Six seasons and a movie: ‘Community’ finally fulfils its prophecy

The comedy sitcom "Community", is finally getting a movie! The inside joke 'six seasons and a movie', which was constantly referenced throughout the show, turned out to be a self-fulfilling prophecy.

The American streaming service, Peacock has procured the rights to air season six of the series, as well as to authorise a feature film that will reunite most of the original cast members.

So far, Joel McHale, Alison Brie, Danny Pudi, Gillian Jacobs, Jim Rash, and Ken Jeong's appearances in the film have been confirmed. Donald Glover and Yvette Nicole Brown's involvement remains unknown, and Chevy Chase is unlikely to reprise his role due to the public fallout with the show's creator, Dan Harmon.

Despite the sitcom having a cult following, "Community" has always been on the verge of cancellation at the end of each of its seasons.

In fact, NBC cancelled the show after the fifth season, and Yahoo Screen picked it up for its sixth and final season. Throughout it all, the fans, as well as the show itself, would continue reviving the hashtag #sixseasonsandamovie, to urge the series to finally complete Abed's prophecy of ending with a movie.

It was a specific scene in the show that solidified this catchphrase among the fans. It was Abed, played by Danny Pudi, who came up with the phrase 'six seasons and a movie' as a retort to Jeff's scepticism about his favourite show.

Seven years after "Community" officially ended, the movie is now finally being dreamed into reality. The creator of the show, Dan Harmon will be writing the movie, while McHale, Russ Krasnoff, Andrew Guest, and Gary Foster will be the executive producers.

The director for the film has not been decided as of yet, neither has the timeline for production been set. But the movie is definitely happening, according to Harmon.

"There is an outline for it, there's a product put together and pitched out in the world," revealed Harmon during a recent interview with Newsweek. "It still doesn't mean there's going to be a movie tomorrow. It means there is definitely going to be one," he added.