To be fair we didn’t expect these guys to cave in first. George Lucas was a more likely bet to produce another Star Wars trilogy tracing the last days of Chewbacca’s descension into bestiality.
However, two of Friends‘ biggest cast members Jennifer Aniston (DVDs) and David Schwimmer (DVDs), have hinted at a possible big screen version of the whitest sitcom in the whole world ever.
So, where’s everybody been in the meantime?
David Schwimmer’s busy doing crappy theatre nobody watches. Lisa Kudrow (DVDs) is filming a TV series about a former sitcom star trying to carve out a new career [sic]. Matthew Perry (DVDs) is in production on a movie about a hippy ranch hand who falls for the wrong girl (sounds promising). Matt Le Blanc (DVDs) is wearily digging his way further and further to the centre of spin off hell with Joey. And Jennifer Aniston is doing a lot of talking about her philandering husband. The bastard.
All the groovy gang are busy, but then you’d expect them to be. They were in the biggest sitcom on the planet for longer than most people remain married.
The Sunday Express is claiming that the entire cast are set to reunite for Friends: The Movie at a proposed fee of $10 million a pop.
That’s a sixty million dollar budget before anyone’s even grabbed the writers out of rehab. When you consider that Star Wars: The Revenge of the Sith (DVDs) cost $75 million all told, that is gonna end up being one heck of an expensive reunion party.
"Although the cast have gone their different ways, none of them has quite repeated the success they had with Friends.” an insider told the Express.
We might want to give them all longer than five minutes. Or alternatively we could just poke fun at the scriptwriters’ puppets for being one-trick has-beens. Better to be a has-been than a nobody? Only their therapists will know for sure.
"And while Friends may be over as a television entity there are many who have believed for some time that people had not quite had enough of them just yet.”
If you can put up with the screeching row that is Will and Grace (DVDs) then you might be inclined to disagree. Though for all of us that miss the calmer wit of Frasier (DVDs), any chance to live in the past for a couple of hours might actually be a good thing.
Friends was never as bad as struggling rebels with a penchant for seldom-heard bands and black comedies about teenage drug addicts made it out to be. There is such a thing as trying too hard to be different. Laughing at The Royal Tenenbaums (DVDs) being a good example.
"David Schwimmer and Jennifer Aniston are the first to make positive noises regarding the film and it is thought once they are on board the others will follow suit."
‘positive noises‘ could mean anything from breaking wind to clicking their fingers at the possibility of another free non-fat latte.
Chances are though that Friends will be a movie in the next three years, especially with the potential numbers involved. The big question is how it’ll play without a laughter track for two hours?
A hundred and twenty minutes of not knowing when Lisa Kudrow’s supposed to be funny? Honestly think they’ll take the risk..?
[story by Chris Laverty]
Pete says
What do you know??? The only thing you to is to criticise without be criticised!!! Friends monopolized the people for 10 year in row and know all of them r 2 reach -because you and me- 2 give a shit about the shit that you r writting!!! whatever… I thing you r wrong but Imnot goin to discuss it with you..
Eileen says
I DO hope they make a movie. “Friends” was funny, and cathartic for some of us 30-somethings — a way to remember what life was like when we were just starting out. I, and millions of other fans, miss the show and would love to see them make a movie.
Lucia says
Chris Laverty? I’ve never heard of you, and with stories like that with gratuitous information integrated into it, (you think you’re being adept by speaking profoundly about something you obviously know nothing about) i suspect i never will.
Si says
I look back on the enthusiasm I had for watching friends in the nineties with the same bewilderment and slight sense of embarrassmnent as my parents have about wearing polyester flares in the seventies. What possessed me to buy the episodes on VHS? I mean it was quite funny but what was I thinking?
Peter says
I think what you have written up above is crap. Friends, The Movie would be brilliant without an audience laughing. It was a highly successful show whichwas shown worldwide.I hope they do make the movie and I hope it is as good as the series
Josh says
I thought Friends was excellent. I would love to see them make a movie or several episodes as i am sure millions of other people would. I don’t think there has been a sitcom that has been as successful as Friends was and it still would be successful now if they were to make a new movie or 4 episodes.
Max Dias says
hi friends,
i started watching friends only in 2006, two years after actually it got finished. But now i feel that i really missed the show when it was aired. I love this show more than anything. I think i can watch it for my whole life without getting bored. Its just beautiful.I love all of them and
Rachel especially.She is brilliant.I think that if a movie is made it would just be fantastic.No matter what the script is, what matters is that they all friends should be in that show.