The Office: Steve Carell Signs On For 3 More Years

Great news for fans of NBC’s “The Office”. Ricky Gervais revealed on his blog the big news that Steve Carell has just agreed, contractually, to come back for three more years:

“Steve Carell (now one of the most bankable film stars in the world) has just signed up for another three years with us. He is the hardest working man in Hollywood and the harder he works the better it is for me. I mean… well done Steve you are wonderful.

I had to wear a beard for one day on This Side of The Truth and I hated every minute of it. Steve had to do months of that in Evan Almighty and I heard he didn’t complain once. He is a very nice man and deserves all his success. I am just as dedicated to my art without compromise but only between the hours of 9 and 3pm.

We are also working on a spinoff series of The American Office but I can’t tell you anything about that yet. “

Lucky for you, again, I can tell you a little more on the spinoff series and the news is good. The first cast member, for sure is Aziz Ansari from “The Human Giant”. Check out the details on that along with a clip of Aziz in an office skit. He looks like he’ll be a solid start to the new series. There’s also the rumor that Jim’s ex, Karen, will head up the spinoff, though it sounds like a terrible idea to me.

Kudos to Carell. As Gervais said, it’s well deserved.

Source: /film