 Script adaptation was given to Ian Lauzon and Jean-Philippe Granger was made screenwriter.Like the American "Office", improv veterans were called to fill the shoes of some of the original actors.The role of the David Brent boss was entrusted to Antoine Vézina, a performer of the reputed Ligue nationale d'improvisation (LNI), a Quebec-born concept of improvisational theatre and international improv team competition (Quebec, France, Belgium, Switzerland and Italy).