Steve Carell’s The Office Reboot Cameo Is Way More Likely After 1 Crucial New Detail

A new detail about the plot of The Office’s upcoming reboot makes the possibility of a Michael Scott cameo by Steve Carell more probable. After plenty of speculation, it’s been confirmed that The Office’s reboot show is moving forward on Peacock, with the sitcom’s “spinoff” label being based around the same Dunder Mifflin documentary crew following new subjects. In the new show, which has yet to receive an official title, the documentary crew will follow “a dying historic Midwestern newspaper and the publisher trying to revive it with volunteers.” Clearly, these documentarians are curious about the paper world in today’s increasingly online world.

So far, the only new cast members revealed for The Office’s reboot are About Time’s Domhnall Gleeson and The White Lotus’ Sabrina Impacciatore. However, considering The Office and its new spinoff officially exist in the same TV universe, it can be expected that there will be some crossovers and Easter eggs related to the sitcom that ran from 2005 until 2013, with the potential for actors from the original series to reprise their roles. One of the most anticipated cameos in The Office’s spinoff would, of course, be Steve Carell as Michael Scott, which seems more attainable after new details about the reboot’s plot.

Michael Scott Is Way Closer To The Office’s Reboot Setting Than The Other Original Characters

Michael Scott’s move to Colorado makes the spinoff’s Midwest location better for a cameo

While a Michael Scott cameo may not have been as easy to make work if The Office’s spinoff was set back on the East Coast or moved to the West Coast, the show’s new Midwest location makes a Steve Carell cameo more feasible. When Steve Carell left The Office in season 7, the sitcom wrote out Michael Scott by having him move from Scranton, Pennsylvania to Boulder, Colorado. Though the exact location of The Office’s spinoff in the Midwest hasn’t been revealed, Michael Scott’s new home is much closer to the setting in this region of the United States than if it had remained back in the Northeast.

Boulder was where Michael and Holly were living with their children when Steve Carell cameoed in The Office’s series finale, suggesting the couple could still be there today. If so, it’s possible that Michael Scott could appear in an episode of The Office’s upcoming spinoff show by doing business with the newspaper. It’s unclear how large-scale the newspaper will be, but there are opportunities to have Michael Scott sell them paper, try to write an article as a volunteer, or even be the subject of a report by the new characters.

Steve Carell Appearing In The Office’s Reboot Could Solve 1 Lingering Michael Scott Mystery

Michael’s new job after Dunder Mifflin was never officially clarified

In addition to providing a great chance to see Steve Carell return to his iconic Michael Scott persona, a cameo The Office’s reboot could answer some lingering questions about the character. While a deleted scene from The Office hinted Michael’s job after leaving Dunder Mifflin would be with a company that makes movie tickets, it’s unclear if this career path panned out. Furthermore, with more than a decade having passed since The Office’s ending, it’s possible that Michael got a new job elsewhere or simply ended up retiring. With Michael’s career having been so crucial to The Office, an update on what line of work he went into after moving to Colorado would be a necessary reveal.