<p>Years after the popular British sitcom 'The Office' bid adieu to the world, the cult show is getting an Arabic makeover. In the latest development, BBC Studios has been said to be teaming up with Dubai based MBC Studios for its first Arabic language adaptation of the show.</p>

<p>The Arabic remake of the BAFTA and Golden Globe award-winning comedy series is titled 'Al Maktab' and will entirely be shot in Saudi Arabia.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Italy's Alessandro Martella has been roped in as the director of photography, while Egypt's Hisham Fathi will direct the Arabic version.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The shoot of MBC Studios will go on the floor from June, wherein it is said that the BBC Studios International team will be giving input during the shoot.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>BBC has licenced the series format to MBC Studios, based in Dubai.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The makers are planning for an initial 20 episode show that will go on air on MBC's linear TV channels, and later, at the end of this year, the show will stream on its Shahid VIP streaming platform.</p>

<p>A spokesperson for BBC Studios said that though the way of working in the office in 2022 is different, the resemblance with the familiar characters as they explore moments of trivial rivalries, friendliness, and hilarity, and a boss who at times becomes the joke, still resonates today.</p>

<p>He believes that the audiences in the Middle East and the Gulf will show the same kind of love for the Arabic version as the David Brent original received in the U.K.</p>

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<p>General Manager of MBC Studios, KSA believes that the show will undoubtedly go down in history. Featuring a great cast from Saudi Arabia and other regions, Al Maktab will showcase the stories of the odd bunch of coworkers and their boss that has been recreated for the Middle East and the Gulf viewers for the first time.</p>

<p>The original, titled "The Office", which aired in the United Kingdom nearly 20 years ago, was written and directed by Ricky Geravis and Stephen Merchant.</p>

<p>Following the United States, Canada, Chile, France, India, and, most recently, Poland, MBC and the BBC Studios have reached an agreement for the twelfth international adaptation of 'The Office'&nbsp;format.<br />
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Years after the popular British sitcom 'The Office' bid adieu to the world, the cult show is getting an Arabic makeover. In the latest development, BBC Studios has been said to be teaming up with Dubai based MBC Studios for its first Arabic language adaptation of the show.

Years after the popular British sitcom 'The Office' bid adieu to the world, the cult show is getting an Arabic makeover. In the latest development, BBC Studios has been said to be teaming up with Dubai based MBC Studios for its first Arabic language adaptation of the show. The Arabic remake of the BAFTA and Golden Globe award-winning comedy series is titled 'Al Maktab' and will entirely be shot in Saudi Arabia. Italy's Alessandro Martella has been roped in as the director of photography, while Egypt's Hisham Fathi will direct the Arabic version. The shoot of MBC Studios will go on the floor from June, wherein it is said that the BBC Studios International team will be giving input during the shoot. Also Read: Rapper Master P mourns the loss of his daughter Tytyana Miller BBC has licenced the series format to MBC Studios, based in Dubai. The makers are planning for an initial 20 episode show that will go on air on MBC's linear TV channels, and later, at the end of this year, the show will stream on its Shahid VIP streaming platform. A spokesperson for BBC Studios said that though the way of working in the office in 2022 is different, the resemblance with the familiar characters as they explore moments of trivial rivalries, friendliness, and hilarity, and a boss who at times becomes the joke, still resonates today. He believes that the audiences in the Middle East and the Gulf will show the same kind of love for the Arabic version as the David Brent original received in the U.K. Also Read: 'Brahmastra Part One: Shiva' teaser gives a glimpse of key characters, trailer to release on this date General Manager of MBC Studios, KSA believes that the show will undoubtedly go down in history. Featuring a great cast from Saudi Arabia and other regions, Al Maktab will showcase the stories of the odd bunch of coworkers and their boss that has been recreated for the Middle East and the Gulf viewers for the first time. The original, titled "The Office", which aired in the United Kingdom nearly 20 years ago, was written and directed by Ricky Geravis and Stephen Merchant. Following the United States, Canada, Chile, France, India, and, most recently, Poland, MBC and the BBC Studios have reached an agreement for the twelfth international adaptation of 'The Office' format.

