Did Dunder Mifflin Shut Down? How ‘The Paper’ Explains the Fate of ‘The Office’ Business

Sep 4, 2025 4:00pm PT Did Dunder Mifflin Shut Down? How The Paper Explains the Fate of The Office Business By Michael Schneider Plus Icon Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large franklinavenue Latest Did Dunder Mifflin Shut Down? How The Paper Explains the Fate of The Office Business Humanitas Reveals Starz TakeTheLead Honoree, New Voices Fellows and College Screenwriting Award Winners (EXCLUSIVE) Greg Daniels Was Hesitant to Revisit The Office. But Then Came the Idea for The Paper Just Dont Call It a Reboot See All NBCCourtesy Everett Collection As the new Peacock series The Paper opens, we learn a few things about the fate of Dunder Mifflin the paper business at the heart of The Office. A sequel of sorts to The Office, The Paper opens with a few on screen notes: In 2005, a documentary crew started filming at a paper company in Scranton, Pennsylvania. They followed the workers in an average office, dealing with new rules of workplace behavior and the ups and downs of their personal lives. Twenty years later, they returned. Related Stories 'Hollow Knight: Silksong' Gets September Release Date After Seven Years in Development (Gaming News Roundup) Patrick Gibson to Star as James Bond in Video Game '007 First Light'; Gameplay Trailer, Release Date Revealed (Gaming News Roundup) What those documentarians found as they revisited the Scranton Business Park was Vance Refrigeration (the business next door to Dunder Mifflin, as fans of The Office remember well), as well as the businesses One and Done Laser, Rubens and Kavala. But apparently not in that building anymore: Dunder Mifflin. Popular on Variety Thats when the cameras meet up with Vance Refrigeration owner Bob Vance, played by Robert R. *Reporting by Variety.*