Matthew Perry is fed up with constant rumours about a Friends movie – he has pleaded with fans to stop pestering him about a big-screen version ofthe hit show.

The cast of the legendary U.S. programme has faced constant speculationthey will reunite for a film version of the comedy since it finished in 2004. Lead stars Perry, Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, David Schwimmer and Matt LeBlanc have brushed off the rumours several times – and Perry wants the gossip to stop altogether.

Just to clear something up..I love Friends fans. It is just a little trying to hear the movie question 15 times a day for the last 6 years.In a message on his Twitter.com page, he writes, “Just to clear something up..I love Friends fans. It is just a little trying to hear the movie question 15 times a day for the last 6 years“.
He also re-tweeted a message from one fan that read, “Can everyone f**koff and stop asking (Matthew Perry) when a Friends movie will happen? It’s over and he’s moved on. So should you”.

There are certainly a lot of new shows hitting both network and basic cable TV this Summer and Fall. Some that we’re pretty excited for, and some we can’t wait to miss (looking at you, The Cape). One of the shows that looks to have some promise is ABC’s upcoming half-hour comedy Mr. Sunshine.

The show stars Matthew Perry as Ben Donovan, a sports arena manager who goes through a mid-life crisis right after his 40th birthday, all while dealing with the oddball employees and demands that his job presents.

Helping out Perry is a pretty solid cast of TV regulars like West Wing favorite Allison Janney, Las Vegas’s Nate Torrence and James Lesure, Better Off Ted’s Andrea Anders, and even Portia Doubleday for good measure.

While the cast alone should be enough to get us excited, we’re more psyched by the fact that the show is being written by TV veteran Thomas Schlamme and Perry himself. Fans of Studio 60 On the Sunset Strip know that this team is quite impressive when at their peak, so we can’t wait to see more.

Check out two new clips and a sneak preview of the show after the jump, and stay with ABC this October, as Mr. Sunshine makes it’s debut

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It’s almost time for the upfronts — the halcyon period of enthusiasm and anticipation when networks present their primetime schedules for fall and announce new series pick-ups to advertisers — which means that as we speak, dozens of executives at all the major networks are currently hunkered down in screening rooms, viewing a slew of pilots to try and decide which televisual treats should grace our screens come fall.

Nothing is a done deal until the third week of May, when the upfronts roll out in New York, but Variety is currently reporting positive buzz for a number of pilots coming out of the screening rooms, one of which is the Matthew Perry comedy, ‘Mr. Sunshine.’

Written by Perry, ‘Sunshine’ centers on a man who has a minor identity crisis on his 40th birthday. The single camera comedy scored high in screenings and, according to Variety, is “pretty much a done deal.” Early word seems to indicate that ABC might schedule the comedy for Tuesdays at 9PM to fill the void left by ‘Lost’ after it ends this season.

Read more and the rest of the article at TVSquad.com

One of the stars of “Better Off Ted” has booked a role on an ABC pilot, while former “Desperate Housewives” boy toy Jesse Metcalfe will take part in the “Chase” at NBC.

Andrea Anders, who plays Linda on “Ted,” has taken the female lead in “Mr. Sunshine,” the ABC comedy pilot starring Matthew Perry. She’ll play a friend-with-benefits of Perry’s character, according to The Hollywood Reporter. (The pilot will be Anders’ second with a member of the “Friends” cast; she also starred in “Joey.”)

“Mr. Sunshine” is considered in second position to “Better Off Ted,” but the show’s chances for renewal are pretty slim at this point.
Perry’s “Studio 60″ co-star Nate Torrence has also joined “Mr. Sunshine.” He’ll play the son of Perry’s boss (Allison Janney).

Source: Zap 2 It

Allison Janney might have played the president’s press secretary on “The West Wing,” but this time around, she’s calling the shots.

Janney has joined the Matthew Perry-starring ABC pilot “Mr. Sunshine,” according to The Hollywood Reporter.
In “Sunshine,” a manager (Perry) of a San Diego stadium turns 40 and realizes he can’t coast on his devil-may-care attitude. Crystal (Janney) is his boss that runs the arena.

Janney’s also been attached to “Shameless,” Showtime’s drama pilot starring William H. Macy as an alcoholic dad who relies on his daughter (Emmy Rossum) when his wife abandons the family. Janney has a recurring role as his love interest.

 Source: Zap 2 It.com

Matthew tweeted about an appearance (sort of) at The Live Room. The show is called “Celebrity Liar”: Two celebrities tell the same story as if it happened to them. In truth, it only happened to one of them. The show is hosted by Andrew Hill Newman and features Matthew Perry vs  Hank Azaria vs Kevin Pollak! 
 

Show aires at 5pm, 6pm and 7pm PST on The Live Room.com

FRIENDS stars Matt LeBlanc, David Schwimmer and Matthew Perry have reunited after their TV show ended six years ago, and Hollywood gossips are asking if they have been cursed. The Daily Mail reports that the stars no longer look as young and youthful as they used to be.

Fortunately for them, after a series of delays and haggling over money, plans are nearing completion to bring Friends back for a big-screen version could not come at a better time for LeBlanc and his co-stars.

Matthew Perry, who played uptight Chandler Bing, has also seen his career flounder.

Following the final series of the sitcom in 2004, which followed the messy private lives of a group of six New Yorkers, Canadian Perry has watched his once blue-chip stock in Tinseltown slump dramatically. 
In 2006, he landed the lead role as a TV writer in the much-vaunted Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip. But it was dropped by U.S. network NBC after one series because of poor ratings and mixed reviews.

Perry’s attempts at a film career have been equally disappointing. He starred as a chronically depressed film writer in the quickly forgotten movie Numb, which was mauled by critics and flopped at the box office.It was a role that required precious little dramatic invention from 40-year-old Perry.
He has admitted to suffering from depression, and has said he locked himself away for days on end in his Hollywood Hills home to escape the pressure of fame. He has also fought a long battle with addictions to drink and prescription drugs.

His problems began ten years ago when he checked into a Minnesota clinic after he became addicted to the painkiller Vicodin, following a jet-ski accident.At his lowest ebb, he was drinking two pints of vodka a day and swallowing up to 30 tablets. At the same time, he was admitted to hospital with agonising pancreatitis – an inflammation often caused by drink and drugs abuse.Then Perry had to abandon filming the box office flop Serving Sara, in which he co-starred with Elizabeth Hurley, to check into rehab again.

His latest film role, in last year’s 17 Again, saw him playing second fiddle to High School Musical heart-throb Zac Efron.Meanwhile, Perry’s attempt to make a return to TV last year, as a foulmouthed afternoon radio talk show host in a sitcom called The End Of Steve, ended in disappointment when the series was scrapped after just one pilot episode.He will next appear on screen in the U.S. this year as a down-on-his-luck sports stadium manager in yet another sitcom, Mr Sunshine.

Read more about the other “Friends” at the Source