‘Community’ Movie Is ‘A Matter of When and Not If,’ Dan Harmon Says

thewrap.com:

previously telling TheWrap that “legitimate conversations” are happening about a film spinoff coming to fruition, with Harmon adding, “Legitimacy is here.”After the promise of “Six Seasons and a Movie” became a rallying call for fans of the show – which debuted on NBC and finished its run as a Yahoo!

Screen original in 2015 with Season 6 – Harmon and Co. were inundated with questions over whether a “Community” movie might happen.

Now, with a story outline in place, negotiations are underway.“I’ll confirm what Alison said which is that legitimacy is here, conversations and agreements are happening,” Harmon told TheWrap during an interview about the upcoming season of “Rick and Morty.” “There’s a story – who knows if we’ll end up sticking to it, but it was something we had to compile in order to take it out and court various venues.

And now negotiations happen.”However, Harmon cautioned fans that this news doesn’t mean the film is necessarily happening soon.“Now, I say that with such caution, because sometimes the audience is like, ‘So that means what a year, two years?’ I could have said what I just said three years ago and it would have been almost as accurate, and can you imagine if I had said that three years ago?