Replace 2/21/20: It is official! The Friends reunion is happening, HBO Max introduced on Friday. All six stars of the hit NBC sitcom — Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, David Schwimmer, Matthew Perry, and Matt LeBlanc — will return for an unscripted reunion occasion at HBO Max, the brand new WarnerMedia streaming service that may characteristic the sequence on its library. Get more details and see Instagram posts from the stars.
2/7/20: That Friends reunion particular may not be DOA in any case. New reporting signifies that each one six stars of the enduring sitcom could have lastly reached an settlement with HBO Max to seem in that much-fussed Associates reunion occasion for the WarnerMedia streaming service, which launches this Might with Associates as an (costly) important a part of its library.
Deadline reports that Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, David Schwimmer, Matthew Perry, and Matt LeBlanc have a deal in place with Warner Bros. TV to star in a one-hour particular for HBO Max, with every incomes round $3-Four million for his or her time. Having all of them signal the dotted line without delay would definitely comply with within the group’s personal custom; the solid famously worked together to renegotiate their contracts through the course of Associates, insisting on equal pay.
Maybe coincidentally, Matthew Perry teased that “massive information is coming” this week on Twitter after which bought a heat welcome to Instagram by Lisa Kudrow, who shared a Throwback Thursday photograph of the 2 collectively — a style of what goodies they will must share with followers within the reunion?
Large information coming…
— matthew perry (@MatthewPerry) February 5, 2020
HBO Max didn’t instantly reply to TV Information’s request for remark.
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This growth comes simply weeks after HBO Max boss Kevin Reilly expressed uncertainty {that a} reunion particular was truly coming collectively for Associates followers. On the Tv Critics Affiliation winter tour in January, he instructed reporters, “There’s curiosity all the way in which round [for a Associates solid reunion], and but we can not seem to fairly get that curiosity kind of all aligned to push the button on it. So as we speak, sadly, it is nonetheless a possibly.” Maybe they had been simply on a break with contract negotiations on the time.
Rumors of this Associates solid reunion first emerged in November, with the expectation that it could be an unscripted solid occasion, fairly than a scripted revival or reboot of the sequence.
Associates will probably be out there to stream on HBO Max when the service launches in Might.
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Jennifer Aniston, David Schwimmer, Courteney Cox, Matt LeBlanc, Lisa Kudrow, and Matthew Perry, Associates