After six seasons and movie, two Community characters might finally seal the deal if Alison Brie has her way.
The 2x Golden Globe nominee recently revealed her hopes for her character Annie Edison in the long-awaited feature adaptation of the NBC/Yahoo series, while sharing an update on the production schedule.
“There’s no update,” she told husband and Together co-star Dave Franco in a sit-down for Entertainment Tonight. “I would say it’s paused due to a number of factors. The entire cast is still enthusiastically on board to do the movie.”
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Brie added, “Something I would love to see for Annie is full sex with Jeff Winger. You know, I think an X-rated Community movie would consummate that ‘will they, won’t they.’”
During the show’s six-season run from 2009 to 2015, recent high school graduate Annie and disgraced fake lawyer Jeff (Joel McHale) carried on a flirtation and even kissed on a few occasions, but they never went further than that, usually because the creepy reality of the age difference deflated the moment.
As for Franco’s thoughts on his wife’s potential intimate scenes with McHale? “You know what? I’m down,” he said after the initial shock.
After creating the comedy series, Dan Harmon penned the long-awaited movie with former show writer Andrew Guest.
Peacock officially ordered the feature in 2022, confirming the return of stars McHale and Brie, as well as Danny Pudi, Gillian Jacobs, Jim Rash and Ken Jeong. Yvette Nicole Brown has also confirmed her return, noting in October that the script was “being reworked” to include her character Shirley.
Last September, Community: The Movie was announced as one of 19 projects that will benefit from $51.6 million in incentives from California’s film and TV tax credits program.
McHale previously took responsibility for the movie’s delay, telling GQ that fans “can fully blame my schedule” following speculation that Glover’s busy schedule was holding up production.