News

The Office fans have moved overseas and we seem to have mixed feelings about our new work place. The Australian version of The Office is now streaming on Prime Video and if you're unsure about it we're here to help by sharing what both critics and fans have to say.

Fans of the original series starring Steve Carell and John Krasinski were apprehensive about the launch of a remake. Simply put, The Office is a precious gem to many. Based on the British series of the same name (starring Ricky Gervais), The Office 2024 takes us to Australia, where audiences follow the employees of Finley Craddick, a packaging company. The concept of both the British series and the American version are the same, more or less. It is a workplace comedy/mockumentary. What brings it to life are the colorful characters, all led by a larger-than-life boss.

In 2024's The Office,...

Liam Neeson has teased that ‘The Naked Gun’ reboot will be "very funny".The 72-year-old actor is due to star in a new take on the 1988 Leslie Nielsen comedy classic and has promised that fans won't be disappointed by the revival.Speaking to JoBlo, he said: "It’s going to be very funny."The ‘Taken’ actor gushed about his co-stars Pamela Anderson and Danny Huston and said that he and the cast "had some laughs" making the movie, which is being written and directed by Akiva Schaffer.He continued: "It was nerve-racking, but we had some laughs. And hopefully the audience will have some laughs too."Neeson - who plays Frank Drebin Jr., the son of Nielsen's detective from the original series - previously admitted he was "a bit nervous" about helming the reboot.He told MovieWeb in March: "I've done a couple of, like, TV skits with Stephen Colbert and Ricky Gervais,...

Exclusive: Kylie Washington has just overseen the launch of three BBC television mega brands in Australia, and readily admits the pressure has been on. The BBC Studios Anz General Manager and Creative Director of Production knows new versions of Death in Paradise, The Office and Top Gear require full attention to succeed, especially with buyers hesitant to put their hands in their pockets and more willing than ever to pull the trigger on disappointments.

“From my personal BBC Studios perspective, we’re on a great run,” says the Sydney-based exec. “We have commissions across the majority of networks with a very broad mix of genres. You never know which runner will have its moment in the light, so it’s important to be the best at all of them, to play to your strengths.”

Return to Paradise, the Australia-set spin-off of British cozy crime drama Death in Paradise, certainly had a moment in the light,...

Streaming on: Prime Video

Episodes viewed: 8 of 8

Well, here we go again. The Office — the still-influential mockumentary sitcom created in 2001 by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant — returns in yet another regional guise. Like any good expanding business looking for mass market penetration, this series has had international branches in almost every time zone: there’s been Le Bureau in France, Konttori in Finland, Os Aspones in Brazil. But The Office, Australian edition, is significant for being only the third English-language take, after the original British vintage and the all-conquering American version, which ran for nine seasons and remains one of the most streamed shows of all time.

All of which begs the question: why would we need another one? Surely by now, most people in Australia will have already seen this workplace comedy in either its British or American iteration? Not to mention the fact that, post-pandemic, the physical bricks-and-mortar...

The business is truly flourishing! The Office has now been adapted into nearly every language you can think of, including the latest version from Mexico! This iconic series started in the UK, made a massive splash in the US, and has since taken the world by storm, proving to be one of the most binge-watched shows ever, fans clearly just can’t get enough of the workplace shenanigans!

Ricky Gervais and other cast members in The Office UK | Credits: BBC

With a total of over a dozen different remakes across the globe, whether it’s the dry humor of the original UK version or the quirky yet heartwarming charm of the US adaptation, every iteration adds a fresh flavor that keeps its viewers on the hook. It’s clear that the spirit of The Office transcends borders, making it one of the most beloved staples in the history of TV!

Mexico is getting its own remake of “The Office.”

“La Oficina” comes from Prime Video, Amazon MGM Studios and Gary “Gaz” Alazraki’s Máquina Vega, the companies announced Wednesday. It will be based off the cult hit BBC series starring Ricky Gervais that blossomed into the U.S. spinoff starring Steve Carell. Alazraki will serve as director and executive producer on the series, with Marcos Bucay as showrunner.

The show takes place in Aguascalientes at a family business called Jabones Olimpo. The office is run by Jerónimo Ponce III and like many bosses in these series, he’s in over his head. The rest of the employees are forced to deal with the headache of working for an unqualified manager.

The series is the latest remake to use the comedy mockumentary format. Prime Video – where “La Oficina” will stream exclusively in Latin America, Brazil and Spain – already launched an Australian version.

Ricky Gervais’ career-launching mockumentary series “The Office” is getting a Mexican remake with Prime Video, Amazon MGM Studios and Gary “Gaz” Alazraki’s Máquina Vega leading the charge.

Alazraki, who proved his comedy chops directing and producing major hits “Nosotros los Nobles” and “Club de Cuervos” serves as director and executive producer of “La Oficina” while Marcos Bucay (“Cómo Sobrevivir Soltero”) showruns the Mexican adaptation.

