Rainn Wilson

According to a report from Deadline.com , Dwight Schrute and his short sleeved dress shirts may be headed for their own series! Rainn Wilson , who has played the brown-nosing Assistant to the Regional Manager/beet farm owner on The Office since 2005, has reportedly developed a spin-off show that could have a potential midseason 2013 launch. Office executive producer and showrunner Paul Lieberstein (who also played HR sad sack Toby on the comedy) is also involved in the development of the...Read Full Story

Monday, 30 January 2012 10:13 Tidbits - Tidbits ← Ferris Bueller-Inspired Super Bowl Ad Debuts   Joe Carnahan to reboot Death Wish → 'It's just an idea,' writer and co-star B.J. Novak tells MTV News at the SAG Awards. By Jocelyn Vena, with reporting by Kara Warner Rainn Wilson as Dwight in "The Office" Photo: NBC When Steve Carell's Michael Scott left "The Office" last spring, no one really...Read Full Story

People have been joking about a Dwight-centric Office spin-off ever since the socially inept, but oddly-lovable, salesman (played by Rainn Wilson) broke on to the TV scene during Season 1 of the hit NBC comedy. Now, the jokes could become reality. According to Deadline Hollywood, NBC is developing a potential Dwight spin-off. The show is envisioned as a "family comedy," taking Dwight out from behind the desk and throwing him back onto his family farm/bed and breakfast. The show would "include...Read Full Story

NBC considering launching an ‘Office’ spin-off focused on Rainn Wilson’s Dwight Schrute character. By Gil Kaufman Rainn Wilson as Dwight in “The Office” Photo: NBC Up until now, we’ve gotten just an occasional glimpse at the bizarre happenings at the Schrute family beet farm. But if NBC has its way, we may be seeing a lot more of agritourism hotel owner and Assistant to the Regional Manager at Dunder Mifflin Dwight Schrute. According to The Hollywood Reporter an unnamed source at NBC...Read Full Story

What is going on? What are you doing?! NBC is giving Dwight Schrute his own spin-off from The Office in 2013. Ok, no, we’re actually really excited about this, we just wanted to use those quotes. And this one. Bears, beets, and  Battlestar Galactica . Although no deals have been closed yet, Deadline is reporting that Dwight will get his own spinoff starring Rainn Wilson for a possible midseason 2013 launch. They describe the show as “a family comedy, which was the brainchild of Wilson and...Read Full Story