'Friends' Coming Back for Big Screen Feature?

Wow, 'Sex and the City' opened the flood gates

By: Brad Brevet
Published: Wednesday, July 2nd 2008 at 6:16 PM

Photo: NBC

This is a major rumor, but nonetheless I am moving forward with it as The Daily Mail is reporting that Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Matthew Perry, Matt LeBlanc, Lisa Kudrow and David Schwimmer are all set reprise their fun-loving roles from the popular NBC sitcom "Friends" for a big screen adaptation. The show ended it's small screen run back in 2004.

Obviously, if this is true, it was the "Sex and the City" release that paved the way with the $140 million it has brought in to date off a meager $65 million budget.

The Mail quotes "a source" saying, "Jennifer, Courteney and the rest of the cast are keen to reprise their roles, under the right circumstances. 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."

You can't deny the power the show would likely have to bring hoards of females into the theater, but it is unlikely it would duplicate "Sex's" success considering the show continued to get worse and worse over the years and didn't really leave any balls in the air in the series finale. From what I understand the Carrie and Mr. Big relationship was a big deal at the end of "Sex and the City's" run, which had fans clamoring for just what would happen in the film.

The Mail's source says it is all about the money and if the deals are right the film could be a possibility.