It's time for more Office spin-off news. Dwight Schrute, normally known as Rainn Wilson, could be getting his own show in 2013.
According to Deadline, a potential midseason pilot is in the works. Wilson has been working with producer/showrunner Paul Lieberstein on the new project which would see the character in a non Office setting.
The new show would take place on the Schrute family beet farm and bed & breakfast. The Office will use an episode of the series to introduce the spinoff. The center of the show is showing a family farm and the family trying to stay together through their rather comedic difficulties.
An Office spinoff has been attempted before in 2007, but that project ultimately was refocused into creating Parks & Recreation with Amy Poehler. The idea for the show has been in the works for a while, “Paul and Rainn have been joking for years about Dwight’s life on the farm, his family and how ill-suited he is to run a B&B.”
If The Office is picked up for a ninth season, Wilson will likely return to his role as Dwight until the midseason when he would break off to do the new show. Dwight has been looking at other options to Scranton in the most recent season. In one episode he interviewed with Robert California in Tallahassee.
