Monica Geller stars in UK television show? ITV nabs Courteney Cox for new comedy series
Lucia Binding
US actress Courteney Cox is starring in a new UK sitcom which will be broadcast on ITV
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If you miss Monica Geller's grating voice and OCD
tendencies, then you're not alone. ITV have nabbed Friends star
Courteney Cox for a new comedy pilot which will commence filming in
2017.
Cox, 51, will reportedly executive produce and star in the
new sitcom, Truthing. She will play the role of charismatic American
leader of the Clear-Path Institute, a six-day hippie healing retreat
that embraces inner well-being and transformational personal growth. It
sounds more up Phoebe's street if you ask us...
In a competitive battle, ITV won the development of the series over
other UK broadcasters, and the UK/US co-production will be written by
British comedy writer, Mark Chappell, who co-created Will Arnett's
Netflix series, Flakes.
Cox has dabbled in directing as she made her feature directorial
debut with Just Before I Go, but Truthing will be her first UK setting
on the small screen, if you're not counting the night she first hooked
up with Chandler in London. Getty Images
The
raven-haired actress is one of the most prolific television stars of
her generation, and though world-famous as her role in Friends as Monica
for a decade, she has since earned a Golden Globe nomination for her
role as the femme fatale, Jules Cobb, in ABC/TBS sitcom Cougar Town. She
has also starred in the FX series Dirt and owns her own production
company called Coquette Productions.
Interestingly, Cox follows in the footsteps of her former
on-screen brother David Schwimmer, who played Ross in Friends, after he
delved into the business of UK television by signing up to a Channel 4
sitcom about a failing breakfast show. Her other Friends co-star,
Matthew Perry, has also become well acquainted with Great Britain as he
made his West End debut in his play, The End of Longing.
A release date for Truthing has not yet been confirmed.
Monica Geller stars in UK television show? ITV nabs Courteney Cox for new comedy series
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