Friends headed for big screen after Sex and the City success?

After years of suggestions that it would never happen, it looks like Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer are all set to reprise the roles that made them famous in a big screen adaptation of Friends.

A film version of the hit show has been rumoured since the series came to an end in 2004 but various cast members have poo-pooed the idea as they’ve attempted to develop their careers away from the comedy. But a source has now revealed that the six are reconsidering after the success of Sex and the City: The Movie.

The source told the Daily Mail: “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.”

The source added that Jennifer is particularly interested in producing the film, in collaboration with Warner Bros: “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.”

A month after its release in the UK and US, Sex and the City is expected to hit a global box office total of around $300million.