The burning question on Community fans' minds: What is the fate of Hickey's Jim the Duck? Or maybe a more prominent one, will the show be revived on Hulu?

Prior to teaching a Master Class at the Banff World Media Festival, Community creator Dan Harmon spoke with the Calgary Herald and confirmed Sony's discussions with Hulu about reviving the beloved series, which was cancelled after five seasons by NBC in May.Unfortunately, chances are pretty slim for a revival, thinks the prodigal creator. "What I can’t say and what I’m pretty cynical about, just because I think it’s better to be pessimistic and be pleasantly surprised, is that they could make anything happen," says Harmon, "It’s a big cast full of talented people with a lot of options. And when all that is done, you’d have to make a deal with me and I wouldn’t want to do it without (writer producer Chris) McKenna."

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Harmon notes the losses the show has already faced -- with Donald Glover and Chevy Chase already gone from the series -- and would hate to lose another "piece of the puzzle," since there's no guarantee the entire cast would return.On Community's cancellation, Harmon says his reaction wasn't quite what he expected, saying, “It didn’t really impact me in any huge way. I breathed a sigh of relief that it was all over. And then I had moments when I said ‘Wow, it’s really over and that’s a huge bummer.’” Community wasn't Harmon's only project on the go -- he's still got his quirky, 80s-reference-packed outlet, Rick and Morty, airing on Adult Swim.

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The Community creator did joke that another possible solution for Community could be a spinoff with fewer characters, remarking "I think people would gladly watch Jeff and Annie living across the hall from eachother in an apartment complex run by . . . Koogler? I don’t know."

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Koogler, a character portrayed in a guest appearance by Arrested Development creator Mitchell Hurwitz in Season 5, isn't the only collaboration we'll see from the two comedic masterminds. Harmon says he and Hurwitz are working together on a project for Netflix, though they're keeping it under wraps. Harmon (sorta) hinted at the project, calling it a "silly idea that takes one sentence to explain and then you're done."On their partnership, Harmon calls Hurwitz an "incredibly intimidating, fast, detailed thinker," going on to compare talking with Hurwitz to an episode of Arrested Development, saying, "He does callbacks to things from the beginning of the conversation, weaves them into some running joke that you didn’t even know you were setting up. I’m not like that at all. I just make fart jokes and fill the rest with anger at my dad.”While Harmon sees his sights on other things beyond Community, we can only hope these discussions with Hulu continue and pan out.

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