It has just been announced that the cast of Friends will be reunited once again – for a movie version of the hit TV show.
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.
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.’
The cast haven’t had major success away from friends:
DAVID SCHWIMMER (Ross Geller) has had the biggest critical success with a range of theatrical roles including the play Some Girl(s) in London alongside Catherine Tate. He also directed 2007 British film Run Fatboy Run.
JENNIFER ANISTON (Rachel Green) has had lead roles in commercially successful films such as Bruce Almighty, Along Came Polly and Marley and Me.
COURTENEY COX (Monica Geller) missed out on a role in hit TV series Desperate Housewives and has been relatively obscure ever since. She was in U.S. TV drama Dirt – cancelled after two series. She is now set to act in horror film Scream 4.
LISA KUDROW (Phoebe Buffay) had a hit after the show finished with HBO sitcom The Comeback and is now an executive producer on the US version of Who Do You Think You Are?
MATT LEBLANC (Joey Tribbiani) has barely been seen on screens (big and small) since leaving Friends. He starred in spinoff comedy Joey, but it was cancelled after just two seasons.
MATTHEW PERRY (Chandler Bing) starred in recent TV show Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip, written by the West Wing’s Aaron Sorkin. It was cancelled after just a single season. He also played the older Zac Efron in this year’s film 17 Again.
But everyone loved the show so this could be another chance for the much loved actors. We can’t wait!