Alison Brie is ready to return to the Greendale halls thanks to a big update in the “Community” movie development.
The “Apples Never Fall” star shared during “Watch What Happens Live” in the below video that the movie adaptation already is “so funny” thanks to a completed script. The film version was announced in 2022 at Peacock.
“We’ve got a script, which is a major update,” Brie said. “We’ve got a script — you heard it here first. I’ve read the script, and it’s so funny.”
“Community” debuted in 2009 on NBC and aired its sixth and final season on Yahoo! Screen in 2015. The fan-led social media movement #SixSeasonsAndAMovie launched in 2014 upon its initial series cancellation at NBC. Along with Brie, the series starred Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs, Danny Pudi, Yvette Nicole Brown, Donald Glover, Ken Jeong, Chevy Chase, and Jim Rash.
Series creator Dan Harmon confirmed to Newsweek in 2022 that an “outline” existed for the project prior to its confirmation at Peacock. While plot details have remained mostly under wraps, the film will center on a community college reunion. Actor Chase will not be returning for the feature, according to both Harmon and co-star McHale, who said Chase isn’t “allowed” to come back to the show; he was fired in 2013 after allegedly using a racist slur against co-star Donald Glover and butting heads with series creator Harmon.
Meanwhile, Brie said during “WWHL” that she is eager to reprise the role of Annie, and hopes that the character has maintained her earnestness years later for the film.
“I hope that Annie hasn’t changed too much because I loved her just the way she was,” Brie said.
The “Somebody I Used to Know” writer and star formerly shared that she rewatched “Community” when the series was on Netflix during the COVID-19 lockdown. “It holds up,” Brie said during the “We Might Be Drunk” podcast in 2023. “It’s very edgy too. I think a lot of that writing was toeing the line for a network comedy of, like, getting in some good jabs.”
She added of the NBC comedy era at the time, “We were in that block. It was ‘The Office,’ ’30 Rock,’ ‘Parks and Rec,’ and us. That was the dream three years or however long that block was going. It was like, ‘Wow, this is awesome.’”
