No, Steve Carell won't appear in 'The Office' reunion finale

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As fans gear up for the NBC comedy's final bow May 16, there's still speculation that the show's former star, Steve Carell, would put in an appearance for a reunion scene during the finale -- though Carell and exec producer Greg Daniels denied the rumors back in January.

In a story about the filming of the final episode, the New York Times' Bill Carter wrote that most of the series' biggest characters were onstage to film the reunion, "minus the biggest one, Steve Carell’s Michael Scott."

And Cast member Craig Robinson recently told IGN Monday that a Michael Scott cameo wasn't in the cards.

According to Screen Crush's Kevin Fitzpatrick, who's still holding out hope for Scott's reappearance, returning cast members will include Mindy Kaling, B.J. Novak, Rachael Harris, Dakota Johnson, Joan Cusack and Ed Begley Jr.