The cult classic sitcom Community is officially getting a movie, at long last. The series originally premiered on NBC in 2009, following an unlikely set of people forming a study group at Greendale Community College in Colorado. This included Joel McHale as disgraced lawyer Jeff Winger, Gillian Jacobs as adventurous high school dropout Britta Perry, Danny Pudi as pop culture geek Abed Nadir, Yvette Nicole Brown as divorced mom Shirley Bennett, Alison Brie as the type-A Annie Edison, Donald Glover as former football star Troy Barnes, and Chevy Chase as bored millionaire Pierce Hawthorne. The cast also included Ken Jeong as the wacky Spanish professor Señor Chang.Community had a troubled production history during its run, losing Chase after season 4, who was followed by Brown and Glover after season 5. At that point, NBC canceled the series, and it was picked up for one more season by Yahoo! Screen. After the series went off the air in 2015, fans more or less immediately began asking if there would be a movie follow-up to the series. Over the years, despite creator Dan Harmon's repeated assurances that a film was likely to happen, it failed to materialize until now.Per Deadline, a Community movie is now officially in the works. This news comes after McHale posted a Tweet that includes an image that simply reads "... AND A MOVIE." He also tagged his co-stars Jeong, Pudi, Brie, Brown, and Glover, along with Sony, the official Community account, and Peacock. Additionally, he tagged The Crown actress Gillian Anderson, presumably in a mistaken attempt to tag Jacobs. Check out his post below:
Everything We Know About The Community Movie
It is officially confirmed that the cast of the Community movie will include McHale, Pudi, Brie, Jacobs, and Jeong reprising their original roles along with Jim Rash as Dean Craig Pelton. Chase, who reportedly had creative conflicts with Harmon, will not be returning. Likewise, in spite of McHale's Tweet, it seems that neither Glover nor Brown will be reprising their roles at this time.
The Community film is being developed by Peacock, likely as a streaming exclusive. In the past, Peacock has featured day-and-date streaming releases for theatrical projects, a release strategy that will continue for this October's Halloween Ends. However, that is typically their process for external NBCUniversal films rather than their own originals, so a theatrical release for this new project seems unlikely.
Source: Deadline & Joel McHale