Fans of the hit television series The Office know that there have been plenty of upheavals at the Dunder-Mifflin Paper Company over the past few years. Now star Steve Carell says the biggest shake up may be just around the corner.

Carell, who plays notoriously inefficient office manager Michael Scott on the NBC sitcom, has quietly let slip that he intends to leave the show after his contract wraps at the end of the next TV season. And by “quietly” we mean he told the press.

Talking to the BBC to promote the British release of his and Tina Fey’s rom-com Date Night, Carell was asked if he intends to stay with the show past its seventh season. “I don’t think so,” Officetally.com quotes him as saying. “I think that will probably be my last year.”

Speculation is already rampant that Carell’s flourishing film career is the reason behind his planned departure. After a star-making turn in Anchorman, Carell followed up with a successful string of lead roles in feature films, including The 40 Year Old Virgin, Little Miss Sunshine, Dan in Real Life and, of course, the recent hit Date Night. With such big screen success, Carell could be looking to escape the grind of TV production for the greener fields of movie stardom.

Fans of the funnyman can look forward to his next appearance on the big screen in Dinner for Schmucks, co-starring Paul Rudd, opening nationwide this July.