# Cool cool cool...'Community: The Movie' appears to officially be in the works! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted, movies\ **Created:** [September 30, 2022, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-cool-cool-community-the-movie-appears-to-officially-be-in-the-works/972515 "2022-09-30T16:56:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-cool-cool-community-the-movie-appears-to-officially-be-in-the-works/972515/1 "2022-09-30T16:56:59Z")
It’s going to be a joint Sony / Universal / Peacock project, so Peacock will have streaming rights, with all of the original cast except for Donald Glover and Yvette Nicole Brown, who may or may not appear, and of course Chevy Chase, who they would probably not invite back even if they hadn’t killed his character off. And Dan Harmon as well-- no ‘Season 4’ style shenanigans. I don’t know plot-wise how you put together a group that originally met at a community college like 15 years ago, but the setting was an incidental part of what made the show great. Make it a reunion plot. Who cares! Not sure the cleverness and magic of the original can be captured, even with Harmon at the helm, but I’m one of those who even enjoyed the last couple seasons, so I’ll be watching. Looks like I will finally be breaking down and subscribing to Peacock. > **[And a movie: Peacock reveals Community film is officially in the works](https://www.avclub.com/community-movie-update-in-works-dan-harmon-1849601476)** > > Joel McHale, Danny Pudi, Alison Brie, Gillian Jacobs, Jim Rash, and Ken Jeong are all slated to make their return ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-cool-cool-community-the-movie-appears-to-officially-be-in-the-works/972515/2 "2022-09-30T17:06:38Z")
> [@solost](#): > > I don’t know plot-wise how you put together a group that originally met at a community college like 15 years ago, but the setting was an incidental part of what made the show great. The setting was increasingly silly even by the second season, so I am not too concerned. I’m sure they’ll come up with some dumb rationalization and we’ll move right past it. There better be a paintball sequence! ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-cool-cool-community-the-movie-appears-to-officially-be-in-the-works/972515/3 "2022-09-30T17:15:21Z")
> [@iamthewalrus\_3](#): > > There better be a paintball sequence! Oh yeah, you gotta know there will be. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-cool-cool-community-the-movie-appears-to-officially-be-in-the-works/972515/4 "2022-09-30T17:21:03Z")
There’s enough of the main cast that I’m looking forward to it. But I’d love it if Yvette and Donald could join. Especially Donald; when they lost the Troy/Abed bromance, there was really something missing in the show. ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-cool-cool-community-the-movie-appears-to-officially-be-in-the-works/972515/5 "2022-09-30T17:34:39Z")
Agreed. Troy and Abed in a mooo-vie! ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-cool-cool-community-the-movie-appears-to-officially-be-in-the-works/972515/6 "2022-09-30T17:44:32Z")
A college reunion seems like a reasonable basis for the plot; Jeff Winger may still be a professor at Greendale, and Dean Pelton could still be there. Perhaps Troy ended up as a rapper? Perhaps the whole movie is told through the lens of a camera operated by Abed? ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-cool-cool-community-the-movie-appears-to-officially-be-in-the-works/972515/7 "2022-09-30T17:47:11Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Perhaps Troy ended up as a rapper? Yeah, maybe he became an accomplished actor and a rapper with a ridiculous stage name-- go all meta with it. ---
**Author:** ![whitetho](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whitetho/32/1059_2.png) [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-cool-cool-community-the-movie-appears-to-officially-be-in-the-works/972515/8 "2022-09-30T17:55:30Z")
If the movie plot is Greendale opening a campus on Mars, then that is a sign that they stole my idea… ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-cool-cool-community-the-movie-appears-to-officially-be-in-the-works/972515/9 "2022-09-30T18:41:07Z")
Peacock? That’s really a good news/bad news. Well I can definitely subscribe for a month to watch a Community movie, hope it doesn’t have commercials. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-cool-cool-community-the-movie-appears-to-officially-be-in-the-works/972515/10 "2022-09-30T19:06:31Z")
SIX SEASONS AND A MOVIE! _happy dance_ ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2022, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-cool-cool-community-the-movie-appears-to-officially-be-in-the-works/972515/11 "2022-10-01T03:07:18Z")
> [@iamthewalrus\_3](#): > > There better be a paintball sequence! Ha, I opened this thread just to inform everyone that it’ll be two hours of paintball. With Abed doing color commentary as he’s filming it. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2022, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-cool-cool-community-the-movie-appears-to-officially-be-in-the-works/972515/12 "2022-10-01T03:29:37Z")