Classic British comedy sitcom 'The Office' gets its first Arabic remake

<p>Jennifer Garner has done the most relatable thing -- she cried as she watched the ending of the hit show ‘The Office’. Sharing a video with her fans and followers, the Hollywood actress was seen finishing up The Office and ending up in tears.&nbsp;</p>

<p>She captioned her post: "My kids and I have spent months piled on the couch working our way through 'How to Behave as Grownups', aka #TheOffice. Apparently we are sensitive people—the finale hit us pretty hard. When I realized I'd accidentally shot my farewell testimonial in slo-mo I realized: your Monday might need this, too."</p>

<p>In her video, the actress was spotted wearing a Dunder Mifflin shirt, which she used to wipe away her tears.</p>

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<p style=" margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CESj6tJjs2u/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_blank">My kids and I have spent months piled on the couch working our way through “How to Behave as Grownups” 🙅🏻‍♀️, aka #TheOffice. Apparently we are sensitive people—the finale hit us pretty hard. When I realized I’d accidentally shot my farewell testimonial in slo-mo I realized: your Monday might need this, too. 🙈👵🏼😬♥️♥️♥️ #thankyoucastandcrew #pleasecomeoverweloveyou #icantwithfinales</a></p>

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<p>"You'll never guess what show my kids and I have watched an episode a day of throughout quarantine...," Jennifer began her voice-over. "Guess what? We finished it and I guess that it gave me some really great feelings."</p>

<p>She then made fun of herself for breaking down like this and before wrapping the video said that everyone must watch the show if they haven’t already and called it “wonderful”.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>Soon after the video made it to Instagram, ‘The Office’ actress Jenna Fischer who plays Pam Beesly on the show wrote, "Oh Lady!! This is the sweetest and most wonderful post. Sending you lots of love and if you want to start over @angelakinsey and I are re-watching for the podcast. We are in the middle of Season 3 and have major feelings about lots of moments."</p>

<p>Actress Kimberly Williams-Paisley replied, "Oh my LORD this is the best thing EVER. Thank you."&nbsp;</p>

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Jennifer Garner has done the most relatable thing -- she cried as she watched the ending of the hit show ‘The Office’. Sharing a video with her fans and followers, the Hollywood actress was seen finishing up The Office and ending up in tears.

Jennifer Garner has done the most relatable thing -- she cried as she watched the ending of the hit show ‘The Office’. Sharing a video with her fans and followers, the Hollywood actress was seen finishing up The Office and ending up in tears. She captioned her post: "My kids and I have spent months piled on the couch working our way through 'How to Behave as Grownups', aka #TheOffice. Apparently we are sensitive people—the finale hit us pretty hard. When I realized I'd accidentally shot my farewell testimonial in slo-mo I realized: your Monday might need this, too." In her video, the actress was spotted wearing a Dunder Mifflin shirt, which she used to wipe away her tears. View this post on Instagram My kids and I have spent months piled on the couch working our way through “How to Behave as Grownups” 🙅🏻‍♀️, aka #TheOffice. Apparently we are sensitive people—the finale hit us pretty hard. When I realized I’d accidentally shot my farewell testimonial in slo-mo I realized: your Monday might need this, too. 🙈👵🏼😬♥️♥️♥️ #thankyoucastandcrew #pleasecomeoverweloveyou #icantwithfinales A post shared by Jennifer Garner (@jennifer.garner) on Aug 24, 2020 at 4:12pm PDT × "You'll never guess what show my kids and I have watched an episode a day of throughout quarantine...," Jennifer began her voice-over. "Guess what? We finished it and I guess that it gave me some really great feelings." She then made fun of herself for breaking down like this and before wrapping the video said that everyone must watch the show if they haven’t already and called it “wonderful”. John Krasinski, Steve Carell reunite as 'The Office' completes 15 years Soon after the video made it to Instagram, ‘The Office’ actress Jenna Fischer who plays Pam Beesly on the show wrote, "Oh Lady!! This is the sweetest and most wonderful post. Sending you lots of love and if you want to start over @angelakinsey and I are re-watching for the podcast. We are in the middle of Season 3 and have major feelings about lots of moments." Actress Kimberly Williams-Paisley replied, "Oh my LORD this is the best thing EVER. Thank you." 'The Office', 'Scrubs' and other popular shows pull down episodes over racist content 'The Office' blackface scene edited out from the series

Jennifer Garner sobs as she finishes binge-watching hit sitcom 'The Office'

<p>Can Hollywood couple John Krasinski and Emily Blunt get any cuter?</p>

<p>For the unversed, John Krasinski every Sunday, has been hosting a YouTube show he calls Some Good News. In this episode, John brought ‘The Office’ cast for a special segment in which he wed two people who got engaged Jim and Pam’s way. Jim was John’s character’s name in the hit show ‘The Office’.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The episode started with John’s wife and actress Emily Blunt starting the show while imitating John to which he opposed and got on his seat. But what takes the cake is a full-blown wedding that John arranges and gets ‘The Office’ cast for celebration -- from Steve Carell to Jenna Fischer to Mindy Kaling and others.</p>

