It’s becoming increasingly clear that this is not a drill. When asked about the possibility of a film adaptation in June, Community actor Joel McHale said he was “optimistic.” As if we hadn’t already heard it, another key actor repeated McHale’s sentiments. There’s been activity, and “the wheels are spinning,” according to Allison Brie (GLOW) on The Wrap podcast, which was broadcast earlier this week. There is good news for those who think that three is a charm.
There were many great things to say about the LEGO Star Wars Summer Vacation project when Emmy winner Yvette Nicole Brown was interviewed by Maggie Lovitt, but she acknowledged that logistics may be the toughest challenge: According to Allison [Brie], there have been several discussions between everyone. As we’ve said for years, it’s not that there is a lack of motivation. All of us want to do it, but we’ve all branched out and done so many other things, making it impossible. This is like how do you get Donald Glover [who portrayed Troy], Gillian Jacobs [Britta], and Danny Pudi [Abed] together at the same time again? That’s the biggest jigsaw puzzle I’ve ever seen, but there’s always a way to finish them all. So, I think that’s going to happen, I don’t know when, but there are ongoing discussions about it.”
It’s no secret to fans of Community that the show’s tagline has always been #SixSeasonsAndAMovie. According to one of the show’s characters, Abed (Danny Pudi), a popular and critically-acclaimed series prefer to have this number of seasons as well as an accompanying movie to provide exceptional fan service at the conclusion of the run. When it launched on NBC in 2009, Dan Harmon (Rick and Mortyprogram, )’s Community, rapidly became a cult favourite for its abundance of movie and TV show allusions as well as meta-humour. Even yet, the series was constantly in jeopardy of being axed, and that day came after Season 5. For a brief period of time, Yahoo! Screen resurrected it (but not a movie).
Despite the excitement of the former Community cast members, no formal announcement has been made about the film.