As part of the overall deal signed between Amazon MGM Studios and Máquina Vega, “La Oficina” will be available exclusively on Prime Video in Latin America, Brazil and Spain.

The wildly popular BBC Studios format has already been adapted in the U.S., France, Chile and Poland, among others, in addition to the Australian version, which begun streaming on Prime Video this October.

This new version is set in the Mexican state of Aguascalientes where the office will be led by Jerónimo Ponce III, regional...

Ricky Gervais made his mainstream TV debut in 1998 and quickly rose to prominence as one of the UK’s foremost figures in comedy. Gervais’ most notable initial work was playing the obnoxious boss David Brent in the UK version of The Office. He won the Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor for his role in the sitcom Extras.

Ricky Gervais in a still from After Life | Credits: Netflix

His most notable work in recent years was After Life, which became the most-watched British comedy in the world. In addition to his lucrative paycheck from The Office, Gervais raked in millions in his career as a stand-up comedian. The Derek actor has performed five multinational stand-up comedy tours.

Ricky Gervais’s Earnings From Stand-Up Comedy Ricky Gervais in the still poster of SuperNature | Credits: Netflix

Ricky Gervais‘s first prominent stand-up show was part of the 2001 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The show,...

Exclusive: The BBC has renewed comedy series We Might Regret This for two more seasons, providing new impetus for its producers’ hunt for a U.S. buyer.

A recommission has looked likely for some time following strong reviews in the UK and two more six-part runs have now been officially confirmed to Deadline.

From creators Kyla Harris and Lee Getty, We Might Regret This follows Freya (Kyla Harris), a woman in love who leaves her native Canada for London to be with her boyfriend, Abe (Darren Boyd), a to-year-old straight-laced lawyer with whom she shares a loving relationship and an electric sexual connection.

Freya is a 30-something artist who is a tetraplegic, which means she is paralyzed below the neck and all four limbs are affected due to a spinal cord injury. She requires the assistance of a 24-hour Pa, an intimate role she offers to her chaotic and impulsive...

When the US version of The Office was first announced, the reception to it wasn’t initially great, as fans of the Ricky Gervais show weren’t convinced if the Steve Carell-led version could live up to the original. Two decades later, Aussie star Felicity Ward has found herself in a similar position, as fans of the US version, especially that of Michael Scott, aren’t too thrilled about the new reimagining with a female boss at the center.

Felicity Ward in The Office remake | Credit: Prime Video

However, the Wakefield star has remained unscathed by the whole internet backlash, and she didn’t back down from addressing the controversy.

Felicity Ward Wasn’t Surprised by The Office Backlash The Office remake | Credit: Amazon Prime Video

To some extent, Felicity Ward can understand the anger among fans, as the actress expressed she was once angry because of the Point Break remake,...

“New Office. New Aussie boss.”

That’s the tagline for the new Australian version of The Office, that launches Oct. 18 on Amazon Prime Video everywhere, except the U.S. The latest iteration — the thirteenth different country version of the BBC workplace sitcom created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant that incredibly first hit screens in 2001 — has garnered a lot of chatter on social media, YouTube and in the global press, not least because it is another accessible English-language adaptation that follows the beloved British and U.S. versions, but also because it is the first adaptation that features a female boss.

The set-up to the Aussie Office follows the tried and tested franchise formula: the mockumentary style, the boredom, the assortment of odd ball characters, the will-they-won’t-they office romance, and of course the overconfident, delusional boss lacking in self awareness. Australian standup comedian and actress Felicity Ward heads the cast of the Aussie Office,...

If you have that one insufferable friend who keeps begging you to watch The Office and insists it really picks up in the second season, believe them because they’re absolutely correct! While the show is based on a British version, it quickly carved out its own unique identity and became even more beloved than the original.

Steve Carell as Michael Scott in The Office| Credits: NBC

And a big part of that success can be attributed to Steve Carell’s character, Michael Scott. Initially, the first season received mixed reviews, but it was Michael’s quirky and often cringe-worthy antics that really brought the series to life.

Why UK Humor Didn’t Click with US Audiences for The Office

Cut from the same cloth, the UK and US versions of The Office ended up being two very different shows! While the first season of the US version tried to...

It’s been over a decade since Michael Scott and his team of hilarious wholesale employees departed from small screens, but the love is still there. From producing loose leaf to actually using it, here comes The Paper!

Many still regard The Office as the epitome of American comedy. While that is quite the mantle to place the series on, the mockumentary left a lasting impression on the long-standing history of television.

So, it comes as no surprise that the same team behind one of Steve Carell’s career-defining shows would be ready to clock in for another round of deadpan reactions and comedy so dry that it’ll make your measly piece of toast look like a soggy pancake.

