The long-gestating Community movie remains on the backburner as its stars’ schedules clash. However, star Joel McHale offers a positive progress report on the upcoming feature-length adaptation of the hit sitcom while hilariously revealing a spoiler.
Speaking on Jesse Tyler Ferguson’s Dinner’s On Me podcast, McHale addressed the status of the Community movie and what’s holding up production after the film was announced in 2022. McHale insisted that everyone involved with the film remains committed to making it work, with Dan Harmon’s script for the project long completed. However, McHale reiterated that scheduling conflicts remain at the heart of the movie’s production delays.
Related
12 Years Ago, 1 Major Seinfeld Star Had a Cameo Role in The Most Underrated Community Episode (& Most Fans Forgot)
Community is famous for its humor and cameos, but one of the show’s best and most forgotten cameos came from a beloved Seinfeld actor.
“So that is a, that’s when everyone’s like, is that going to happen? I was like, well, we got the money, which is one of the harder things to do. Yeah. And everyone’s in, so that’s the other. It’s really coming down to schedules and a script was written. So all that is real,” he said. “And I know that we’ve been talking about it for literally years, but it’s, it will happen and there’s just, you know, it’s just getting those schedules together.“
We got the money, which is one of the harder things to do.
McHale, who portrayed disbarred lawyer turned study group leader Jeff Winger in Community, confirmed he has read the script and likes what he sees, though he wouldn’t divulge details. However, McHale jokingly offered a spoiler, claiming “everybody dies” by the end.
Related
Greta Gerwig’s Narnia Reboot Eyes James Bond Actor Daniel Craig
The former 007 might be heading to Narnia.
The scheduling issue has been posited as the hold-up for the Community movie for a long time, with star Donald Glover taking much of the heat given his various movie/TV commitments and music projects under his Childish Gambino moniker. Aside from everyone getting free time to make the Community film, everything else is in place, from the screenplay to the financing, after the project received a tax credit from the California Film Commission and money from Peacock.
McHale and Glover (Troy Barnes) are expected to feature in the Community film, which sees most of the sitcom’s cast return for the feature-length follow-up. Other key members of the show’s cast will appear, including Alison Brie (Annie Edison), Danny Pudi (Abed Nadir), Gillian Jacobs (Britta Perry), Yvette Nicole Brown (Shirley Bennett) and Jim Rash (Craig Pelton). One notable absentee from the movie is Chevy Chase, who won’t return as the detestable Pierce Hawthorne following his controversial departure from the series and his various critiques.
During its six-season run, Community became a beloved and acclaimed sitcom, chronicling the events of Winger and his fellow study group members at Greendale Community College. Glover teased some of the script, stating the film will showcase a group reunion while hinting that Abed has become a big-shot director.
Fans can stream the Community series via Peacock or on Tubi.
Source: Dinner’s On Me
Community
- Release Date
-
2009 – 2014
- Network
-
NBC, Yahoo! Screen
- Showrunner
-
Dan Harmon
- Directors
-
Tristram Shapeero, Joe Russo, Anthony Russo, Rob Schrab, Jay Chandrasekhar, Adam Davidson, Justin Lin, Steven K. Tsuchida, Kyle Newacheck, Victor Nelli Jr., Nat Faxon, Michael Patrick Jann, Anthony Hemingway, Ken Whittingham, Steven Sprung, Tricia Brock, Jeff Melman, Gail Mancuso, Duke Johnson, Fred Goss, Bobcat Goldthwait, Richard Ayoade, Seth Gordon, Beth McCarthy-Miller
- Writers
-
Chris McKenna, Hilary Winston, Andrew Guest, Tim Hobert, Karey Dornetto, Stephen Basilone, Emily Cutler, Annie Mebane, Alex Rubens, Tim Saccardo, Paul Isakson, David Seger, Maggie Bandur, Monica Padrick, Matt Murray, Liz Cackowski, Lauren Pomerantz, Dan Guterman, Matt Roller, Ryan Ridley, Carol Kolb, Jon Pollack, Dino Stamatopoulos, Donald Diego
Images are for reference only.Images and contents gathered automatic from google or 3rd party sources.All rights on the images and contents are with their legal original owners.