Steve Carell Gets Richer Deal for 'The Office'

Steve Carell is looking at a big raise when he returns to "The Office" in the fall.

Sources said the per-episode fee for the "Office" star will more than double next season to the neighborhood of $175,000.

He also is said to be looking at a flexible filming schedule with two hiatuses to accommodate his burgeoning feature film career.

The renegotiated terms of Carell's deal do not include adding years to the actor's original contract, sources said.

NBC and NBC Universal TV Studio, which produces "The Office" with Reveille, declined comment Wednesday.

Carell has seen his star rise in the past year, with his first starring feature, "The 40-Year-Old Virgin," becoming one of the biggest hits of the summer and "Office" taking off in the ratings this past season.

In January, Carell won a Golden Globe for his role as socially inept boss Michael Scott on the show.

NBC already has been accommodating to Carell's growing film commitments. The deal for the show's back-nine order this past season was done in a way that allowed the actor to begin shooting the feature "Evan Almighty" this spring, when most series are still in production, while also fulfilling his obligations to the NBC comedy.

Upon wrap of "Evan," Carell is set to segue to another feature, the Walt Disney Co.'s "Dan in Real Life."

He has at least four other films in different stages of development.

Carell's reps at Endeavor as well as manager Steve Sauer and attorneys Sam Fischer and Bryan Wolf declined comment.

Cynthia Littleton contributed to this report.


Nellie Andreeva and Cynthia Littleton write for The Hollywood Reporter.

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