(Shawn Goldberg/Getty Images)

Spinoffs can hit or miss, but considering the hands behind it, TV Fanatic has a good feeling about this show. Without further ado, here’s everything...

“The Office” spinoff cast continues to grow.

The upcoming Peacock series is adding Alex Edelman, Gbemisola Ikumelo and Tim Key to its main cast, with Eric Rahill as a co-star. The still-untitled spinoff stars Domhnall Gleeson and Sabrina Impaccitore as its leads.

Additionally, Ikumelo, Edelman and Rahill are writers for the series. Edelman is off an Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special Emmy win for his HBO comedy special, while Ikumelo won Female Performance in a Comedy Programme BAFTA Award for “Black Ops.”

The newly announced cast members also join Melvin Gregg, Chelsea Frei and Ramona Young. This trio was uniquely announced through the Palisadian-Post based in the Pacific Palisades, California, as the three actors had been shadowing the reporters at the paper in prep for the show.

There remain some unknowns surrounding the new series, but one concrete fact is that it’s set at a newspaper rather than a paper company.

The new iteration of “The Office” at Peacock has found four more cast members.

Gbemisola Ikumelo, Alex Edelman, Tim Key, and Eric Rahill have all joined the untitled series. They join previously announced cast members Domhnall Gleeson, Sabrina Impacciatore, Melvin Gregg, Chelsea Frei, and Ramona Young.

Ikumelo, Edelman, and Rahill will also be writers on the series in addition to appearing onscreen. Exact character details are being kept under wraps. Ikumelo recently won the BAFTA Award for female performance in a comedy program for “Black Ops,” while Edelman just won an Emmy and Special Tony award for his comedy show “Just for Us.”

As has been previously reported, the show is not a reboot or spinoff of “The Office,” but rather a new mockumentary show with a new cast set in the same universe. It is rumored to be currently titled “The Paper” but no official title has been announced.

Peacock’s The Office Universe expansion from creators and executive producers Gregg Daniels and Michael Koman has added four to its cast.

They include Gbemisola Ikumelo, Alex Edelman, Tim Key and Eric Rahill. Ikumelo, Edelman and Rahill also serve as writers on the as-yet-untitled mockumentary set in the same universe as Daniels’ NBC hit The Office. Details regarding the characters are under wraps.

They join the previously announced Domhnall Gleeson, Sabrina Impacciatore, Melvin Gregg, Chelsea Frei and Ramona Young.

In the new comedy series, the documentary crew that immortalized Dunder Mifflin’s Scranton branch is searching for a new subject when they discover a dying historic Midwestern newspaper and the publisher trying to revive it with volunteer reporters.

Deadline exclusively revealed the secret project was in its early stages...

The staff of Peacock’s mockumentary follow-up to The Office is growing.

The show from Office creator Greg Daniels and Michael Koman has added Gbemisola Ikumelo, Alex Edelman, Tim Key and Eric Rahill to its ensemble. They join the previously cast Domhnall Gleeson and Sabrina Impacciatore, along with Melvin Gregg, Chelsea Frei and Ramona Young.

In keeping with Office tradition, three of the newly cast actors — Ikumelo, Edelman and Rahill — are also writers on the series. The beloved NBC comedy also featured several castmembers, among them B.J. Novak, Mindy Kaling and Paul Lieberstein — who worked as writers as well.

The untitled series will feature the same documentary crew that made Dunder Mifflin famous searching for a new subject when they discover a dying, historic Midwestern newspaper and the publisher trying to revive it with volunteer reporters.

Ikumelo won a BAFTA TV Award for best female performance in a comedy for the BBC’s Black Ops.

Michael Scott from The Office truly became an icon owing to his blunt and often carefree attitude towards everything. The show’s unique brand of humor and hilarious characters helped it gain an immortal status in the world of TV series.

Steve Carell, who played the aforementioned regional manager, awed audiences with his excellent portrayal. However, one instance proved to fans that the actor was hilarious on and off the screen. Carell’s double-meaning acceptance speech at an awards night made not only celebrities, but also fans of the TV show chuckle.

That’s what she said: Steve Carell on Stage

The Office was a mockumentary TV series based on the BBC series of the same name. Created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, it was later adapted by Greg Daniels for American television.

Related B.J. Novak: ‘I thought he would have been an incredible replacement’ on 1 Actor He...

Amid headlines surrounding Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez’s tumultuous divorce settlement, the Gone Girl actor’s previous marriage with Jennifer Garner caught our attention. While on a recent note, Lopez is reportedly aiming to make Affleck suffer, it wasn’t the case for Garner when she and the actor divorced after 13 years of marriage.

Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck in Daredevil | Credit: 20th Century Fox

Looking back at Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner’s divorce, it seems the Air actor lost a gem in his Daredevil co-star. Because unlike Jennifer Lopez, who is supposedly adamant about exacting revenge—when Garner witnessed infidelity rumors surrounding Affleck, she took the high road to forgiveness and even supported the star through public outrage and hatred.

