Dan Harmon Has Hope That Donald Glover Will Join The Community Movie

Considering Chevy Chase’s falling out with Dan Harmon and the character’s abrupt death in Season 5, it’s unlikely we’ll see Pierce again. According to TV Guide, Yvette Nicole Brown had to leave the show to care for her father, so her character left in Season 6 for a similar reason. And Donald Glover left “Community” in the middle of Season 5 for a variety of reasons, while initially thought to be personal, he would later clarify that it was mostly due to a loss of interest and a desire to pursue other creative endeavors as an individual (via Vibe).

Speaking with Variety, Harmon confidently believes that Glover will be reprising his role, based on the logic that there wouldn’t be any commitment to produce the film without his involvement. “I think that Donald is coming, based on word of mouth, but it’s just the deal isn’t official or wasn’t official. It would be difficult to really commit to doing this thing without Donald,” intimated Harmon.

He also claims that any confirmations were based on nearly finalized contracts versus those that aren’t, meaning that Glover may still be in talks, “I think if there’s names missing from a list, it’s because the names that are on the list, their deals are agreed upon enough that it’s OK to say they are on the list, and anybody that’s not on a list, it’s just not the case yet. So there is nothing official about anybody being out,” Harmon explained.