After months of it’s on, it’s off, here’s a piece of news that’ll please fans of the iconic show Friends no end – the special Friends reunion is happening! And yes, it’s official!
A special unscripted Friends reunion episode will be shot soon, which will premiere in May on HBO Max, the upcoming American subscription video on demand streaming service from WarnerMedia Entertainment. HBO Max itself will launch in May 2020, which is why the Friends reunion episode gains significance.
HBO Max aims to ratchet up the number of subscribers to its streaming service on the back of the huge popularity of the iconic sitcom. The Friends reunion special will be an add-on to the buzz created by HBO Max’s acquisition of all ten seasons of Friends, which were earlier hot property at Netflix.
HBO has confirmed that all six stars of Friends will reunite for the special. The reunion will be unscripted, and will feature the series’ creators, David Crane and Martha Kauffman, as well as the actors Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer. The special will also be filmed where the entire ten seasons of Friends was filmed – in Stage 24 of the Warner Bros lot in Burbank.
Friends star Matthew Perry took to Instagram to announce the news with just two words – “It’s happening.” Incidentally, Perry had created a flutter in the beginning of February when he’d posted on his Twitter – ‘Big news coming….’, sending fans into a Friends reunion frenzy. We can’t help but wonder whether it was the reunion he’d hinted at, after all.
Check out Mathew Perry’s Instagram post, studded with a delectable ‘Friends’ poster –
https://www.instagram.com/p/B82ExDppJ3R/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
With the reunion coming up after 16 years of the airing of the last episode, there are mixed reactions among fans and observers about whether it is a good thing or bad. As for us, we’re right here waiting for the episode to air, before venturing our views on it.
Watch this space at Binged.com for further news on the Friends Reunion!
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