Jennifer Garner’s Modest Response to Ben Affleck’s Infidelity Rumors

With Ben Affleck‘s current divorce from Jennifer Lopez stealing headlines, it’s easy to overlook...

Their years-long rewatch of “The Office” may be coming to an end, but “Office Ladies” is just getting started. On the Oct. 2 episode of “Office Ladies,” hosts Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey announced the next phase of their popular podcast — which will begin when they complete their rewatch of the Emmy-winning comedy later this month.

As of early November, “Office Ladies” will move to a twice-a-week format. The Wednesday episodes will be called “Office Ladies 6.0″ — the new title is a reference to the Season 1 episode “Hot Girl,” when boss Michael Scott (Steve Carell) insults Pam (Fischer), by comparing her to traveling purse saleswoman Katy (Amy Adams). “You’re like the new and improved Pam!” Michael says in front of both of them, causing the awkwardness in which he revels. “Pam 6.0.” The first guest on “Office Ladies 6.0″ — on the Nov. 6 episode — will be the person responsible for bringing together the show’s ensemble,...

This new Brent is okay. Australian actress Felicity Ward has revealed Ricky Gervais “approved” of her interpretation of his iconic awful boss character in The Office.

Actor and comedian Ward is playing Hannah Howard in The Office Australia, which launches on Prime Video outside of the U.S. on October 18. Though the show has been remade in numerous countries, with the famous David Brent character reinterpreted many time, this marks the first time the gender has been changed.

Ward was appearing at the Prime Video Trailblazers event celebrating women in film and TV here in London today. “Ricky Gervais has approved of a female lead — he’s very excited about a female lead,” she half-joked to an audience today, adding: “Just in case anyone is angry.”

Upon announcement of the show, Brent had said in a statement: “Office politics have changed a bit in 20 years, so can’t wait to...

Felicity Ward, star of Australia’s forthcoming “The Office” adaptation, has reassured any concerned fans that Ricky Gervais personally approved her casting.

“Ricky Gervais has approved a female lead, he’s very excited about a female lead — just in case anyone is angry,” Ward quipped during the Prime Video Presents: Trailblazers event on Tuesday in London, where she debuted a trailer from the series.

Asked about how she was feeling about the show’s imminent release on Prime Video in Australia and the U.K. on Oct. 18, she said jokingly: “Pretty chill actually. English people and people that love ‘The Office,’ they’re like, ‘Hey, whatever you do with it is fine.'”

Ward is set to play Hannah Howard, manager of Sydney-based box company Flinley Craddick, in a gender-flipped version of Gervais’ iconic paper company boss David Brent.

“I did zero preparation, because I read the script and I’m like,...

Get the latest scoop on everything you need to know about today’s Jeopardy! episode airing on Tuesday, 1 October 2024 including the Final Jeopardy, contestants and today’s winner!

Today’s Final Jeopardy 10/1/2024 (Sitcoms) – Tuesday, 1 October 2024

The first British sitcom to win a Best Comedy Golden Globe, it was remade in a U.S. version that had almost 15 times as many episodes

Today’s Final Jeopardy Answer – Tuesday, 1 October 2024

The Final Jeopardy Answer is: The Office

Final Jeopardy Explanation – Tuesday, 1 October 2024

The original British version of The Office, created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, first aired in 2001 and became the first British sitcom to win a Golden Globe for Best Comedy in 2004. The show’s unique style, which combined deadpan humor with a mockumentary format, became highly influential and beloved worldwide.

The U.S. version of The Office, which premiered in 2005, adapted the same concept but expanded significantly over its nine-season run.

NBC’s legendary variety series “Saturday Night Live” has been able to attract almost everybody they want as guest hosts throughout the first 49 years. Almost everybody but not quite all of the big stars. In fact, we have compiled a list of 40 celebrities who have shockingly never hosted “SNL,” despite the fact that many of them have probably been asked.

When creating this list of names, we only chose people who are still alive and active in the entertainment industry. There are certainly many others long gone or inactive that are also surprising omissions.

Our gallery includes such Oscar winners as Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Sandra Bullock, Viola Davis, Leonardo DiCaprio, Morgan Freeman, Angelina Jolie, Jessica Lange, Al Pacino, Brad Pitt (although he did make an Emmy-nominated appearance in 2020), Julia Roberts, Meryl Streep and Denzel Washington.

We also selected some comedic stars (a few are also Oscar champs), including Sacha Baron Cohen,...

Kate Winslet represents the third generation of actors in her family. Her grandparents ran a repertory theater in England and her father struggled for many years as an actor himself while working other jobs to support his family. Winslet however found incredible success quite early in her career and by the time she turned 30, she had already received four Oscar nominations and played the female lead in the biggest box office blockbuster Hollywood had ever seen, “Titanic.”

