‘The Office’ Is Getting a Mexican Remake
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The popular sitcom The Office is getting a Mexican remake. Prime Video, Amazon MGM Studios, and Gary “Gaz” Alazraki’s Máquina Vega are behind the new show. Alazraki is known for producing and directing hits like Nosotros los Nobles and Club de Cuervos and for helming the Hispanic remake of Father of the Bride. He will serve as director and executive producer.
Marcos Bucay will be the showrunner of the new adaptation, titled La Oficina. The show is set to be available exclusively on Prime Video in Latin America, Brazil, and Spain.
The BBC Studios show has been adapted before, most popularly in the US with Steve Carell and John Krasinski. This would be the second Spanish-language version, after Chile’s “La Ofis.” The Mexican version will be set in the Mexican state of Aguascalientes, with the main character Jerónimo Ponce III, as the regional manager of the family business Jabones Olimpo (Olimpo Soaps). And if there’s anything we learned from the UK’s David Brent and the US’s Michael Scott, he’s gong to be just as incompetent.
“It’s really exciting to do our own version of one of the most successful comedies of all time. The Mexican office worker subculture is one of the richest and most surreal in the world, and with Marcos Bucay and Gaz Alazraki, the two most successful comedy creators in the country, we know we have something unique that will surpass all expectations and leave fans of previous versions speechless,” said Alonso Aguilar, head of Mexico Originals at Amazon Studios.
“I’ve wanted to adapt ‘The Office’ since I bought the Ricky Gervais DVDs in 2003. Everything about the humor and the format makes me consider it the bravest comedy I’ve ever seen,” said Alazraki. “I thank Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant for trusting us with their baby and there is no better partner than Prime Video to try to make all of Mexico laugh about the work experience in our country,” he added.
With the news out, fans have already started their own fan casts.