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Donald Glover is offering an important Community Movie update more than a year after the project was first announced.
Speaking with ET’s Rachel Smith at the New York premiere of Mr and Mrs Smith On Wednesday, the 40-year-old actor and musician shared that not only is the project still in the works, but there is already a script. He checks that not only is there a script, but that the script is already done!
“They told me the script (literally, I was texting today) they told me the script was finished,” Glover tells ET.
But no, the script hasn’t arrived in Glover’s inbox, at least not yet. “I haven’t read it yet,” he says. But there’s no doubt about it, Glover is fully involved in the project.
“It’s really just a scheduling thing (but) I’m in,” says Glover, who played Troy Barnes on the show. “I’m inside.”
It was in September 2022 when Peacock Announced that the film was in the works, nearly a decade after the start of a fan campaign to end the comedy with a movie. The film will reunite the cast members. Joel McHaleGillian Jacobs, Danny Pudi, Alison BrieJim Rash and Ken Jung with the creator of the original series Dan Harmon. McHale and Andrew Guest will also executive produce. Additionally, Peacock is acquiring all Community series library for your streaming service.
“Six seasons and a movie” began as a cheeky one-liner Community“The first few seasons and quickly ignited a passionate fan movement for this iconic, hilarious and great (great, great) comedy from NBC,” said Susan Rovner, president of Entertainment Content for NBCUniversal Television and Streaming, in a statement. “We are grateful that 15 years later, we can bring fans this promised film and we can’t wait to start working with Dan Harmon, Andrew Guest, Joel McHale, Sony and our partners at UTV to continue this epic comedy for Peacock audiences.” .
By the way, it was Glover who initially proposed the idea of a Community movie during casting virtual meeting table reading in May 2020, his first Community appearance since leaving the show in season 5.
Meanwhile, fans can see Glover starring as John Smith and co-star Maya Erskine as Jane Smith in Prime Video’s reimagining of the 2005 action comedy of the same name starring Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. But instead of a married couple finally realizing they’re working undercover for opposing agencies, the Prime Video series focuses on two new agents who must pretend to be happily married.
Prime Video will stream episodes of Mr and Mrs Smith starting February 1st.
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