While success in films came easy for Winslet, the one thing that did seem to elude her for a long time was recognition from the Academy. She would have to wait through five Oscar losses before the award would finally come her away for the 2008 movie “The Reader.” She would lampoon her Oscar troubles (and ironically receive an Emmy nomination) on an episode of the Ricky Gervais comedy “Extras.” On that show Winslet...

Following the success of their 2017 film Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie, DreamWorks animation delves back into the world of children’s author Dav Pilkey to adapt another on of hid hot sellers into a film. This time with his more recent Dog Man series. To help promote the upcoming release Universal revealed the first teaser trailer to help set the mood.

The film’s official synopsis reads:

When a faithful police dog and his human police officer owner are injured together on the job, a harebrained but life saving surgery fuses the two of them together and Dog Man is born. Dog Man is sworn to protect, serve, fetch, sit and roll over.

As Dog Man embraces his new identity and strives to impress his Chief, he must stop the pretty evil plots of feline supervillain Petey the Cat. Petey’s latest plan is to clone himself, creating the kitten Lil Petey,...

Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant’s The Office has been remade once again, this time in Australia. Here’s the trailer.

Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant’s original version of The Office launched on the BBC in 2001. It introduced the world to boss from hell David Brent (Gervais) as he attempted to look good in front of the cameras documenting his workplace, paper merchants Wernham Hogg, alongside staff including Tim (Martin Freeman) Gareth (Mackenzie Crook) and Dawn (Lucy Davis).

All while trying to stay onside with bullying best mate Chris Finch (Ralph Ineson) and, in the second series, his new boss from the Swindon branch, Neil (Patrick Baladi).

Gervais and Merchant took cringe comedy to the extreme, with Brent becoming a byword for social awkwardness and inappropriate behaviour.

Since then, there have been 13 international versions, with Greg Daniels’ American version starring Steve Carrell being far and away the most successful,...

Dave Chappelle remains Netflix’s top draw in stand-up comedy as his special The Dreamer led the field in its latest ratings report.

Dave Chappelle: The Dreamer cracked the top 50 programs watched between January and June 2024 with 17.4M views. This is despite the fact that the special was actually released on December 31.

Chappelle had the biggest stand-up special but was beaten by The Roast of Tom Brady, which received 22.4M views, putting it at 26 in the list.

It comes as Netflix released 25 new original specials in the period, well up from the 12 that it put out in the last six months of 2023.

Katt Williams: Woke Foke was second with 10.3M views, putting it at 136 in the list, followed by Kevin Hart: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor with 7.1M views. Shane Gillis: Beautiful Dogs scored 6.1M views, just ahead of Mike Epps: Ready to Sell Out,...

Two years on from being promoted to Co-Chairmen of WME, Christian Muirhead and Richard Weitz gave one of their first public interviews, talking about the future of the entertainment business, and in particular, AI, movies on streaming, the future of Paramount and Fast channel services such as Tubi.

“Despite the challenges and the disruption, we have real confidence in the power of art, so we feel really good about the future,” said Muirhead at the Ft’s Business of Entertainment conference.

Muirhead and Weitz were promoted in September 2022, succeeding Lloyd Braun. Muirhead came from the world of corporate communications, while Weitz was an agent.

“We got these jobs at the tail end of a lot of chaos, coming out of Covid, and then we stepped right into a little bit of chaos with the strikes. It’s been a little bit tumultuous. But for us, I think we have become...

After the American adaptation of The Office UK, garnered positive reviews and great appreciation, Australia recently attempted the mockumentary-style comedy. Dropping the first trailer for The Office Australian on September 18, the Prime Video comedy series caused an uproar on the internet.

A still from The Office Australia | image: Prime Video

Despite high expectations surrounding the Australian remake, which is set to hit the streamer on October 18, 2024, the trailer for the upcoming show turned out to be rather underwhelming for fans. The expected excitement unfortunately got rivaled by the collective cringe of fans everywhere.

Prime Video Released the First Trailer for The Office Australia

In the entertainment sector, where remakes and reboots have become the reigning sovereign in recent times, Australia tried its hands at remaking its own version of the popular comedy series, The Office. Following the success of both, the UK and the American version, the Aussies attempted to create their own,...

The Office’s getting an Aussie twist, but not everyone’s loving it! In the latest remake, Australia’s taking a bold step by flipping the script—literally—turning Steve Carell’s iconic Michael Scott into a female boss. While some fans are pumped to see a fresh take on the legendary character, others aren’t so sure if the magic can be recaptured Down Under.

Steve Carell as Michael Scott in The Office | NBC

Swapping Michael for a female lead’s definitely stirred the pot, with debates raging over whether this new version will live up to the original’s quirky charm. One thing’s for sure: the new Office’s going to have fans talking, and we’re all tuning in to see how it plays out!

