‘The Office’ writer Mike Schur reacts to the show’s reboot — and if he’d reprise Mose Schrute role
He’s not going back to Scranton.
Mike Schur, who was a producer and writer on “The Office,” before he went on to co-create hit comedies like “Parks and Recreation” and “Brooklyn Nine-Nine,” has weighed in on the upcoming new iteration of “The Office.”
Schur also appeared on-screen in several episodes, as Dwight Schrute’s (Rainn Wilson) eccentric cousin, Mose.
During an interview about his new Netflix show “A Man on the Inside” (premiering Thursday, Nov. 21), Schur told The Post about “The Office” spinoff show, “I will be watching as a fan only, but I’m not involved in any way now.”
The original American version of “The Office” aired for nine seasons on NBC from 2005 to 2013.
NBC announced the new version of the show in May 2024.
It will follow a different cast of characters, including stars Sabrina Impacciatore (“The White Lotus”) and Domhnall Gleeson.
The untitled new comedy will hail from Greg Daniels (who adapted the original NBC show) and “Nathan for You” co-creator Michael Koman.
Per Peacock’s description, the new mockumentary series will be set at “a dying historic Midwestern newspaper and the publisher trying to revive it with volunteer reporters.”
For any naysayers wringing their hands over the possibility of a new version of “The Office,” Schur said, “I think that Greg Daniels is among the very best to ever write for television, and that he wouldn’t be doing it unless he thought he had a really good way to do it.”
“The Good Place” creator added about his former colleague, “I just believe in him, as a writer and a show creator. I think that whatever he does will be worth watching.”
Schur explained that Daniels, “literally taught me how to write TV, when I worked on ‘The Office.’ And so, I would have implicit trust in any idea that he brought to the screen.”
Schur also weighed in on whether he’d reprise his role of Mose on the new iteration of the show, if he was asked to.
“You know what? If [Daniels] asked me, I would do it,” he told The Post.
“No one else. If anyone else asked me, [I’d say] ‘get out of here. No way. Get lost.’ But if Greg [Daniels] called me on the phone and said, ‘I really need this to happen,’ I would do it in a heartbeat.”
