the longawaited community movie is in the works and showrunner dan harmon and cowriter andrew guest have nearly finished the script according to series star joel mchalewe had a shooting date coming up which was going to be in the summer mchale who played jeff in the beloved sitcom told variety and i think they were extremely close to i mean dan is somebody that tweaks things but obviously thats all stopped but i think it was pretty darn close it was close the shoot date was coming up and we were all excited to do it and then the writers strike happened which obviously put everything on hold and rightfully so the writers are asking for very reasonable things writers need to be paid properlythe movie is also reportedly close to tying down a director mchale knows who it is but wouldnt reveal their name to variety i know who wants to do it and were talking to and is interested and engaged he said alongside mchale cast members donald glover danny pudi alison brie gillian jacobs jim rash and ken jeong have been confirmed to return for the featurelength reunioncommunity first aired in 2009 and ran for six seasons until 2015 six seasons and a movie was a catchphrase used frequently throughout the series and one that has been adopted by fans set at a fictional community college in colorado the show follows a ragtag bunch of students thrown together to form a study group harmon acted as showrunner for seasons 1 to 3 before he was fired and then rehired for seasons 5 and 6while we wait for the community movie to arrive on our screens check out our guide to this years most exciting movie release dates