The Office’s Australian Remake Sparks Fan Outrage as First Trailer Divides Opinions The main cast of The Office | NBC

“Worst piece of media…...

Comedian Robin Ince was the opener for Ricky Gervais comedy tours in the 2000s, a time when Gervais was at the height of his Office fame. Ince, who left comedy in 2015, says his time on stage with Gervais took a physical toll.

“I am not saying it is a traumatic experience, but after two weeks I came out in red lumps that my doctor said were a stress rash,” Ince recalled on the Starting Line podcast. “I think my hair was coming out in clumps.”

“I look back now, and I think it is bullying — really it is,” Ince says of his time working with Gervais. One example? Gervais used to make up a diary supposedly written by Ince. At a Christmas party, he read the fake musings aloud to the partygoers. “I forget how weird it is. I’m very good at sometimes just acclimatizing to things, in which you go,...

Part dog, part man, all hero. From DreamWorks Animation—creators of the beloved blockbuster franchises Kung Fu Panda, How to Train Your Dragon and The Boss Baby—comes the canine-crime-fighting film adaptation of Dav Pilkey’s New York Times bestselling literary phenomenon: Dog Man. A trailer for the film can be seen above.

When a faithful police dog and his human police officer owner are injured together on the job, a harebrained but life-saving surgery fuses the two of them together and Dog Man is born. Dog Man is sworn to protect and serve—and fetch, sit and roll over.

As Dog Man embraces his new identity and strives to impress his Chief, he must stop the pretty evil plots of feline supervillain Petey the Cat. Petey’s latest plan is to clone himself, creating the kitten Lil Petey, to double his ability to do crime stuff. Things get complicated,...

Celebrated for his hilarious SNL skits, Pete Davidson has demonstrated a wide range of talents throughout his career. From his standout performances on Saturday Night Live to his diverse cinematic roles, Davidson has also carved out a niche for himself in the animation world.

Pete Davidson | Credit: Universal Pictures

And he is once again set to showcase his knack for bringing animated characters to life with his signature humor in the upcoming animated film Dog Man in the role of the villainous Petey the Cat.

Pete Davidson Becomes the Villainous Cat in Dog Man

Based on the best-selling book series by Captain Underpants author, Dav Pilkey, Universal has released the first official trailer for the upcoming animated film Dog Man.

Dog Man | Credit: Universal Pictures

With the release of the trailer, the studio has also revealed the official voice cast of the film, which includes, Pete Davidson as Petey the Cat,...

Prime Video has launched the trailer for the Australian version comedy series ‘The Office.’

Comedian and actor Felicity Ward is the first woman to play the iconic lead role, 23 years after the series first debuted with the British version with Ricky Gervais as David Brent.

The highly-anticipated Australian version is the thirteenth adaptation of the global hit franchise and follows the employees at a packaging company, Flinley Craddick in Sydney.

When Hannah gets news from the Head Office that they will be shutting down her branch and making everyone work from home, she goes into survival mode, making promises she can’t keep in order to keep her “work family” together. The staff of Flinley Craddick indulge her and must endure Hannah’s outlandish plots as they work toward the impossible targets that have been set for them.

The series stars Felicity Ward as Hannah Howard, managing director, Flinley Craddick,...

On October 18, Amazon Prime Video will launch a new version of “The Office” set in Australia. The popular mockumentary series was created in the UK by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant and adapted for US audiences. This latest iteration will be available worldwide on Amazon’s streaming service.

The Australian adaptation takes place at Flinley Craddick, a packaging company in Sydney. Hannah Howard leads the workplace comedy as the boss. In previous versions of the show, characters like David Brent in the UK and Michael Scott in the US filled this role as inept managers trying to connect with their employees. Howard’s character promises to deliver the same awkward and entertaining moments fans have come to enjoy.

Supporting Howard is an ensemble cast portraying a range of familiar archetypes. Edith Poor plays Lizze, the receptionst who sees herself as a productivity expert. Steen Raskopoulos and Shari Sebbens portray Nick and Greta,...

The Office is back! Well, a version of it.

Amazon Prime Video has released the first trailer to the Australian adaptation of Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant’s enduring classic comedy series The Office, and we finally get a proper glimpse at the Aussie variants of Brent, Tim, Dawn, Gareth and more.

With NBC’s follow-up to the U.S. adaptation of The Office still in development, global fans of the franchise can sate themselves in the meantime with an Aussie attempt at the mockumentary-style comedy.

Just one (big) catch, though: The Office Australia will be available on Prime Video in 240 countries and territories worldwide from Oct. 18, except, that is, in the U.S. That’s nothing a Vpn can’t fix, however, if you’re really keen.

