Donald Glover has pitched his own plot for the prospective Community movie, as he started “writing the movie on the fly” during a virtual cast reunion earlier this week.
Following a charity table-read of the classic episode “Cooperative Polygraphy,” the ensemble cast of the cult TV show joined Variety for a sitdown Q&A session. The conversation quickly turned towards the possibility of a Community feature film, to which the cast reiterated their desire to enroll for the spin-off project.
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Glover was asked about the uncertain fate of his character, Troy Barnes, who was last heard of being lost at sea after he left Greendale for a year-long sailing trip in the fifth episode of Season 5, “Geothermal Escapism.”
“In the Community world, [Troy] is definitely dead,” Glover jokingly remarked in the opening minutes of the Q&A before elaborating further. “What am I doing, writing the movie on the fly or something?” he quipped. “[Troy] is probably lost. I feel like it’s like Abed [Nadir]’s gotta find him. I like those movies.”
His quick-fire pitch for a potential storyline for the movie garnered support from the rest of the Community team. Danny Pudi chimed in, saying, “I love the idea of Troy being lost and Abed’s mission is to go find him, try to track someone down — that would be fun.” While series creator Dan Harmon added, “It writes itself… just put in some Die Hard references.”
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Harmon previously raised the volume on the “six seasons and a movie” mantra, as he revealed that conversations were “happening that people would want to be happening” about a reunion movie following a renewed interest in the quick-witted, meta-riffic comedy after all six seasons became available on Netflix.
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Adele Ankers is a Freelance Entertainment Journalist. You can reach her on Twitter.
Source: IGN.com Community – The Movie: Donald Glover Pitches 'On the Fly' Idea for Potential Plot