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Friends: The Movie in the works

Duncan Riley — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 01:58:10 +0000

The success of the Sex and the City movie is driving a new TV show reunion for the big screen: Friends: The Movie.

James Michael Tyler, who played Gunther in the series, spilled the beans, saying that David Schwimmer, Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, and Matthew Perry are all returning.

“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. 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.”

Original series writers David Crane and Marta Kauffman have been signed to write the movie, according to News of the World.

“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.”

Friends: The Movie is scheduled for release mid 2011.

The inside joke of uSocial – people will buy friends

Steven Hodson — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 04:37:19 +0000

Back in July I passed along the story of Australian company uSocial who were offering the help you get some new friends on Twitter – for a price. Even back then I said this was a scummy idea and I still feel the same but that doesn’t seem to have slowed the company down as they now have Facebook firmly in their sights.

Citing the problem with being able to get any large enough traction on Facebook as their reason for their service of helping people and companies is to increase the potential of contacting enough people to make promotional programs worthwhile. As with their Twitter service uSocial offers multi-tiered packages that start at a 1,000 friends and goes up to 100,000 friends. The cost for this wonderful service ranged from the base amount of $177 and up to $1,167.

“All we do is send them a welcome message or friend request from the client. If they decide to go ahead and add that person as a friend or a fan then they will; if not, then they won’t,” Mr. Hill told Australian media.

Source: The Globe & Mail – Not enough Facebook friends? Buy them

Twitter or Facebook the idea is still a scummy one.

So Facebook wants brands to be your friend

Steven Hodson — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 21:02:19 +0000

One of the big terms used in Social Media is that of personal and corporate brands and how important they are. The idea being that as individuals we can create a recognizable brand around who we are, what be profess to believe and how we act. With corporations the idea isn’t much different that what corporate brands have been considered as for a very long time only now they are suppose to include the idea of being open and transparent.

Twitter not long ago created a bit of a furor when they added a recommendation system with people wondering how they were benefitting from that placement of obvious celebrity names and other famous people so front and center. Twitter has stated that they aren’t receiving anything for people’s names figuring prominently in this Recommended list.

It look now though that Facebook could be headed into the same firestorm as they have just turned on a feature hat promotes the recommendation of brands as friends. This isn’t just having Coca Cola or Kotex showing up as recommended brands for you to add as a friend. It also includes so-called tech luminaries and other miscellaneous famous people.

When Nick O’Neill from AllFacebook first spotted this he noticed names like Britney Spears, Sara Lacy, the Colorado Rockies, Chris Pan, Sheryl Crow and Carmen Electra begin recommended brands for him to add as friends.

I was also recommended to the public profile for “I want to sleep … 5 more minutes!” An entertaining group but I’m not sure how many of my personal friends are actually fans. Based on the diverse selection of public profiles that I’ve been recommended to, it appears as though recommendations are a mixture of pages your friends are fans of as well as popular public profiles in general.

I’m not really sure how much of an uproar this further commercialization of Facebook will cause because unlike Twitter Facebook is all about making money – at any cost and by any means. People who have been on Facebook for sometime have obviously come to accept this as part of the deal for using the service so they will probably just slough if off. New members to Facebook will just think that is is how it always has been and won’t care one way or another.

Personally it just give another reason to keep my visits there to a bare minimum.

[Facebook pic courtesy of sitmonkeysupreme on Flickr]

Courteney Cox on Ellen: Cox wishes they would do Friends Movie

Samantha DeWitt — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 10:21:52 +0000

Courteney Cox Arquette was on Ellen this week, talking up her new movie, Bed Time Stories with Adam Sandler and other stuff.

The Friends stuff won’t leave her alone though and she revealed she is the only cast member interested in doing a spin-off movie.

“The show was great, but I don’t know. I don’t think we’re going to do it. People keep talking about it, I wish we would.”

Then she added, “Why do I say the words, ‘I wish we would’? Then it’s going to be like, ‘Courteney wants to do the thing (movie), but the rest of the cast doesn’t.’”

Sounds like Sex and the City, but eveyone came around in the end. Could it be the same with Friends?

How would a Friends movie work, Courteney isn’t sure, “Well, it all took place around an apartment and a coffee shop so I don’t know what would we do? We went to England once, and was that great? I’m not sure,” she said.

She isn’t sure about much.

Friends: If you had some you wouldn’t….

Samantha DeWitt — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:28:18 +0000

If you find yourself dressing your pets in super hero costumes… there is no hope. Even your pets hate you.

Jennifer Aniston Has Moved On. . . Or Not

Meieli Sawyer — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:36:44 +0000

Not only is Jennifer still reliving her relationship drama (which may or may not be acceptable, depending on which camp you’re with), but she’s also back to talking about Friends! Oh, the agony: Jen hit the New York Times Magazine to talk about old stuff again, which is a healthy thing to do at this point under extreme scrutiny. Sure.

“There are times I don’t even remember that particular show. This is horrible to say, but there are times when I laugh my rear end off. And I get in debates with people who are over and say, ‘Friends’ is not my thing.’ Excuse you!”

Is Jen still dreaming about her heydey? Maybe dating John Mayer does that to you. What happened to her Marley & Me promotions? I think she should get back to those or just talk more about He’s Just Not That Into You, because I’d be happy with comments about anything post-2004.

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Could You Stand A Friends Reunion?

Meieli Sawyer — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:21:51 +0000

Can we handle another TV-series blockbuster follow-up after the Sex and the City? According to MailOnline and their “insiders,” the film will be developed “within the next 18 months.”

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.

Rumor has it that Jennifer Aniston wasn’t keen on getting back together because she was “too famous,” but maybe being in loooove has softened her up a little.

Would you go see Friends on the big screen?

Image: Warner Bros.