In the clip released Wednesday, we see Hannah Howard (Felicity Ward), the managing director of Sydney-based packaging company Flinley Craddick, trying and...

Gaumont CEO Sidonie Dumas To Receive Int’l Emmy Directorate Award

Gaumont CEO Sidonie Dumas is set to be honored with the 2024 International Emmy Directorate Award, the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has announced. Dumas has been head of the 129-year-old French film and TV company since 2010. The French exec has been credited with moving with the times to expand the company into TV. Early series coming to fruition under her watch included Netflix hits Narcos and Lupin, while more recent high profile productions span Karl Lagerfeld biographic series Becoming Karl; German historical drama The Interpreter of Silence for Disney and the recently announced series about the Gucci family saga. “Sidonie Dumas has strategically and successfully pivoted Gaumont’s main business from theatrical to television with major international expansion and key deals from Europe and Latin America to Hollywood,” said Iatas President CEO Bruce L. Paisner. “We look forward...

Dav Pilkey’s Dog Man is heading to the big screen for his first movie, arriving in early 2025 – and here’s the first trailer.

Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie, written by Nicholas Stoller and directed by David Soren, is one of the funniest, most delightful animated films of recent years. It even boasts a brilliant theme song by Weird Al Yankovic. The brief clad superhero ought to have had many more big screen adventures, but it wasn’t to be, although a short lived television series is still available to watch on Netflix.

Back in 2020, we heard that author Dav Pilkey’s other hit series Dog Man was heading to the big screen courtesy of Dreamworks Animation. The series consists of 12 books, which have sold over 60 million copies.

The synopsis for the film reads as follows:

“Part dog, part man, all hero.” When a faithful police dog and his...

Ready to meet “Dog Man?”

The new DreamWorks Animation film, based on the character created by Dav Pilkey in the “Captain Underpants” books, is nearly here. And you can watch the trailer for the film, which stars Pete Davidson, Lil Rel Howery, Isla Fisher and Ricky Gervais, below, followed by our interview with the film’s director, Peter Hastings.

The trailer highlights the film’s unique visual style, which Hastings described as “high-end handmade” before breaking down his team’s approach to bringing “Dog Man” to life.

Hastings is no stranger to the property; he did a “Captain Underpants” television series and developed a relationship with Pilkey. Hastings told TheWrap the movie is “really about a cop and a dog who get into an accident, and the way that they solve this problem is by sewing the dog’s head onto the man’s body, which sounds crazy and preposterous.

Universal and DreamWorks Animation have unveiled the final trailer for ‘Dog Man,’ a new adaptation of Dav Pilkey’s beloved, award-winning, New York Times bestselling literary phenomenon.

When a faithful police dog and his human police officer owner are injured together on the job, a harebrained but life-saving surgery fuses the two of them together and Dog Man is born. Dog Man is sworn to protect and serve—and fetch, sit and roll over.

As Dog Man embraces his new identity and strives to impress his Chief, he must stop the pretty evil plots of feline supervillain Petey the Cat. Petey’s latest plan is to clone himself, creating the kitten Lil Petey, to double his ability to do crime stuff. Things get complicated, though, when Lil Petey forges an unexpected bond with Dog Man.

When Lil Petey falls into the clutches of a common enemy, Dog Man and Petey...

Universal Pictures has revealed the trailer and poster for DreamWorks Animation’s Dog Man, which is coming to theaters on January 31, 2025.

From DreamWorks Animation—creators of the beloved blockbuster franchises Kung Fu Panda, How to Train Your Dragon, and The Boss Baby—comes the canine-crime-fighting film adaptation of Dav Pilkey’s New York Times bestselling literary phenomenon.

When a faithful police dog and his human police officer owner are injured together on the job, a harebrained but life-saving surgery fuses the two of them together and Dog Man is born. Dog Man is sworn to protect and serve—and fetch, sit and roll over.

As Dog Man embraces his new identity and strives to impress his Chief, he must stop the pretty evil plots of feline supervillain Petey the Cat. Petey’s latest plan is to clone himself, creating the kitten Lil Petey, to double his ability to do crime stuff.

"How evil can one cat be?" "Pretty evil, ha ha ha!"...

When you purchase through our links, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Shrinking is a tragedy comedy-drama series created by Bill Lawrence, Jason Segel, and Brett Goldstein. The Apple TV+ series follows the story of a recently widowed psychotherapist Jimmy Laird, as he tries to get over the loss of his wife and become a better father than he has been in recent times. Jimmy also employs this notion that he has to be completely honest with his patients calling himself a “psychological vigilante”, but his coworkers mainly his mentor and boss Dr. Paul Rhodes are not happy with his decision. Shrinking stars Jason Segel in the lead role with Harrison Ford, Luke Tennie, Michael Urie, Lukita Maxwell, Christa Miller, and Jessica Williams. So, if you loved the compassion, humor, compelling characters, and black comedy in Shrinking here are some similar shows you should check out next.

