NBC is planting the seeds for a spin-off of
The Office centered on
Dwight Schrute (
Rainn Wilson) and the Schrute family beet farm,
Deadline reports.
The series, which would tentatively launch in early 2013, would follow Dwight's life outside of
Dunder Mifflin at his family's beet farm and bed and breakfast. The beet farm has been featured in several episodes stemming back to Season 2, with
The Office and
Parks and Recreation executive producer Mike Schur playing the role of Dwight's business partner and oddball cousin Mose.
The potential spin-off will be introduced later this season in an
Office episode set at
Schrute Farms.
Wilson and his co-star/series
executive producer Paul Lieberstein would executive-produce the new show with fellow
Office executive producer (and former NBC Entertainment Chief)
Ben Silverman, who has been helping develop the spin-off.
Greg Daniels, who first adapted
The Office for the U.S., is not involved.
News of the potential spin-off comes at a time when the flagship series is still in a transitional period. After longtime star
Steve Carell left last April, some viewers (and the character Dwight himself) have not
