'Friends' vai virar Filme! / Friends reunited: Stars of hit TV sitcom to make movie version

O jornal 'Daily Mail' informou, que deve chegar em 2011 aos cinemas filme baseado no seriado de sucesso Friends, que acabou em 2004. As seis estrelas entraram em um acordo em fazer o filme. O elenco da série de TV é integrado por Jennifer Aniston (Rachel), 40 anos, Courteney Cox (Monica), 45, Lisa Kudrow (Phoebe), 46, Matt LeBlanc (Joe), 42, Matthew Perry (Chandler), 40, e David Schwimmer (Ross), 42. "O filme definitivamente vai sair. Mantenho contato com a maioria dos atores e eles me disseram que realmente estão interessados na produção", contou James Michael Tyler à publicação. No seriado, o ator interpretava Gunther, dono do famoso café Central Perk. Diretores da Warner Brothers estão preparados para pagar uma fortuna para os atores, que recebiam salários de seis dígitos por episódio da décima e última temporada de Friends, e que teve cerca de 10 milhões de espectadores somente no Reino Unido e virou uma febre total no mundo todo, segundo o jornal. Eles também convocaram os criadores do seriado David Crane e Marta Kauffman para escrever e produzir o filme.
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The cast of Friends are to be reunited once again – for a movie version of the hit TV show, it emerged today. The six main stars have agreed to move onto the big screen following the success of the Sex And The City film at the box office. It means Jennifer Aniston, 40, Courteney Cox, 45, Lisa Kudrow, 46, Matt LeBlanc, 42, Matthew Perry, 40, and David Schwimmer, 42, will be back on the same set for the first time since the show ended in 2004. Studio bosses from Warner Brothers are prepared to pay a fortune to the stars, who were being paid six figures an episode by the tenth and final season of Friends, which pulled in 10million UK viewers. They have also drafted in the show’s creators David Crane and Marta Kauffman to write and produce the film, due in cinemas in the summer of 2011. James Michael Tyler, who played Central Perk coffee shop 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.’ A movie source told the News of the World: ‘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 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. But, although the cast have always made no secret about a desire to do a film, some have cast doubts about its viability. Miss Kudrow has 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 Mr Tyler, 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.’ (Source: Daily Mail)