'Friends' movie within next 18 months?

A big screen adaptation of US sitcom Friends is reportedly being lined up for release within the next 18 months.

According to the Daily Mail, the spinoff has been inspired by the success of the Sex And The City movie.

Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Matthew Perry, Matt LeBlanc, David Schwimmer and Lisa Kudrow are all apparently keen to reprise their roles in the film.

"The box office success of Sex And The City has really got their wheels spinning about how a Friends film could be just as big, if done right," said a source.

"Timing and the script are really important, but now that Courteney and Jen both have production companies, they can potentially get very involved in those decisions."

The insider added: "What's held back a Friends movie so far is that people worried that Jennifer had simply become to famous to play Rachel again.

"But the truth is that Jennifer is finally willing to do it, and she'd love to work with that whole team of actors and producers again."

Friends aired its final episode on NBC in 2004.

I would love it if this would become reality. :cheer:

oh i hope they do a movie, i would love it if they did. i think it would be even bigger than sex in the city.

None of the cast have had great careers since the tv series ended.

I hope it happens maybe set a year or two after series finale

hope its true!

i hope this is true, a friends movie would be great! :D

omg id love this to happen.

Always wondered how chandler would have coped with the twins lol

Oh.Em.Gee.

Yayyyy!! :D:D:D

^^As you can see - slightly excited...

I soooo hope this is true!!

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Oh.Em.Gee.

Yayyyy!! :D:D:D

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I take it you would be pleased if there was a film? :rotfl:

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Just as big?!?!?!? The friends film would be 10 times bigger. Sex and the City is boring whereas friends is liked by most people.

What do you bet if they do bring a film out it could be about Rachel and Ross getting married. Thats what i think.

I would like for Rachel and Ross to get married :wub:

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Yayyyy!! :D:D:D

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I soooo hope this is true!!

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I take it you would be pleased if there was a film? :rotfl:

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Hell yeah! I'm ever so slightly obsessed! hehe
I'd go see it lotsh!
And buy the DVD!!
Hey mayyybe Coco could play one of the twins! :D

I'd love to see this :) I think it would even be more popular than the sex and the city movie :D

I've never watched Sex and the City but on the other hand I do like Friends and was sad when it ended! I'd definitely go see a movie! :D

I think with success of Sex and the City movie this could also be successful if he had all the writers from the tv series on board.

None of the six cast members have had great careers. Jennifer Aniston gets most headlines for her love life.

I'd love to see a Friends movie.

I was reading about them not all having great careers since they left a bit ago when I read the Court's tv show Dirrt has been cancelled. It's true - Matthew Perry's Studio 60 on the sunset strip hasn't made a comeback, Joey was dropped after two seasons, Lisa Kudrow's apparently had some tv show (and she was in PS I love You), David Schimmer is currently doing directing but tbh Jen's had quite a good career. She's got quite a few movies under her belt and is currently filming Marley & Me (which by the way, if you can get a copy of it, is a must read! It's fantastic!)

There are no plans for a rumoured big screen version of Friends, film studio Warner Bros has told the BBC.

Since the success of the Sex and the City movie, there has been constant speculation that the US sitcom's six stars had agreed to their own film.

One UK press report even suggested that the first scenes would be shot within the next 18 months.

However, Warner Bros' director of publicity in the UK, Jayne Trotman, said there was "no truth in the story".

Ever since the quipping sextet - Jennifer Aniston, Courtney Cox Arquette, Lisa Kudrow, David Schwimmer, Matthew Perry and Matt LeBlanc - parted ways four years ago there have been rumours of a reunion.

'Right circumstances'

Earlier this week, an unnamed source was quoted as saying: "Jennifer, Courtney and the rest of cast are keen to reprise their roles, under the right circumstances.

"The success of Sex And The City has really got their wheels spinning about how a Friends film could be just as big, if done right."

But Cox Arquette's publicist, John Fogelman, told the BBC he did not know of any plans for a film.

Matthew Perry's spokesperson, Lisa Kasteler, added: "Nothing is happening in this regard, so the rumour is false."

