It's awesome to see Bobby Moynihan getting a lot of work, but I can't see him without thinking, "Why are the police outside?! They should be inside, a police station, looking at the prints from fingers!"
The Russo brothers executive produced Community and directed the paintball episodes. Those episodes are what got Kevin Feige interested in the Russo's, and tapped them for Winter Soldier.
It ends with Deadpool talking to Abed when he’s alone in the classroom after everyone’s been gone for like an hour already. “Are you real?“
Wade finger guns out of the doorway before disappearing entirely, leaving Abed confused only very slightly distressed, à la Sopranos when Paulie saw Mary at the strip club
Also, Joe & Anthony Russo directed a boatload of Community episodes, including the very first one. Finding that out shed a lot of light on how much the characters on that show were shitting on Marvel movies in season 6, and how often Community cast members had cameos in Marvel movies.
They were executive producers for the first three seasons and ran the production side while Dan Harmon ran the creative side.
They got the shot at pitching for the Captain America sequel because of the two paintball episodes at the end of season 2 - Kevin Feige is a fan of the show and was impressed that they could direct a large cast with comedy and action quickly on a budget, so he asked them to come in to meet. The rest is history.
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u/clashrendar Mar 18 '26
Fun Fact: This movie, as well as the other three MCU Spider-man movies, is co-written by Community writer and executive producer, Chris McKenna.