The Office becomes a quirky Wes Anderson adventure in a stylish AI video. First airing in 2005 on NBC, the American version of The Office would go on to become one of the most popular sitcoms of all time. The show, which aired its finale in 2013, followed the daily work lives of the employees at Dunder Mifflin under the leadership of eccentric boss Michael Scott (Steve Carell)
As reports continue to emerge regarding a revival of The Office being in the works, Acknowledge A.I. on X, formerly known as Twitter, has shared a video imagining what the show would look like if Anderson had made it. Check out the video below:
The AI creation recasts all of the show’s main characters with Anderson’s frequent collaborators, which includes Jeff Goldblum, Jason Schwartzman, and Adrian Brody, though Carell notably remains onboard as Scott.
Would Wes Anderson’s Version Of The Office Work?
Most of the movies in Anderson’s filmography have elements of humor, with most of the jokes rooted in a particular kind of stilted dialogue combined with physical comedy. The Office, on the other hand, features much more naturalistic dialogue, and the show sets itself apart from its contemporaries due to its particular brand of awkward, cringe-style comedy. Plus, the show is shot as a mockumentary, something that Anderson has never embraced.
Tonally, then, and in terms of humor, an Anderson version of The Office would probably be quite a departure. But there are certainly reasons to think his version of the show could also be a resounding success. The Office‘s cast is considered one of its greatest strengths, and the same can be said for Anderson’s films. The filmmaker always manages to assemble the biggest stars in Hollywood for each of his movies, and it would certainly be interesting to see how he tackled a workplace ensemble comedy.
Visually, too, Anderson’s version of The Office would be a major win. While the gray, drab interior of Dunder Mifflin is a core part of the show’s identity and core themes, Anderson movies, including The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Darjeeling Limited, and The French Dispatch, among others, feature remarkable feats of production design. It would certainly be refreshing to see Anderson’s visual style as the backdrop for a reimagining of The Office, but such a project is unlikely to ever actually happen.
The Office
The Office is the U.S. remake of the British comedy mockumentary series of the same name. The show follows the misadventures of a Dunder Mifflin Paper Company branch in Scranton, Pennsylvania, led by their unconventional and clueless boss, Michael Scott. The series covers nine years of footage as they find themselves recorded through their work days and off times.
- Release Date
- March 24, 2005
- Cast
- Mindy Kaling , Jenna Fischer , Kate Flannery , Ed Helms , Craig Robinson , Paul Lieberstein , Ellie Kemper , B.J. Novak , Angela Kinsey , Oscar Nunez , Rainn Wilson , Brian Baumgartner , Phyllis Smith , Leslie David Baker , Creed Bratton , Steve Carell , John Krasinski
- Genres
- Comedy , Drama , Sitcom
- Seasons
- 9
- Story By
- Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant
- Writers
- Mindy Kaling , Paul Lieberstein , Michael Schur , Ricky Gervais , Greg Daniels , B.J. Novak
- Network
- NBC
- Franchise(s)
- The Office
- Directors
- Greg Daniels , Paul Lieberstein , Paul Feig , Randall Einhorn , Ken Kwapis
- Showrunner
- Greg Daniels
