The ‘Friends’ Cast is Officially Returning for a Reunion Special
If the entire cast of “Friends” is your lobster, we have great news. The six besties are all returning for a reunion special later this year, reports Deadline.
Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry, and David Schwimmer will return to the sitcom’s original soundstage on the Warner Bros lot in Burbank to film the as-yet-untitlted unscripted special. It’ll run on WarnerMedia’s upcoming streaming service, HBO Max. The platform is set to launch in May 2020, and will be home to all 236 episodes of the original series.
All of the lead actors are now on Instagram, with Matthew Perry being the holdout joining the social media platform on Feb. 7. All six posted the same photo today, captioned, “It’s happening.”
“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.
Other content planned for HBO Max includes “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,” “The Big Bang Theory,” and “Pretty Little Liars.” New content is also in the works, with Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine set to create new films for the platform, as well as new CW shows “Batwoman” and “Riverdale” spinoff, “Katy Keene.”