Anna Pickard on why Hollywood studios keep going to the small screen for ideas

Hollywood studios have hit on a lucrative formula: keep resurrecting popular TV shows for the big screen. But it's not always a good move, says Anna Pickard So no one told you it was going to be this way (clap clap clap clap), but it is, apparently: they're talking about reuniting the cast of Friends for a movie. In a strategic move probably quite closely connected to the Sex and the City film and how much lovely money it made for everyone concerned, rumours have started flying that a movie could appear within the next 18 months. But what's in it for the fans? After 10 seasons of the series everything was tied up neatly - three of them were married (two to each other), there were adopted twins, a house in the country, a call to Hollywood. And the ones you always thought might get together in the end? Ta da! They got together... [read full story]