Danny Pudi Talks “Pleasure” Over ‘Group’ Film: “We’re Pumped” – Deadline

Danny Pudi performed the position of Abed Nadir within the sitcom over six seasons and the actor is on the point of reprise his position within the upcoming movie.

“Every little thing we all know, we all know. The replace on my finish is that I’m very excited,” he informed ComicBook.com in an interview. “I haven’t learn something but, however we’ve all been texting and speaking. We’re pumped and actually wanting ahead to doing it. So we’ll see. We’ll see very quickly, hopefully.”

After a few years of followers campaigning for a film based mostly on the comedy created by Dan Harmon, Peacock lastly introduced {that a} movie was within the works. Group: The Film is about to star Joel McHale, Pudi, Alison Brie, Gillian Jacobs, Jim Rash and Ken Jeong.

Group ran for 5 seasons on NBC and after its cancelation on the peacock community, it was saved by Yahoo! Display screen for a sixth and closing season. Not returning for the movie are Chevy Chase who left the present after conflicts with Harmon. Additionally not set to reprise their roles are Yvette Nicole Brown and Donald Glover.

“‘Six seasons and a film’ began out as a cheeky line from Group’s early seasons and shortly ignited a passionate fan motion for this iconic, hilarious and funky NBC comedy,” Susan Rovner, Chairman, Leisure Content material, NBCUniversal Tv and Streaming, mentioned in a press release in September when the film was introduced. “We’re extremely grateful that 15 years later, we’re in a position to ship followers this promised film and may’t wait to get to work with Dan Harmon, Andrew Visitor, Joel McHale, Sony and our companions at UTV to proceed this epic comedy for Peacock audiences.”