Community - Part 3

[Lencho01]

http://boingboing.net/2012/08/29/reddit-community-video-game.html

Reddit user creates lost scene from Community in a video game, brings staff writer and fans to tears

By Jamie Frevele at 9:09 am Wednesday, Aug 29

Dan Harmon recently conducted an AMA on Reddit, in which he revealed that in the emotionally charged season finale of Community, "Digital Estate Planning," Chevy Chase didn't show up to film a scene that was partially told via an original 8-bit video game. Since it was the last day of shooting, it was their last chance to do the scene, and they lost it. So one Reddit user, Derferman, of /r/hawkthorne, created the scene and made it downloadable for everyone to play out the scene for themselves. Community writer Megan Ganz was positively verklempt and showed it to the cast this morning.

It is a full-on Community-Harmontown lovefest, kids.

Harmon, who proved himself to be an extremely human human being in this AMA, didn't hold back when asked about the Chevy Chase question. Probably not because he no longer runs his show, but because he is Dan Harmon. And while there were no secrets that Harmon and Chase had, ahem, issues towards the end of the third season, the former didn't shy away from providing details about Chase walking off the set and his own disappointment. According to Harmon in the AMA, Chase expressed issues with the quality of the script, that he had problems with the name "Cornelius" (the name of his character's father), and all sorts of things that reminded everyone that Chevy Chase has never been easy to work with. (To his credit, Harmon has never once claimed to be a saint.) A shiny new revelation that did come out of the AMA, however, was that there was a lost scene that would have been great, and the fact that it was lost is a huge bummer. But now, it lives in the form of a fan-made video game.



The game, Journey to the Center of Hawkthorne, has been an ongoing project since the episode aired, but this scene is new, now that a new part of the story has been introduced. And it is making people feel serious feelings. The scene involves Chase's character, Pierce, playing catch with the floating head of his late father, and hearing "That's my boy!" while scoring a thousand points every time he throws the ball. All of this happens while the Britta-bot music from last season's stop-motion Christmas episode plays, a song that causes even more emotional crying events in Community fans. Upon scoring 4,000 points, sad Pierce finally smiles.

Ganz had promised to show the cast and crew the game, and reported back this morning that they loved it. Though she did avoid showing it to Chase ("Didn't want to stir that pot"). Probably for the best.

It might not be a winner in ye olde fashioned ratings. As Harmon put it, "network TV doesn't know the internet exists yet." But Community's internet fan base is alive and well, even with the changing of the guards.

The missing Digital Estate Planning "tag" -- Pierce and his Dad [Reddit]

Thanks, Christian!

 

[Sawyer]

TV Line:

Community’s Donald Glover Developing New NBC Comedy – Is He Leaving Greendale?
by Kimberly Roots

In a move that could shake Troy and Abed’s pillow fort to its very foundation, Community’s Donald Glover is developing a new show for NBC.

The actor, who plays Troy on the NBC sitcom, and Emmy-winning 30 Rock co-executive producer Matt Hubbard are working on a potential starring vehicle for Glover, TVGuide.com reports. (The pair go back to the days when Glover was a 30 Rock scribe.)

The network is apparently so enamored of the concept – which would be vaguely based on Glover’s life – that it’s very close to locking down a put pilot commitment with a large kill fee.

Thinking that Community without Troy is like Inspector Spacetime without Constable Reggie? Don’t worry, Abed fans. Glover remains committed to his current show’s Season 4, which debuts Friday, Oct. 19 at 8:30/7:30c on NBC.

 

[Shifty]

****.

Though a few things still have to happen, still smart of him to hook up with Matt Hubbard and get another project going given Community's move to Fridays and reduced episode order.

 

[RedIsNotBlue]

Just another nail in the already assumed coffin for Community after this season.

 

[Maximus One]

If you find Troy and especially Abed annoying you have no soul. Ten to one you're a ginger. I bet you got the ginger gene no doubt about it

 

[Shifty]

What the TV Line article doesn't say but the Deadline one does is that as long as Community is on the air Glover will be committed to that in a starring role. He may be a consultant and have a producer title on the other comedy just like Whitney Cummings co-created 2 Broke Girls and stars in Whitney.

On the comedy side, NBC is hammering outg a deal for a put pilot commitment to a single-camera project written by Emmy-winning 30 Rock co-executive producer Matt Hubbard. Community co-star Donald Glover is attached to star in the Uni TV-produced project, first reported by TV Guide, which is loosely based on his life. For Glover, who worked with Hubbard in his pre-Community gig as a writer on 30 Rock, the new project is in second position to Community, which is coming back with a 13-episode order on a new night, Friday. Hubbard exec produces with Uni TV-based Peter Traugott and Rachel Kaplan. Glover is with CAA and attorney Lev Ginsburg.

Some castmembers from CougarTown thought their show was going to be canceled so they got roles in pilots but knew if CT returned on ABC or another network they would have to stay with CT and the new shows also knew they would have to recast the role.

So if TBS or Comedy Central swoops in and saves Community he would still be on the show.

 

[ironmaidenrules]

I thought this was the last season anyway

 

[Shifty]

Its being treated as the last because of the move to Fridays and the low ratings the show has but it could come back to Fridays on NBC next season.

Its within everyone's best interest (cast, writers, Sony TV) to keep the show going either for an additional 9 episodes this year or another 13 episode season next year either on NBC or another network so a deal could be worked out.

 

[ironmaidenrules]

I just always assumed 4 seasons was the plan

 

[Shifty]

I just always assumed 4 seasons was the plan

Harmon was setting up the show beyond Greendale by having Troy, Abed and Annie living in the same apartment and doing episodes where they're never at the campus.

 

[John Locke]

My understanding he was seeing if they could do it if they decided to do season 5.

