Finalmente, o projeto de levar o seriado Friends para as telonas vai sair do papel. Pelo menos é o que informa o jornal britânico Daily Mail, que afirma que dentro de 18 meses poderemos ver Rachel, Mônica, Chandler, Ross, Joey e Phoebe nos cinemas, interpretados por Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Matthew Perry, David Schwimmer, Matt LeBlanc e Lisa Kudrow, respectivamente. O que inspirou os atores e os produtores da série a voltarem a falar sobre o filme da série foi o sucesso de Sex and the City - O Filme. O longa, baseado na série homônima extinta há quatro anos sobre as amigas de Nova York, que já faturou mais de US$ 141 milhões ao redor do mundo. O envolvimento de Sarah Jessica Parker em Sex and the City - O Filme também inspirou Jennifer Aniston e Courteney Cox. Uma fonte informou ao jornal que o "tempo e roteiro são muito importantes, mas agora que Courteney e Jennifer têm suas produtoras, podem potencialmente se envolver com essas decisões". Desde de que Friends saiu do ar, em 2004, as reuniões de elenco para a produção do longa vêm sendo negadas. O que contribuiu para que a Warner Bros. quisesse produzir o filme foi a decisão de Jennifer de participar do projeto. "Como a grande estrela do elenco do seriado, Jennifer olhou o que aconteceu com Sarah Jessica Parker e com Sex and the City - O Filme e ficou com um pouco de ciúmes", confessou a tal fonte. Pelo visto, quem ainda está empatando o projeto é a própria Jennifer. A pessoa ainda falou ao jornal que há uma preocupação com a fama da atriz. "O que mantém o filme do Friends distante é que as pessoas se preocupam que Jennifer se transformou tão famosa que não poderia interpretar Rachel novamente", explicou. O Daily Mail ainda afirma que a atriz e Courteney - que continuam grandes amigas, como suas personagens na série - já conversam sobre algumas idéias para pôr em prática no longa-metragem. Atualmente, Jennifer está participando de várias comédias românticas, como Marley & Eu e Ele Não Está a Fim de Você. Os outros atores da série investem em projetos não muito divulgados por aqui. Courteney Cox (a Mônica) recentemente protagonizou a já extinta série Dirty, onde interpretava uma editora bem-sucedida. David Schwimmer (Ross) se dedica ao teatro e dirigiu o recente Maratona do Amor. Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc e Matthew Perry atuam em filmes de menor orçamento ou tentam emplacar suas séries nos Estados Unidos.
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The highly anticipated film production of TV series Friends has finally been given the go-ahead, MailOnline has learned. Cast members Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Matthew Perry, Matt LeBlanc, Lisa Kudrow and David Schwimmer will reprise their roles for a big-screen adaptation 'within the next 18 months', according to insiders. The actors have been inspired by the recent success of Sex And The City, which recently hit cinemas worldwide. A source said: '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.'Talk of a reunion for the loveable gang from New York's Central Perk has been bandied around Hollywood ever since the show aired its final season in 2004. While Cox, 44, LeBlanc, 40, Perry, 39, Kudrow, 45 and Schwimmer, 41, were believed to be keen on the reunion, Aniston, 39, is believed to have dragged her heels. Now, however, she is keen to move ahead with the project, which will be produced by Warner Bros. The source added: '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. 'What's held back a Friends movie so far is that people were worried that Jennifer had simply become too 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. 'She says she and Courteney have already talked this summer about what they want out of a Friends movie, and if deals can be made with them, everything else can fall into place rather quickly. 'It really comes down to money, and I don't think Jen has a problem with all of the Friends getting huge paydays for the movie. 'In that sense, it's Sex And The City all over again. There's no movie unless you can reunite the whole cast and keep them all happy financially.' The Sex And The City film, which had series star Sarah Jessica Parker as a producer, is headed for a global box office total of well over $300million. That number exceeds all pre-release expectations and insiders say US studio Warner Bros is now mining its recent library of TV hits for other projects ready for the movie treatment. The source told MailOnline: 'Friends is at the top of the list of properties that can do the same level of business Sex And The City did.' Since going their separate ways, the actors have stayed in the entertainment sphere, with varying success. Aniston, who depicted lead character Rachel, has starred in a series of romantic comedies but her professional endeavours have been overshadowed by romantic upheaval. Following her divorce from Brad Pitt in 2005, she endured a reportedly volatile relationship with actor Vince Vaughn before recently embarking on a romance with musician John Mayer. Courteney Cox, who depicted neurotic Monica, enjoyed relative success with her TV show Dirt, where she played a ruthless tabloid media mogul. Lisa Kudrow, who co-starred as ditzy folk singer Phoebe, continues to work in film - but mostly lower profile independent ones. Matt Le Blanc has laid low in Hollywood since the failure of his Friends spin-off series Joey, passing on TV and film roles to focus on his home life. David Schwimmer, aka Ross, now seems most comfortable playing the role of movie director. He recently directed hit comedy Run Fatboy Run.
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