The premiere of “Minions: The Origin of Gru”, one of Universal Pictures’ bets for this summer, is already around the corner and hits theaters on July 1st. The new chapter of the “Minions” saga is set before the events of “Despicable Me”, where the funny yellow creatures meet a Gru eager to show the world his evil. Since the premiere of that first film in 2010, Steve Carell (“The Vice of Power”, “Little Miss Sunshine”) has been putting Gru’s voice in English, which makes him even more curious. the new promo in which “The Minions” merges with “The Office” to parody their legendary introductionwhereas the actor played the eccentric Michael Scott.
The American version of the British series ‘The Office’ has earned a place among turn-of-the-century sitcoms, to the point of being imitated and parodied on many occasions. This time around, the Minions have put themselves in the shoes of Dwight Schrute (Rainn Wilson), Jim Halpert (John Krasinski) or Pam Beesly (Jenna Fischer) to create an office located in Scranton that we know very well. The curious thing is that Steve Carell “returns” to the branch that put him on everyone’s lips, but this time as Gru. As he did in the series, Carell commands a large group of dubiously intelligent workers with many jokes and little professionalism. Also on the stickers of the material can be read ‘Dunder Minion’ instead of the name of the legendary company, ‘Dunder Mifflin’.
The merger was possible, in fact, because both the film and the series belong to Universal, which allowed them to create this fun crossover. The resulting video was published by the official Twitter account of ‘The Office’, going viral in a few hours and reaching more than 120,000 likes, demonstrating that, even today, ‘The Office’ continues to be one of the most loved series by the public. .
A possible reboot?
As we said, ‘The Office’ is currently one of the most viewed series on Netflix or Amazon Prime video, platforms where it is available. Faced with such success, series creator Greg Daniels has already considered a possible reboot on more than one occasion. However, something as sacred as the NBC series could disappoint fans if it were restarted. “We were able to shut it down the way we wanted. We weren’t interrupted or anything like that. So, in that sense, it’s a complete work of art.”.
Source: E Cartelera
