COMMUNITY Star Danny Pudi Thinks It's Still Possible For a Movie To Happen
Six Seasons and a Movie! We’ve been hearing that for years. It’s the mantra for every fan of the hit NBC series Community. The show actually got the six seasons that it was gunning for, so now we’re all left waiting and wondering if the movie will ever happen. Well, star Danny Pudi believes that the movie could still happen.
Community had a resurgence of popularity when it popped up on Netflix and now it’s also on Hulu. It’s funny because I just started watching it again for the first time since the series ended and I’m reminded of how great of a show it actually is. I’ve had a new-found appreciation for it since I’ve been watching it again.
During a recent interview with CB, Pudi was asked what he thought the chances were that the movie would see the light of day and this is what he told them:
"Better today than it was yesterday. You know what? It's funny, because we've all been texting this week. I was talking to Gillian [Jacobs] yesterday, I was on Ken [Jeong] and Joel [McHale]'s podcast the other day, I texted with [director] Justin Lin recently about all this, because everyone's been re-watching it again.
"It's just fun to see that joy return. It's been a while, but so many of the people have gone on and have done amazing things since then. But we're all connected to this little world. We're all connected to Greendale, this little show that somehow managed to get six seasons done. I think it will always hold a special place in our hearts. I believe [the movie] will happen. I don't know when, but I believe it'll happen."
As for how this movie could come together, Pudi says it’s something with which they’ll obviously have a lot of things to figure out, saying:
"I think most of us have been thinking more and more fondly of it, especially as the days have gone by. I just think it would be so fun. We just have to figure out, what are we going to do? Is it going to be paintball? Is it going to be a giant blanket fort? Is it going to be, I don't know, a different space bus? Who knows? The show went to so many crazy places. I think the challenging part would be, how are we going to make this a movie now?"
Well, I would love to finally see Community get its movie and I know a lot of other fans of the show would want to see it happen as well. It’s nice to see that Pudi’s hopes for it happening are stronger now than they have been in the past.
What would you like to see from a Community movie? Do you think they could get together the full original main cast for it?