The final episode of Friends drew a US audience of 52.5m, while 8.6m viewers watched it in the UK.

The movie version of Sex and the City took $55.7m (£28.3m) in its opening weekend at the US box office - a record for an R-rated comedy.

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Need I say more? :(

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :eek: :cheer: This would be amazing :D
Edit: Awwwwwwwwww :( Just read they are not doing it :(

i cant believe theyre not making one! you got my hopes up! :( oh well, hopefully theyll make one one day

They have to!
Myabe they dont want to do it now being so soon after Sex and the City

Nothing like a bit of Will They - Won't They to get the interest going. I can see them make a film. :thumbsup:

I hope so :D

if this coems about pass me a shotgun now! the amount of airtime they gave to promoting Sex and The City on tv, radio etc, for Friends it would be too much to bare!

I think I'm one of few people on this planet to totally and utterly dispise the show!

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*LouiseTwoPintsScreech*

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Lisa Kudrow has said that adapting Friends into a movie would be "tricky".

The actress, who starred as Phoebe Buffay in the sitcom from 1994 until 200 told the Daily Mail that a big screen version might not be successful.

"I think [the cast] are all of the opinion that it would depend on the script, but I've always felt that if everyone else was going to do a movie, then I wouldn't want to be the person who refused and then had to be replaced - that wouldn't be fair," she said.

"So I would do it, but I've no idea how the show would translate to a movie...It's not like Sex And The City. Friends was a multi-camera show filmed in front of an audience, so it has a very different feel.

"It would be tricky to pull off, sure, but if it could be done, that would be great."

Earlier this week, former co-star Jennifer Aniston said that she would be interested in doing a "one-off" episode of the show.

Kudrow's latest movie, Hotel For Dogs, is released in the UK on February 13.

IT'S The One Where Joey, Chandler, Monica, Phoebe, Ross And Rachel Get Back Together Again And Make A Mega-Bucks Comeback Movie Just Like The Girls From Sex And The City Did.

Hugs all round - because we can reveal that Friends is back for a big-screen version of the hit sitcom.


Studio bosses have got together for an oversized mug of coffee to prepare a script for a film version of the series.


And they are ready to break the bank with a multi-million package to get the main cast on board.


In an exclusive interview with the News of the World, James Michael Tyler - who played Central Perk oddball Gunther - confirmed: "Friends: The Movie is definitely on. I still keep in touch with a lot of the cast and they say that they are really keen."


The film comes in the wake of the big screen version of Sex And The City which took an astonishing $408,921,925 at the box office.


It will see Jennifer Aniston, 40, Courteney Cox, 45, Lisa Kudrow, 46, Matt LeBlanc, 42, Matthew Perry, 40, and David Schwimmer, 42, back on the same set for the first time since the show ended in 2004.


During Friends' tenth and final series, the six stars were each earning six figures an episode. At its peak, it had 10MILLION viewers in the UK.


Since then, the stars have enjoyed mixed career fortunes.

DAVID SCHWIMMER (Ross) has had the biggest critical success with a range of theatrical roles including the play Some Girl(s) in London alongside Catherine Tate.


JENNIFER ANISTON (Rachel) has had lead role in commercially successful films such as Bruce Almighty, and the romantic comedies Along Came Polly and Marley and Me.


COURTENEY COX (Monica) missed out on Teri Hatcher's part in the massively successful TV series Desperate Housewives and is now set to film horror flick Scream 4.


LISA KUDROW (Phoebe) had a hit after the show finished with HBO sitcom The Comeback and is now an executive producer on the US version of Who Do You Think You Are?


But MATT LEBLANC'S spinoff comedy Joey, where he reprised the character he played on Friends, was cancelled after just two seasons.


MATTHEW PERRY'S (Chanddler) recent TV show Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip, written by the West Wing's Aaron Sorkin, was also cancelled after just a single season. But he recently bounced back this year in the film 17 Again, where he played the older Zac Efron.


But now Warner Brothers have drafted in Friends creators David Crane and Marta Kauffman to write and produce the film, due in cinemas in the summer of 2011.


