Texas Ranger: Both producer Paul Haggis and Chuck Norris have gone on to
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And Ugly Naked Guy thought he'd never work again.
Last week reports surfaced the six stars of the 1990s sitcom Friends, inspired by the box-office haul of Sex and the City, had agreed to reunite for a movie. While the dubious source was the London press and the studio has denied the claims, it's not hard to think where's there's smoke there could be a paycheque for Matt LeBlanc. One slam-dunk plotline: Ross and Rachel's wedding. (What's that sound? Oh, it's me gagging.) Given these reports and the $140-plus million Sex has earned, we couldn't help but wonder which other actors and TV creators may consider re-assembling for a buck -- sorry, I mean for the chance to work together again because they're like a second family. Really.
Seinfeld: The seminal comedy about a circle of neurotic New Yorkers deconstructing the minutiae of everyday life wrapped up in part because co-creator Jerry Seinfeld felt while singledom in your late 30s is amusing, being sans mate in your 40s is merely pathetic. And while Friends has the necessary hug-laugh-cry component for an insipid weepy comedy, Seinfeld was gloriously heartless.
Will it happen? Regrettably, there's a stronger possibility we'll get Bee Movie 2.
The Sopranos: For years prior to the mobster drama's cut-to-black finale, it was speculated David Chase had plans
for bringing Tony to the multiplex.
Will it happen? Altogether now: "Fuhgedaboutit." Despite the ire-generating dead air that ended the series capper, James Gandolfini's tormented good fella was -- once and for all -- killed. It's all there -- you just have to look for it, as one crew member who worked on the finale assured me last year.
Baywatch: Consider the pitch: Once-buff lifeguard Mitch Buchannon (David Hasselhoff) topples over face-first into a cheeseburger. Cue: Ever-buoyant C.J. Parker (Pamela Anderson) to the rescue. Special guest appearances by every rock star she's ever slept with.
Will it happen? Trouble is, we can always see that on YouTube for free.
Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Considering Buffy Summers sprang into cinemas first -- in a misbegotten 1992 film starring Kristy Swanson and Donald Sutherland -- wouldn't it make sense to bring the more famous version played by Sarah Michelle Gellar to the big screen? Creator Joss Whedon, after all, already made one film -- Serenity, in case you missed it -- out of his short-lived science fiction series Firefly.
Will it happen? Whedon's continued the Buffy plot threads in comic-book form, indicating that may be the closest we'll get to a feature film.
Frasier: In fact, there was supposed to be life for Frasier Crane following the finale of his spin-off series. Reportedly, it would have starred Kelsey Grammer and Laura Linney as the radio shrink's new wife. Problem was, no network would cough up the dough and the project fizzled.
Will it happen? You have a better chance of seeing David Hyde Pierce and Grammer reunited in a Broadway play than a Frasier motion picture.
NYPD Blue: Dennis Franz returns as uncensored Sipowicz, able to utilize better swear words than "Jammed up." Of course, the detectives played by Jimmy Smits and Rick Schroder were both killed off, but if memory serves, David Caruso's cop survived, didn't he?
Will it happen? After CSI: Miami, the thought of big-screen Caruso just makes us giggle. Never a good thing for a drama.
Party of Five: You can bet those plucky orphans would find something to tear up about.
Will it happen? We're fairly certain Matthew Fox and Jennifer Love Hewitt have better things to do. And who was Scott Wolf again?
Third Rock From the Sun: If only to answer the question: Whatever happened to French Stewart?
Will it happen? Then again, it's not like we'd pay $14 to find that out, is it?
Xena: Warrior Princess: This show's cult following -- a perfectly sexless marriage of fanboys and lesbians -- has been hankering for a feature film for a decade.
Will it happen? Lucy Lawless has said she'd be interested. There's a surprise.
Walker: Texas Ranger: Both producer Paul Haggis and Chuck Norris have gone on to greater things. Haggis, of course, won an Oscar for Crash and is now a big-deal director. And Norris has at last achieved the respect we all knew he deserved. As chucknorrisfacts.com states: "If you have five dollars and Chuck Norris has five dollars, Chuck Norris has more money than you."
Will it happen? We'd guess no, but never underestimate the star. No. 6 Norris fact: "Chuck Norris is suing
MySpace for taking the name of what he calls everything around you."













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