It’s been six seasons, so where’s that dang movie?
While Community fans have been eagerly anticipating the long-awaited and planned reunion movie, two of the popular show’s stars reunited over the weekend at the 15th annual Catalina Film Festival.
Yvette Nicole Brown honored her costar Ken Jeong at the festival with the King of Comedy award on Saturday night at the Avalon Theatre on Catalina Island off the coast of Los Angeles, Calif.
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Yvette Nicole Brown and Ken Jeong at the Catalina Film Festival
According to the event’s press release, Keong referred to his longtime friend Brown as “bubby” several times during his acceptance speech, and kissed her on the cheek after she presented him with the 2025 award.
Jeong also discussed his career as he pivoted from practicing medicine to playing doctors on TV, and thanked his wife, Dr. Tran Ho, for her support throughout their relationship. He also joked that the festival should change his award title from king to emperor, and the production team obliged by changing the name onscreen midway through his speech.
Community originally ran for six seasons, first on NBC from 2009-2014 before getting a final season on the short-lived streaming service Yahoo! Screen in 2015.
The series followed the members of a “study group” at the fictional Greendale Community College: disgraced lawyer Jeff Winger (Joel McHale), wannabe activist Britta Perry (Gillian Jacobs), pop culture superfan Abed Nadir (Danny Pudi), religious mom Shirley Bennett (Brown), burnt out overachiever Annie Edison (Alison Brie), former star athlete Troy Barnes (Donald Glover), and problematic millionaire Pierce Hawthorne (Chevy Chase). Jeong played their foul-mouthed Spanish teacher Señor Chang on the NBC sitcom.
“Six seasons and a movie” was a recurring rallying cry from Abed about his favorite series Cougar Town (which did run for six seasons, but never got a movie). Ever since Community ended with six seasons, fans hoped for a movie, and their wish finally came true when Peacock officially ordered Community: The Movie in 2022 after acquiring the full library of Community‘s six seasons, non-exclusively.
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Ken Jeong and Yvette Nicole Brown at the Catalina Film Festival
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All of the stars but Chase, who left the show in season 4 after many on-set arguments, have promised to return for the movie. McHale will also serve as executive producer, and original series creator Dan Harmon and executive producer Andrew Guest are involved.
However, the movie has not filmed yet. In December 2024, Jeong gave an update on the long-planned project after reading the script.
“It made me emotional, and just brought me right back,” Jeong said at the time. “That’s all I’m legally allowed to say… There is a script, there is a plan. We just don’t know when [it will happen]. Once that’s agreed upon, it’ll be magical and real emotional. I think being on set experiencing that again [will be] so gratifying. Words can’t even express.”
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