An abundance of movie franchises and TV shows are spinning off or rebooting with increasing frequency. So, it was only a matter of time before The Office resurrected itself for a new (U.S.-based) incarnation, too.

That development began to make headlines in January, which is when the Puck newsletter began to pass on speculation and then Deadline reported that series co-creator Greg Daniels had put together “a development room with his trusted writers” to plot the next step in this world. The plan, at the time, was apparently not to reboot the Dunder Mifflin cast and setting but to set a same-world story “in a new office with new characters,” so get ready for a whole new crop of faces.