Office. This news comes from Zap2It.com:
Once billed as The Office spin off -- which we now know is not a spin off, yet still created by The Office's producers -- I'm not sure what to call Amy Poehler's upcoming NBC sitcom. However, I do have exclusive details on the concept of the series, which has been kept under wraps for quite some time. Are you ready? A couple nosy moles tell me that, like The Office, it's basically documentary style. Set in the parks & recreation department of a local city government in some podunk town, Poehler will play a delusional employee, totally unaware that she doesn't work in high ranking politics. And of course there will be supporting players around to make fun of her foolish idiocy. Sound too much like another show we already know? Well, I'm hearing that the writers are currently tweaking the concept a bit, but this is the general idea. Any thoughts? I'll give anything with A.P. a shot.
Having worked for a recreation department for many years, this concept probably intrigues me more than most people. Still, I think we're all interested to see if this show turns out as well as The Office. Rumor has it that we can expect to see the first episode of this new show sometime in April
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