Joel McHale Says There's a Real Possibility of a COMMUNITY Movie Happening
Just a few days ago, we reported that Community actor Danny Pudi spoke about the rumors that a film continuation of the series was possibly in the works. The popular NBC show is now on Netflix and has been getting a lot of play in the current socially distant world. Pudi said the co-stars and creator of the show have been texting and talking recently about the possible movie, and while there isn’t anything set in stone, they would love for it to happen, and the writers would just need to settle on how the story would be handled.
Now, Joel McHale has also spoken out about the film! In a recent interview with ComicBook, McHale described what’s been going on lately, and why he thinks everything is moving in the direction of a Community film:
"Well, because I think people started getting calls from Sony about it. I didn't, which is disturbing, but I know Alison [Brie] tweeted out that she got an actual call from Sony. So that's really cool. And that's why I think it's even more real than ever, because if Sony's going get behind it and then it could happen. I don't know if we're going to get Donald [Glover] because he's the busiest person. He turned into one of the most famous people on the planet. If we could get him for an hour, that would be great. So I do think it's more real than it's ever been. For a long time, I was like 'There's not a chance.' Then all of a sudden, in the last few months I was like, 'Holy crap. There's a chance.'"
He went on to say:
“We always kind of joked about it. So there hasn't been a new text chain saying, 'Dude, are you in?' There has never been anything like that. We've always kind of joked about it. I think pretty much everyone is the game if it could actually come together. As you know, you can talk about a movie like this or something like that, but scripts have to be written, pandemics have to be lifted, schedules have to be cleared. There's a ton of moving parts. I'll say I'm definitely in it had if it happened, because I still count it as one of the coolest things I ever got to do. [Creator] Dan [Harmon] really came up with a humdinger of a show.”
So now we wait! At least they know the fans want it, and we know the key players and on board. And hopefully Donald Glover is able to carve out some time for it, because it wouldn’t be the same without him. Are you looking forward to this exciting possibility?