It finally seems to be happening—Friends cast Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer will reunite for a special on HBO Max.
Speculations had been on for quite a while if the much-loved sitcom will make a comeback. And now, Jennifer Aniston shared a photo featuring the entire star cast and wrote: “It’s happening… ”. No doubt fans of the series cannot keep calm. For long, fans have been asking for a reunion of the cast of the NBC sitcom which ended in 2004.
Calling it 'The One Where They Got Back Together', HBO Max also gave a sneak-peek into the content it will offer on the platform. It will also stream all ten seasons of Friends, which was streaming exclusively on Netflix until 2019. The unscripted reunion special will start streaming from May.
All the other members of the cast also shared similar Instagram posts. According to reports, the cast will return to the original Friends soundstage, Stage 24, on the Warner Bros. Studio in Burbank.
“Guess you could call this the one where they all got back together — we are reuniting with David, Jennifer, Courteney, Matt, Lisa, and Matthew for an HBO Max special that will be programmed alongside the entire ‘Friends’ library,” said Kevin Reilly, chief content officer at HBO Max and president of TBS, TNT, and truTV, in a statement.
“I became aware of Friends when it was in the very early stages of development and then had the opportunity to work on the series many years later and have delighted in seeing it catch on with viewers generation after generation. It taps into an era when friends – and audiences – gathered together in real-time and we think this reunion special will capture that spirit, uniting original and new fans,” he added.
Ben Winston will direct the special and executive produce alongside Friends executive producers Kevin Bright, Marta Kauffman and David Crane. Aniston, Courtney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Mathew Perry, and David Schwimmer are also executive producing the special.