A movie source said: "The cast haven't set the world alight since the show finished.


"But this film could relight some of their flagging careers in a big way."


"But everyone knew the story had to be right and well written. Getting the creators on board was a massive step forward for the project.


"The show did lose a lot of its shine in the last few seasons, but with the actors all in the forties it would be a real interest to see how their characters have developed."

The cast have always made no secret about a desire to do a film and Lisa Kudrow said: "It would be so fun to be with all those people again.


"But our show was not like Sex and the City - ours was multi-camera, in front of a live audience.


"It's a completely different feel. You'd have to bring the tone down, and I don't know how it would be. I'll just stay open."


Meanwhile actor James, 47, who is in London for the launch of a Central Perk themed coffee shop in Soho, is keen to reprise his role as Gunther on the big screen.


He said: "The one thing I can tell you is that I am definitely on board to do the film.


"I really loved my time on the show and I am looking forward to meeting up with the old gang again.


"I just hope we can do justice to the show in a film."

well thats one movie ill def be going to c, even if it isnt for another 2 yrs (i love friends)

A Friends star has claimed that a movie version of the hit sitcom is in the works.

James Michael Tyler, who played Gunther in the series, told the News of the World that Friends: The Movie is "definitely on".

"I still keep in touch with a lot of the cast and they say that they are really keen," he added.

The programme's creators David Crane and Marta Kauffmann have reportedly agreed to write and produce the film, which will be shown in cinemas in 2011.

"The cast haven't set the world alight since the show finished," a source said. "But this film could relight some of their careers in a big way.

"Everyone knew the story had to be right and well-written. Getting the creators on board was a massive step forward for the production.

"The show did lose its shine in the last few seasons, but with the actors all in their forties it would be a real interest to see how their characters have developed."

Tyler added: "The one thing I can tell you is I am definitely on board to do the film. I really loved my time on the show and I am looking forward to meeting up with the old gang again.

"I just hope we can do justice to the show in a film."

Members of the cast have previously denied rumours of a Friends film.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/a...nitely-on.html

Reports that a movie version of Friends is being developed have been refuted by three of the show's ex-stars.

James Michael Tyler, who played Gunther in the series, recently claimed that the programme is to be made into a feature film.

However, representatives for former castmembers Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox and Lisa Kudrow have moved to dismiss the speculation, says Gossip Cop.

Each issued statements saying: "We are not aware of any plans for a Friends movie."

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/a...e-rumours.html

I liked the show but I couldn't take a 2 hour movie of this what more of the characters is there to see?

Well if a movie came out i would have to see it, i have spent a decade of my life watching friends, and i still watch them on dvd, so i couldnt not watch a movie of it (if it was made)

Courteney Cox is baffled by recent reports a Friends movie is in the pipeline, insisting she knows nothing of plans to reunite the hit sitcom's cast.

Rumours have brewed since the longrunning show left the air in 2004, after 10 seasons - fuelled recently by castmember James Michael Tyler's claims the six main stars are planning to take Friends to the big screen.

Tyler - who played coffee shop worker Gunther - said, "Friends: The Movie is definitely on. I still keep in touch with a lot of the cast and they say that they are really keen. I am definitely on board to do the film."

But the film plans are news to Cox, who tells AOL, "(There are) No plans for a reunion. I can’t see it happening.”

I can't see it happening either- they would be better off doing another series.

Jennifer Aniston says she is not ruling out the possibility of a Friends movie.

After the success of the Sex And The City films, there has been much speculation as to whether we will soon be able to catch up with Joey, Chandler, Ross, Rachel, Monica and Pheobe on the big screen.

When asked whether she would consider a Friends movie, Jennifer said, "anything is possible."

The actress, who is currently promoting her new movie The Switch also spoke about Channel 4's decision to stop broadcasting Friends as of Autumn 2011.

Jennifer, 41, said: "I'll get on it. Let me talk to some people. This is ridiculous! We can't have all these heartbreaks happening. It's being taken off the air all together? Who runs Channel 4?"