I watched all six seasons, meaning I sat through every minute of the Season That Never Should Have Been. So I’m their target audience. And I feel like a bullet is coming my way. I do not have enough faith in the world of 2023, 2024, or any time in the future to think the movie will be made, let alone be even cringingly watchable. Can we please note that Dan Harmon has not completed a single project with live actors since _Community_ ended? OTOH, I’m betting that Chevy Chase is still dead to him. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2022, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-cool-cool-community-the-movie-appears-to-officially-be-in-the-works/972515/13 "2022-10-01T03:35:53Z")
The Subway product placement in the later seasons was pretty awful. ---
**Author:** ![zbuzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19b73/32.png) [@zbuzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zbuzz)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2022, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-cool-cool-community-the-movie-appears-to-officially-be-in-the-works/972515/14 "2022-10-02T03:18:19Z")
I’m finding it hard to shake the feeling that this is going to be The Gas Leak Movie. ---
**Author:** ![zbuzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19b73/32.png) [@zbuzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zbuzz)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2022, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-cool-cool-community-the-movie-appears-to-officially-be-in-the-works/972515/15 "2022-10-02T03:21:44Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > The Subway product placement in the later seasons was pretty awful. Just the idea of product placement or the storyline itself? Because this scene was hilarious. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/iCmaMgEQ4m4/maxresdefault.jpg "Community - If someone could hand me my jacket [S3E13 - Digital Exploration of Interior Design]") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCmaMgEQ4m4) ---
**Author:** ![Lantern2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lantern2/32/3010_2.png) [@Lantern2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lantern2)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2022, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-cool-cool-community-the-movie-appears-to-officially-be-in-the-works/972515/16 "2022-10-02T08:11:40Z")
I think a lot will depend on whether they can get Glover to come back. Overall I am happy but don’t have huge expectations. I think it will be a fun return to Greendale for fans but is unlikely to be a comedic masterpiece. As for plots I agree that some kind of college re-union would be a good starting point. I would like to see a metaverse subplot considering that Season 6 had a great [parody](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4FGzE4endQ) of VR. I also hope there is a nod to Richard Erdman (Leonard) who passed away a few years back at the ripe age of 93. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2022, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-cool-cool-community-the-movie-appears-to-officially-be-in-the-works/972515/17 "2022-10-02T14:33:01Z")
> [@zbuzz](#): > > > [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > > > The Subway product placement in the later seasons was pretty awful. > > Just the idea of product placement or the storyline itself? Was that even actual paid product placement, or a satirical sendup of product placement? I had assumed the latter. From what I remember of it, it was not a story line that a corporation like Subway would have approved of. If the show did get product placement money from Subway for that, I think it’s almost funnier in a meta sense. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2022, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-cool-cool-community-the-movie-appears-to-officially-be-in-the-works/972515/18 "2022-10-02T17:33:58Z")
> **[Subway Sandwiches: The Hero of the Almost Cancelled Show](https://www.qualitylogoproducts.com/blog/subway-sandwiches-hero-of-almost-cancelled-shows/)** > > Did you know that Subway restaurant's product placement helped save Chuck" and "Community" from getting cancelled? Here's how! ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2022, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-cool-cool-community-the-movie-appears-to-officially-be-in-the-works/972515/19 "2022-10-02T17:56:16Z")
So it was paid product placement, huh. I still think it was kind of clever to turn actual product placement into a satire of product placement. ---
**Author:** ![zbuzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19b73/32.png) [@zbuzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zbuzz)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2022, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-cool-cool-community-the-movie-appears-to-officially-be-in-the-works/972515/20 "2022-10-03T02:25:16Z")
> [@solost](#): > > I still think it was kind of clever to turn actual product placement into a satire of product placement. It’s a deconstructionist show, so that was pretty much in its wheelhouse. Now we’ll see if (or how well) deconstruction carries over into movies. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-cool-cool-community-the-movie-appears-to-officially-be-in-the-works/972515.md?page=2)