It has taken years of pleas, prayers, promises and truncated dreams, but about a month ago we were able to celebrate once and for all that that thing about “Six seasons and a movie” was going to become a reality. It’s hard to believe, but the ‘Community’ movie is already underway and going to materialize, and it seems that the excitement of the fandom is on a par with that of the team involved in the project.
Free family of “assholes”
The last to do so was Joel McHalethe actor and comedian who gave life to Jeff Winger in the original series and who will repeat the role in the brand new production for the American streaming platform peacock. During an interview with the medium TheWrap within the framework of the Saturn Awards, in which he was the presenter, McHale has promised that the ‘Community’ movie will be especially emotional.
“I’m going to look a lot older. I’m not kidding, you know I’m sarcastic about anything fucking but there are going to be tears. We did the script reading during the pandemic and I cried like a baby after we finished, and I’m not kidding.” .
But, what is this extra sensitivity due to? The actor has drawn parallels between the film and a family meeting. One in which, specifically, there are no “assholes”.
Everybody thinks what I’m saying is a joke, but it’s like being with… it’s like a family reunion without assholes. Because, you know, you go to your family and you’re like, ‘Ugh, there’s my cousin. Stinks’. So, we can’t… I can’t wait. It is all I can say”.
It may be that this statement does not have a double meaning and is limited to exemplifying the union between the cast and those responsible or that, reading between the lines —and with a bit of a bad idea— it alludes to the absence of a Chevy Chase who was fired from the series due to his behavior and who is not expected in this reunion either.
Be that as it may, the ‘Community’ film, which will feature Joel McHale, Danny Pudi, Alison Brie, Gillian Jacobs, Jim Rash, and Ken Jeong — Yvette Nicole Brown and Donald Glover are still up in the air — it’s coming sooner rather than later, and that’s all that, seven years after the series finale, should matter. Praise Dan Harmon.