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"Friday Night Lights&amp;#039; executive producer Jason Katims has revealed that he is excited about the possibility of a movie adaptation. Katims&amp;#039;s colleague Peter Berg, who also wrote the original 2004 Friday Night Lights film, announced earlier this week that there are plans for a movie based on the TV show. Katims has now revealed that the idea has been in the works for some time. &amp;quot;It is something that we had talked about for a couple of years, almost in a half-kidding way,&amp;quot; he told Entertainment Weekly. &amp;quot;And then a few months ago [executive producer] Brian Grazer and Pete called me saying they really wanted to do this. &amp;quot;We had some meetings and we came up with a direction that we really loved. The trick was to figure out a way to both honour the series and not move away from that, but still find something that would be a satisfying movie in and of itself.&amp;quot; Katims explained that the project is still in the very early stages as he is just beginning to plot the screenplay, but added that everyone involved is &amp;quot;excited&amp;quot;. He also revealed that the film could include &amp;quot;quite possibly a considerable time jump&amp;quot; from the television show and admitted that he is hoping that Kyle Chandler and Connie Britton will reprise their roles. &amp;quot;I haven&amp;#039;t talked to them about it that much because I feel like the first thing they&amp;#039;re going to want to know is, &amp;#039;What&amp;#039;s the story?&amp;#039; and that&amp;#039;s understandable,&amp;quot; Katims said. &amp;quot;So the best chance we have of bringing back not only Kyle and Connie but at least several other cast members is by moving forward with the script.&amp;quot; Friday Night Lights recently came to an end after five seasons and won Emmy nominations for Britton and Chandler. The show itself also picked up a nod from the Academy. Katims is also currently working on the NBC drama Parenthood and is developing a new show with Jason Ritter. &amp;gt; &amp;#039;Friday Night Lights&amp;#039; star Kyle Chandler &amp;#039;choosing roles carefully&amp;#039; Watch a clip of Kyle Chandler in the Friday Night Lights pilot below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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