THREAT LEVEL MIDNIGHT: Seven Great Lessons For Filmmakers (Seriously)

This year marks the tenth anniversary of Steve Carrell’s exit from the wildly popular (and perpetually streamed) sitcom, The Office. After seven seasons of good natured mayhem, Michael Scott was preparing to leave the Scranton, PA branch of Dunder Mifflin forever, but not before one final loose end was to be tied up; the premiere of his indie action masterpiece, “Threat Level Midnight”. First revealed as a B-plot in season two when the employees stumbled upon (and did an impromptu table read of) its script, TLM would continue to be mentioned and teased throughout the following seasons. At the request of Carrell himself, “Threat Level Midnight” was made a reality for the whole world to see. This is the story of super-agent Michael Scarn (Michael Scott), a man with a history of saving the All-Star games of various sports leagues from the evil Goldenface (Jim Halpert). But everything falls apart […]

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