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Years prior to he developed and led the FX series Atlanta, and was cast as Lando Calrissian in Solo: A Star Wars Story, Donald Glover was probably best understood for play Troy Barnes in Community. Glover was among the primary cast members throughout the program’s initially 4 seasons on NBC, however then left after appearing in Season 5’s initially 5 episodes. Now following the current statement that a Community film remains in the works for Peacock subscribers, Community developer Dan Harmon has actually talked about the possibility of whether Glover will participate in this cinematic reunion.
For years, Community fans promoted the “6 seasons and a motion picture” mantra created by Abed Nadir when he began enjoying The Cape (spoiler alert, that reveal just lasted one season). The cult funny struck the 6 seasons mark thanks to a last getaway on the now-defunct Yahoo! Screen, and now the film is lastly occurring near to a years after Community concluded. While Donald Glover was not noted amongst the stars who will return, Dan Harmon informed Variety that The Martian star, to name a few Community alums, might still appear. In his words:
I believe that Donald is coming, based upon word of mouth, however it’s simply the offer isn’t authorities or wasn’t authorities. It would be challenging to actually dedicate to doing this thing without Donald. So I think he is returning. I believe if there’s names missing out on from a list, it’s since the names that are on the list, their offers are concurred upon adequate that it’s OK to state they are on the list, and any person that’s not on a list, it’s simply not the case yet. So there is nothing official about anybody being out.
Dan Harmon’s correct in saying that it’s hard to imagine a Community movie happening without Donald Glover, and the same goes for Yvette Nicole Brown, who starred as Shirley Bennett for the entirety of Community’s first five seasons, and then made a guest appearance in Season 6. As far as Glover specifically goes, Harmon is confident that he’ll appear in the movie, but the only reason he wasn’t listed in the casting lineup is since his deal to reprise Troy Barnes hasn’t been 100% set in stone. If that’s the case, then all we have to do now is wait for him to be officially announced in the near future so this matter can be put to rest.
When we last saw Troy in the episode “Geothermal Escapism,” he was about to sail around the world with LeVar Burton so that he could receive the shares of Hawthorne Wipes left to him by the late Pierce Hawthorne, played by Chevy Chase. Then in the episode “Analysis of Cork-Based Networking,” a news report revealed that Burton and a “non-celebrity” had been abducted by pirates in the Gulf of Mexico. Rescuing Troy would certainly make a compelling reason for the Greendale gang to get back together, but if he was able to escape captivity on its own, then it still would be nice for him to make his way to the reunion. The same goes for Shirley.
So far Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs, Danny Pudi, Alison Brie, Ken Jeong and Jim Rash are all confirmed to be appearing in the Community film, and Dan Harmon is writing the script with Andrew Guest. Other potential characters who could pop their head into the film include Paget Brewster’s Frankie Dart and Keith David’s Elroy Patashnik, both of whom were part of the study group in Season 6. Without any plot details to work with yet, it’s hard to predict what we can expect from the Community movie, although there are certain elements that will hopefully be prioritized. Make sure to read our breakdown of how Community ended to learn where we left off with the main characters in 2015.
Stay tuned to CinemaBlend for more news about the Community movie, and don’t forget to visit our 2022 TV schedule to see what’s currently on the airwaves (including Donald Glover starring in the final season of Atlanta) and what programming is delegated premiere this year.