Replace 5/11/20: It appears to be like like Friends followers could also be ready a short while longer for that much-anticipated forged reunion particular at HBO Max, however the excellent news is that it in all probability will not flip into one other of these virtual Zoom reunions which have develop into so widespread amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Per Selection, WarnerMedia exec Bob Greenblatt revealed that he is hopeful that the Buddies reunion could be filmed by the tip of the summer season, “if the celebrities align.” He indicated that he’s hoping to not change HBO Max’s plans to tape the unscripted reunion within the Warner Bros. studio with all six stars of the present collectively together with a stay viewers.
“We do suppose there is a worth to having an enormous, raucous stay viewers to expertise these six nice buddies coming again collectively and we did not wish to simply immediately do it on an internet name with, you already know, six squares and other people taking pictures from their kitchens and bedrooms,” Greenblatt mentioned. Nonetheless, if social distancing measures proceed to stay in place indefinitely, he mentioned that they “could go extra to a digital route, whether it is delayed too lengthy.”
HBO Max beforehand confirmed that the reunion wouldn’t be out there on launch day.
Beforehand 4/10/20: Sadly, the Friends forged reunion particular will not be there for you when HBO Max launches in Might — no less than not straight away. TV Information has discovered that, regardless of Matt LeBlanc‘s earlier suggestion that the group had already gotten again collectively to movie the particular, manufacturing continues to be delayed as a result of coronavirus pandemic, and the streaming service not plans to make the Buddies reunion out there to audiences on launch day.
Nonetheless, the particular has not been canceled, and producers are nonetheless planning to carry all six forged members — Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, David Schwimmer, Matthew Perry, and LeBlanc — collectively on the present’s unique units for the primary time because the beloved NBC sitcom resulted in 2004. Nonetheless, it’s unclear presently when precisely filming on the Buddies particular will start, and a brand new premiere date for the particular has not but been introduced. The excellent news is that HBO Max will nonetheless make all 236 episodes of the sequence out there to subscribers when it launches in Might, as beforehand deliberate.
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The Buddies reunion was first confirmed by HBO Max in February, following months of rumors that the streaming service was negotiating with the sequence’ six results in create the reunion particular followers had been hoping to occur for years. Though HBO Max’s chief content material officer Kevin Reilly told reporters that it was still a “maybe” in January, the following month it was reported that the forged had reached a deal with WarnerMedia to star within the reunion particular and would earn round $3-Four million apiece for his or her look.
The particular shall be filmed on the present’s unique soundstage, Stage 24, on the Warner Bros. lot and shall be directed by Ben Winston. Buddies government producers Kevin Vivid, Marta Kauffman, and David Crane are returning to government produce the particular, and all six stars are government producers on the particular as effectively. Emma Conway and James Longman are additionally co-executive producers.
Buddies is among the largest TV titles becoming a member of the HBO Max library upon launch; the streaming service secured the rights to stream the sitcom in July 2019, ending its five-year streaming run at Netflix. Netflix reportedly paid $100 million to maintain the present in its streaming library all through 2019 following the expiration of its unique deal on the finish of 2018. Along with Buddies, HBO Max can even offer original shows and movies in addition to different TV favorites, like The Big Bang Theory, The West Wing, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, and Pretty Little Liars.
HBO Max launches on Wednesday, Might 27.
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