Friends Will Be There For You, Again

Just as Sex and the City fades to black on the silver screen, another New York-based show steps in to fill the void. MailOnline reports that a Friends movie has gotten the greenlight, and word is that all former Friends are on board (the oldest of which, Lisa Kudrow, is now 45 years old). Sources say that within the next 18 months Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Matthew Perry, Matt LeBlanc, Lisa Kudrow and David Schwimmer will return to their sitcom roles; allegedly Aniston had been the apprehensive one of the bunch, until now.

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. 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.

Warner Bros. is set to produce, and Aniston is set to become the next SJP. A source noted that "As the biggest star of the Friends franchise, Jennifer can't help but look at what's happened with Sarah Jessica Parker and the Sex And The City film and be a little jealous." All that's left is the business of keeping the cast happy financially, which is often easier said than done -- especially when dealing with not one, but six egos.

As for where the movie will pick up, likely where it left off. The last line in the show, which ran for ten years, was an exchange between Rachel and Chandler; she asks: "Shall we go get some coffee?" to which Chandler sarcastically responds, "Sure. Where?" If the movie is set in real time, however, the gang's local caffeine purveyor Central Perk would now be a Starbucks.

Hopefully this new trend of long gone shows being resurrected on the big screen can only mean that a Seinfeld movie is inevitable.

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By Jen Carlson in Arts & Entertainment on July 2, 2008 4:00 PM

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NannyState

In the movie, the cast will all have low paying day jobs and live in one of those Richard Meier condos on Perry St.

sweatyelectric

@Spiritof76

Julia Louis-Dreyfus is rolling in it already and didn't need to get paid millions for Seinfeld. She probably would have worked for free. She's a billionare - her family owns the Louis Dreyfus Group.

Think2wice

I always wanted to see a "Kate and Allie" reunion.

Shyamalan's gonna make a live action "Avatar: The Last Airbender" trilogy.

whantmoore

I used to love this show the first year it aired. Then I began to realize NYC is nothing like that show.

Fozzilla

Why is this even here? It's not a NYC based show no matter what they say. It wasn't filmed in NYC, it wasn't really about NYC, and they lived in some mythical dream land free of minoritys where a waitress could rent an apartment big enough for arena football. It was middle America's idea of what NYC should be.

It's dead. leave it lie.

jnguy

I take that back. Sex and the City is a sitcom. But its different...

jnguy

Friends is a sitcom. Sex and the City is not a sitcom. They're not the same, at all.

breaknight

Ah yes! A Who's the Boss movie! As long as Alyssa Milano takes her clothes off, I'd buy a ticket.

suepart

golden girls is a great suggestion.

facts of life would also be appreciated. maybe who's the boss too.

theevilone

I guess a guest spot by Brad Pitt is out of the question...

Spirit of 76

A Seinfeld movie should have few problems getting the cast onboard. Michael Richards hasn't had a real job since the show ended. Jason Alexander's sitcom flopped. The only one with an ongoing show is Julia Louis-Dreyfus. Unlike the Friends cast, these people were never paid a million an episode, so it's not like they're rolling in cash (except Jerry himself).

fugothamist

goddam america

goddam nyc

dimshine

it's "your theories intrigue me and i wish to subscribe to your newsletter" and also you forgot to offer me money for my rock, which through specious reasoning, keeps away tigers....or is it bears...

EricRoberts

@dimshine - I like your ideas and I'd like to subscribe to your newsletter. The only way this movie would be interesting is if it was completely absurd.

jenspellnogood

amazing that someone could come up with a vehicle to make sex and the city seem worthwhile, well almost.

this show was never funny, or relevant, and now that they've all been through rehab, divorce, blah blah - it will suck even more.

how about an (gasp!) original idea? we have been reduced to comic books and tv shows for film, we're a bunch of fucking idiots.

dimshine

i heard that they bring back the monkey, and it kills people with the junta virus, they have to shut down NYC, but then Chandler quips smart and everyone laughs...

Dim Shine

Hi dimshine I like your name.

What dose it mean to you?

Thanks!

TN

Jennifer Aniston's movie career (as well as her personal life) has kinda sucked, so this might be her last stand. As for a Seinfeld movie, I don't know if they should do it.