 

[O'Haire]

Not sure why, but I'm not even excited for the new season.

 

[Harry_Lime02]

Yeah, I'll still watch, but it's going to be hard to consider it "true" Community now that so many of the best writers have left.

 

[Specter313]

'Community's' Inspector Spacetime, Travis Richey, Producing 'Untitled Web Series About A Space Traveler Who Can Also Travel Through Time'

All hail the power of fandom. From the moment "Community" first introduced "Inspector Spacetime" (a show-within-the-show parody of "Doctor Who") in the Season 3 premiere, the hilarious exploits of The Inspector and Constable Reggie seemingly struck a chord with the comedy's loyal fanbase just as much as they did with Abed (Danny Pudi) and Troy (Donald Glover) on the show.


"Community" fans are a creative and anarchic bunch (just like the series itself), and much like the astounding -- and playable -- reproduction of the "Journey to the Center of Hawkthorne" game featured in "Digital Estate Planning," the show's enthusiasts soon started developing their own fictional history for the character and his long-running series.


Even Inspector Spacetime himself, actor Travis Richey, got in on the act, and reportedly attempted to produce a webseries based on the character through NBC's official channels, as a kind of Easter Egg for loyal "Community" fans. Sadly, but perhaps not surprisingly, those efforts proved fruitless. Per Richey's Kickstarter page:

"After my first scene of Inspector Spacetime was shot for Community, I instantly saw the potential for the character, and set about creating this web series with my writing partner. And it turned out pretty damn awesome. I thought it would be a great idea to take it with me if I ever got to do another episode, give it to the folks at Community and say, "You guys should make a web series of this, and by the way, here's a script!"

Turns out that Hollywood doesn't work quite that way... It had to be pitched through official channels. So my agent pitched it. Even then, I didn't hear anything."
​

Until he received a cease and desist letter from NBC and Sony, that is. Since the network and studio hold the rights to the "Inspector Spacetime" name, Richey chose to rename the project "Untitled Webseries About A Space Traveler Who Can Also Travel Through Time," which admittedly has a certain ring to it. After changing a few details that could've gotten the project into legal hot water (including the use of Constable Reggie and the villainous Blorgons), Richey turned to Kickstarter to help fund the project, and the webseries reached its goal back in April. Best of all, Richey and his team are doing this wholly for the love of the concept: "No one will make one dime off the finished product. We won't be selling DVD's or merchandise. There won't even be ads on the Youtube videos. We're making this show because I know fans want to see it. I know, because I'm one of them," he wrote on the show's Kickstarter page.


Now, the webisodes are finally being produced, with the first episode already posted to YouTube and the second to be released on Sept. 17. From what we've seen so far, the series is handsomely produced (especially considering its budget) and every bit as hilarious as the totally unrelated but tonally similar character featured on "Community." Check out the first installment below, and visit the "UWAASTWCATTT" Kickstarter and Facebook pages to learn more about the project.



http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/16/community-inspector-spacetime-travis-richey_n_1888891.html

 

[Specter313]

Community Casts James Brolin as Jeff's Dad

James Brolin is heading to Greendale! The Emmy-winning actor has been cast as Jeff Winger's estranged dad on Community.

Brolin will appear in one episode as William Winger, who hasn't seen his son since Jeff (Joel McHale) was a child. McHale posted a photo of the pair on set on Twitter Tuesday morning.

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Whatever scenes McHale was shooting Tuesday were apparently very emotional. Yvette Nicole Brown, who plays Jeff's study buddy Shirley, tweeted an hour after McHale's Brolin post: "@joelmchale just made me cry. And for the first time it wasn't from teasing. #WonderfulActingBuddy!"

Community returns Friday, Oct. 19 at 8:30/7:30c.

http://www.tvguide.com/News/Community-Jeffs-Dad-James-Brolin-1053194.aspx

 

[DarkSovereignty]

that sounds fantastic, can't wait to see that episode.
I'm hoping for a scene as awesome as this:
[YT]z7MKS4sM1KE[/YT]

 

[Kaleb]

that sounds fantastic, can't wait to see that episode.
I'm hoping for a scene as awesome as this:
[YT]z7MKS4sM1KE[/YT]

damn man, I lost it

 

[Pink Ranger]

that sounds fantastic, can't wait to see that episode.
I'm hoping for a scene as awesome as this:
[YT]z7MKS4sM1KE[/YT]

Only, and I mean ONLY, if James Avery shows up out of nowhere at the end to hug Winger.

 

[Kaleb]

Breaking Bad Emmy nominee Giancarlo Esposito is headed back to NBC’s Community, sources tell TVLine exclusively. Reprising his role as Pierce’s newly discovered baby bro Gilbert, the actor — who made his Community debut in one of Season 3′s three finales — is set to appear in an early Season 4 installment.

Read More at: http://tvline.com/2012/09/22/commun...o/#utm_source=copypaste&utm_campaign=referral

Yes!!!

 

[Shifty]

Being on the same network helps! Great to hear that.

Can a comedy write a role for Aaron Paul already?

 

[HighFivingMF]

Being on the same network helps! Great to hear that.

Can a comedy write a role for Aaron Paul already?

Glenn Howerton tweeted a month or two ago that he wrote a role into Always Sunny for him. And he had a small role in Van Wilder.

 

[Maximus One]

Ah man I can't remember him in Van Wilder for nothing. That was a pretty long time ago too

 

[HighFivingMF]

At the beginning in the party where everyone's in drag.

"Where can I find Van Wilder?"
"In the Guiness Book of World ****in' Records under Raddest ****in' Dude Alive! Whooo!"

 

[RetroNaz]

Didn't he have a small role in mission impossible 3 too? I think as the brother at the start from memory?

 

[Maximus One]

Hahaha! Oh yea! Lmao