The ongoing Writers Guild of America strike has brought many productions to a halt, and this now includes the highly anticipated Community movie. Joel McHale, the star of the series, confirmed that filming was supposed to start just before the start of the strike. In a recent conversation with Collider’s Tanya HussainMcHale, who is set to reprise his role in the upcoming film, has expressed hesitation about starting filming due to the strike. However, in a recent update, he showed a positive attitude and also expressed solidarity with the striking writers.

McHale posted this update during a recent interview with TVLine, which focused mainly on the second season of the Fox series. Kitchen at the crime scene. Expressing his disappointment at the delay in filming, he said, “It was a bummer because we were very close. But at the same time, I’m a thousand billion percent behind the writers. Writers need to be paid.” McHale also reassured fans that there are still solid plans to finally bring the film to our screens, adding that the film will “still be happening” before moving on; “When this strike is over, we will be back and on time. And I’m sure [series creator] Dan [Harmon] insert 12 jokes about what it took [this long to come together]. But we’ll get there. It just might take a while.”

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Made Dan Harmon, Community the series followed a diverse group of students at the fictional Greendale Community College. Mixing humor with meta-commentary and pop culture references, the series revolved around protagonist Jeff Winger (Joel McHale), a disenfranchised lawyer who enters Greendale. There, he forms a study group with other students, including the eccentric and sweet Abed Nadir (Danny Pudi), the successful Annie Edison (Alison Brie), aging athlete Troy Barnes (Donald Glover), the quirky Britta Perry (Gillian Jacobs), the religious and condemning Shirley Bennett (Yvette Nicole Brown) and the enigmatic Pierce Hawthorne (Chevy Chase).

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Despite the various issues that the series faced during its run, it still managed to last 6 seasons and garner a cult fan base that couldn’t get enough of the group’s misadventures and thus started clamoring for the movie’s promised sequel right after the curtain fell. about the season 6 finale in 2015. In September 2022, Peacock hit the ground running by announcing that a film was in development and also included all 6 seasons of his favorite show in his catalog.

Plot details for Community the film was heavily classified, but series creator Harmon hinted that the film would seek to reunite the group after their significant time apart. McHale also teased the plot by telling TVLine; “From what I know about it, it’s great, it really is. It will be an ambarber.” In addition to McHale, other actors return to their roles, including Donald Glover, Jillian Jacobs, Alison Brie, Danny Pudi, Ken JeongAnd Jim Rush.