"Six seasons and movie" is a popular saying among Community fans. While the series has completed six seasons, it has yet to receive a feature-length film. However, star Joel McHale believes that a Community movie seems more possible now than ever before, thanks to its recent drop on Netflix.
"There's way more rumblings than there used to be," McHale mentioned during an interview with Variety. "Alison [Brie] tweeted that she got a phone call from Sony. They still haven’t called me, maybe Matthew Lillard will take over. But I would say there’s a better chance than there’s ever been. For a long time I was like, 'never gonna happen.' And now I think with the renewed interest, and I know the cast is interested, that it could happen."
Premiering on NBC in 2009, Community was canceled on the network after five seasons but would later drop its sixth season on the Yahoo! video service, Yahoo! Screen. Created by Dan Harmon, Community starred McHale, Gillian Jacobs, Danny Pudi, Yvette Nicole Brown, Alison Brie, Donald Glover, Ken Jeong, Chevy Chase and Jim Rash. The series is streaming on both Netflix and Hulu in the United States.
McHale recently hosted an aftershow special of the Netflix series Tiger King, entitled "The Tiger King and I." He has also appeared in many other films and TV shows, including Mystery Science Theater 3000, Santa Clarita Diet, RuPaul's Drag Race and Stargirl.