<p>Watch it here:</p>

<p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="396" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NDjNX3nEfYo" width="704"></iframe></p>

<p>A couple named Susan and John got married virtually with both sets of parents in attendance as John Krasinski arranged for it. He also got Jenna Fischer as the girl’s maid of honour and himself became the best man.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The cast of ‘The Office’ then showed up to dance to Forever by Chris Brown.</p>

<p>There was also a performance from country singer Zac Brown who performed a specially written for the occasion.&nbsp;</p>


Can Hollywood couple John Krasinski and Emily Blunt get any cuter? For the unversed, John Krasinski every Sunday, has been hosting a YouTube show he calls Some Good News.

Can Hollywood couple John Krasinski and Emily Blunt get any cuter? For the unversed, John Krasinski every Sunday, has been hosting a YouTube show he calls Some Good News. In this episode, John brought ‘The Office’ cast for a special segment in which he wed two people who got engaged Jim and Pam’s way. Jim was John’s character’s name in the hit show ‘The Office’. The episode started with John’s wife and actress Emily Blunt starting the show while imitating John to which he opposed and got on his seat. But what takes the cake is a full-blown wedding that John arranges and gets ‘The Office’ cast for celebration -- from Steve Carell to Jenna Fischer to Mindy Kaling and others. Watch it here: A couple named Susan and John got married virtually with both sets of parents in attendance as John Krasinski arranged for it. He also got Jenna Fischer as the girl’s maid of honour and himself became the best man. The cast of ‘The Office’ then showed up to dance to Forever by Chris Brown. There was also a performance from country singer Zac Brown who performed a specially written for the occasion.

John Krasinski brings together 'The Office' cast for a Zoom wedding; watch here

<p>Comcast Corp`s NBCUniversal will pull popular workplace comedy 'The Office'&nbsp;from Netflix Inc in the United States in 2021 and make the show available on its own streaming service, the company said on Tuesday.<br />
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'The Office'&nbsp;is the No. 1 series on subscription video-on-demand services such as Netflix when measured by the number of minutes streamed, according to a statement from NBCU. The show was streamed for more than 52 billion minutes in 2018, twice as many as the next-viewed programme, NBCU said.<br />
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Netflix has not publicly released viewership data for 'The Office,'&nbsp;which ran for nine seasons on the NBC broadcast network from 2005 to 2013 and generated 200 episodes. The show was an American remake of a British comedy and starred Steve Carell, Jenna Fischer, John Krasinski and others.<br />
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NBCU is following other media companies such as Disney that have decided to stop licensing programming to Netflix in order to build competing digital services of their own.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The new streaming service from NBCU is set to launch in 2020 with a library of film and TV franchises plus original content. Unlike Netflix, the NBCU service will include advertising.<br />
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"We`re sad that NBC has decided to take `The Office` back for its own streaming platform," a Netflix spokesman said, "but members can binge watch the show to their hearts content, ad-free, on Netflix until January 2021, plus the many other great TV series we`ve got coming."&nbsp;</p>


Comcast Corp`s NBCUniversal will pull popular workplace comedy 'The Office' from Netflix Inc in the United States in 2021 and make the show available on its own streaming service, the company said on Tuesday.

Comcast Corp`s NBCUniversal will pull popular workplace comedy 'The Office' from Netflix Inc in the United States in 2021 and make the show available on its own streaming service, the company said on Tuesday. 'The Office' is the No. 1 series on subscription video-on-demand services such as Netflix when measured by the number of minutes streamed, according to a statement from NBCU. The show was streamed for more than 52 billion minutes in 2018, twice as many as the next-viewed programme, NBCU said. Netflix has not publicly released viewership data for 'The Office,' which ran for nine seasons on the NBC broadcast network from 2005 to 2013 and generated 200 episodes. The show was an American remake of a British comedy and starred Steve Carell, Jenna Fischer, John Krasinski and others. NBCU is following other media companies such as Disney that have decided to stop licensing programming to Netflix in order to build competing digital services of their own. The new streaming service from NBCU is set to launch in 2020 with a library of film and TV franchises plus original content. Unlike Netflix, the NBCU service will include advertising. "We`re sad that NBC has decided to take `The Office` back for its own streaming platform," a Netflix spokesman said, "but members can binge watch the show to their hearts content, ad-free, on Netflix until January 2021, plus the many other great TV series we`ve got coming."

'The Office' to leave Netflix in 2021, head to NBCU streaming service