The US Office season 10? Cast reunite amid rumours of a revival

Steve Carell remains hesitant about a return, however

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The Office US fans have hoped for new episodes ever since that brilliant finale aired in 2013.

There’s been talk of a reboot featuring new characters, but it’s learning what Jim, Pam, Michael and the gang are now up to that we crave (though whether or not we should get to find out is another matter).

The cast seem game for some sort of return – be it a new season or one-off special – and fuel was added to the rumour fire this week after a host of key characters reunited.

The Office creator Greg Daniels got the old band back together, and was pictured by Angela Kinsey (Angela) on Twitter alongside Rainn Wilson (Dwight), Jenna Fischer (Pam), Ed Helms (Andy), Creed Bratton (Creed), Leslie David Baker (Stanley), Paul Lieberstein (Toby), Leslie David Baker (Stanley), Oscar Nunez (Oscar) and Phyllis Smith (Phyllis).

“Some of the old gang got together today... it was so great to see everyone!,” Kinsey wrote. “I turned to Ed and said, ‘I feel like we are at a family reunion.’ He smiled and said, ‘We are.’ Thanks Greg for hosting! For those who couldn’t make it... you were missed!”

Last month, Steve Carell (Michael Scott) hosted Saturday Night Live and had his opening monologue interrupted first by Ellie Kemper (Erin), then Helms, then Fischer, and finally his family, all of whom lobbied him to return to The Office.

John Krasinski (Jim Halpert) has also given his support to a sequel, saying: “I need the incredible writers of our show to tell me what he’s doing because I’m kind of worried about him [Jim].”

But Carell remains unconvinced.

“Because The Office is on Netflix and replaying, a lot more people have seen it recently and I think because of that there’s been a resurgence in interest in the show, and talk about bringing it back,” he told Esquire in October. “But apart from the fact that I just don’t think that’s a good idea, it might be impossible to do that show today and have people accept it the way it was accepted 10 years ago. The climate’s different,” Carell said.

“I mean, the whole idea of that character, Michael Scott, so much of it was predicated on inappropriate behavior,” he continued. “I mean, he’s certainly not a model boss. A lot of what is depicted on that show is completely wrong-minded. That’s the point, you know? But I just don’t know how that would fly now. There’s a very high awareness of offensive things today—which is good, for sure. But at the same time, when you take a character like that too literally, it doesn’t really work.”