Dan Harmon is making progress on ideas for a Community movie: 'The conversations are being had'
The Community creator says he's already started working on ideas.
Dan Harmon, creator of the comedy series Community, has revealed that the "gears are turning" on a potential Community film.
Speaking on an episode of Vulture's Good One podcast, Harmon revealed that he has "started writing" the script, adding that "conversations...[are] being had".
"I started writing to keep my parents from hitting me, and I now only write to feel valid. But the upside of that is, yes, I am, at least once a week, thinking about it, because the gears are turning. There is, like … a thing is happening.
"Logistically, the locks are coming away. And the only problems are becoming the creative ones, which is great, because I love those problems. I love having these conversations, and they’re being had," he said.
However, Harmon also revealed that he was still grappling with how best to serve Community fans, while still delivering a film that could stand on its own.
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"Here’s the biggest philosophical question: Are you supposed to service a mythical new viewer? The obvious, dogmatic, practical, off-the-street answer is like, 'No, you don’t. It’s fan service. Why would there be a Community movie?'" he said.
"Saying that that person doesn’t exist is a lot different from asking yourself structurally if you’re supposed to design the movie for them, because there’s a new viewer inside of all of us," he continued.
Harmon said, "Formalistically, you owe a movie that, I think, the fans can not only enjoy, but they can stand back and go, 'You know, the crazy thing about this Community movie is that if you didn’t know there was a show, this is an insanely good movie'.
"There’s a reason to watch it and then definitely watch the series because now you’re like, 'Holy c**p'. I don’t know if that’s arrogance, pretentiousness, responsibility, self-deprecation, torture. I can’t get myself out of that camp."
In an exclusive interview published earlier this year, Community star Danny Pudi told RadioTimes.com that the cast are still discussing the possibility of a Community film.
"We're still talking about it, you know, so it's still out there. It's still possible. I think there's still a lot of interest.
"I've said that I'm in so I'm excited about it. If and when it happens, I just know that there's a lot of elements that have to come together to make it work but I'm hopeful. I'm still very, very hopeful.
"Can't say anymore than that but I'm hopeful," he added.
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