"Friday Night Lights" Movie is Dead
by Michael Ausiello
12/9/13


Clear eyes, full hearts, can lose.

The long-gestating "Friday Night Lights" feature film has been sacked, according to exec producer Peter Berg.

“There’s not gonna be a movie,” Berg told Collider.com. “We talked about it, some people thought it was a good idea, some didn’t; I’ve come to believe it’s probably not a good idea and I seriously doubt it’s gonna happen.”



"FNL" mom Connie Britton (Nashville) was enthusiastic about the movie. She and Peter Berg looked forward to begin working on it for over a year.

However, Britton’s "FNL" hubby Kyle Chandler (Coach Taylor) was not looking forward to it much. He told MTV News last year, “My general attitude about Friday Night Lights is it was a great movie with Billy Bob Thorton [who starred in the original film] and it was a great TV show. They ended it at exactly the right time and in exactly the right way, as well.”

http://tvline.com/2013/12/09/friday-night-lights-movie-not-happening-dead-peter-berg/

Connie Britton: I'm OK With No FNL Movie
by Kimberly Roots
12/13/13


Mrs. Coach has weighed in one last time.

Though she was enthusiastic about the possibility of a "Friday Night Lights" movie earlier this year, "Nashville" star Connie Britton apparently has made her peace with the recent news that a big-screen adaptation isn’t happening.



“You know what, I actually feel like it’s good,” the actress, who starred opposite Kyle Chandler in the football-themed drama, tells Vanity Fair. “I think that the decision needed to be made, and there’s been so much going back and forth about it now for so long.”

She continues: “And I feel like the only way that was ever going to work is if it just fell into place beautifully, and if everybody was on board, because we couldn’t do anything to risk what Friday Night Lights has already been.”



Calling the series — and its production process — “very unique” and “groundbreaking,” Britton said, “We really weren’t too worried about doing things the way that everybody else did them — we sort of wanted to do it our own way, and that will always be really special to me.”

http://tvline.com/2013/12/13/connie-britton-friday-night-lights-movie-dead-reaction/