After Life (Netflix...

If vicious comedy roasts are back in vogue, no one told Emmy host Eugene Levy. The last thing he wants is to be cruel to his fellow celebrities. “It’s always hit me in a funny way when jokes are done at the expense of people who are nominated,” Levy told the Los Angeles Times, as reported by Variety. “They’ve put in the work, and it’s their night, really, and you have to have enough respect for the awards show itself. Otherwise, why are we here?”

So if Levy isn’t going to stick it to Shogun and The Bear, how is he approaching hosting duties? “Just paying tribute to television, certainly the nominees, but to the medium that gave us both our starts,” he explained.

Will the ceremony will turn into a schmoozefest? Levy’s son and Schitt’s Creek co-star Dan will be sharing host duties — and...

Peacock’s new “The Office” series announced three new cast members Tuesday — and revealed they have some real-world know-how in the field.

Melvin Gregg, Chelsea Frei and Ramona Young are all set to star in the upcoming series alongside the previously announced Domhnall Gleeson and Sabrina Impacciatore.

Unconventionally, the place that broke the casting news was the Palisidian Post based in the Pacific Palisades, California. The trio of new cast had been shadowing the reporters at the paper in prep for the show.

Unlike the original U.S. series, which was set at a fictional paper-selling company called Dunder Mifflin, the new show is set at a newspaper. It’s set in the same universe as the original show. Here’s an official logline:

“The documentary crew that immortalized Dunder Mifflin’s Scranton branch is in search of a new subject when they discover a dying historic Midwestern newspaper and...

The staff of the fictional newspaper in Peacock’s follow-up to The Office is growing.

The as yet untitled series from U.S. Office creator Greg Daniels and Michael Koman (Nathan for You) has added Melvin Gregg, Chelsea Frei and Ramona Young to its cast. They join Domhnall Gleeson and Sabrina Impacciatore in the ensemble.

The series, which Peacock greenlit in May, is set in the same world as The Office and, like that show, will be a mockumentary. The show’s description reads, “The documentary crew that immortalized Dunder Mifflin’s Scranton branch is in search of a new subject when they discover a dying historic Midwestern newspaper and the publisher trying to revive it with volunteer reporters.”

News of the three additions to the cast was broken not in one of the industry trades but in the Palisadian-Post, a community newspaper serving L.A.’s Pacific Palisades where Gregg,...

The new iteration of “The Office” at Peacock is adding three new cast members.

Melvin Gregg, Chelsea Frei and Ramona Young will all star in the series alongside previously announced cast members Domhnall Gleeson and Sabrina Impacciatore.

The new castings were first reported by the Palisadian-Post in Pacific Palisades, CA, as the actors were shadowing reporters at the publication in preparation for their roles.

As has been previously reported, the show is not a reboot or spinoff of “The Office,” but rather a new mockumentary show with a new cast set in the same universe. It is rumored to be currently titled “The Paper” but no official title has been announced. The official logline states:

“The documentary crew that immortalized Dunder Mifflin’s Scranton branch is in search of a new subject when they discover a dying historic Midwestern newspaper and the publisher trying to revive it with volunteer reporters.

Peacock continues to staff up its new Office. Melvin Gregg, Chelsea Frei and Ramona Young have been cast in Peacock’s upcoming Untitled Greg Daniels/Michael Koman mockumentary which is set in the same universe as Daniels’ NBC hit The Office.

The trio join previously cast Domhnall Gleeson and Sabrina Impacciatore.

In the Office followup, created and executive produced by Daniels and Koman, the documentary crew that immortalized Dunder Mifflin’s Scranton branch is in search of a new subject when they discover a dying historic Midwestern newspaper and the publisher trying to revive it with volunteer reporters.

As part of their research for the roles, Gregg, Frei and Young recently shadowed staffers at the Palisadian-Post, a 96-year-old bi-weekly local newspaper serving Los Angeles’ Pacific Palisades area which announced the trio’s castings in a story about their visit.

For over 100 years the Buav has been campaigning peacefully to create a world where nobody wants or believes we need to experiment on animals.

The Buav is widely respected as an authority on animal testing issues and is frequently called upon by governments, media, corporations and official bodies for its advice or expert opinion.

They work lawfully and professionally, building relationships with MPs, MEPs, business leaders and other decision-makers. They also analyse legislation and sit on decision-making panels around the globe to act as the voice for animals in laboratories.

Their dedicated London-based team coordinates an international network of scientists, lawyers, campaigners, investigators, researchers, political lobbyists and supporters.

They do not receive any government funding or lottery money, and rely completely on the generosity of their supporters.

Celebrity supporters

British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection has 22 known supporters, including Ricky Gervais, Joanna Lumley, and Brian May

Areas of work...