Jennifer Aniston has been teasing about a possible reunion for a while now and the Friends special was finally confirmed a few days ago.
The 51-year-old actress will reunite with Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry, and David Schwimmer for the unscripted special, which will premiere on the upcoming American subscription video-on-demand streaming service HBO Max.
The reunion special will premiere on the date that HBO Max debuts, which hasn’t yet been determined, though it will be in May 2020 with a monthly cost of $14.99. The full series of Friends will also be available to stream on the launch date.
Friends, an American sitcom television series, created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, aired on NBC from September 22, 1994, to May 6, 2004, lasting ten seasons
The special will be filmed on Stage 24 on the Warner Bros. Studio Lot in Burbank, Calif, where the show was filmed. Series creators David Crane and Marta Kauffman will also be involved.
“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,” Kevin Reilly, chief content officer, HBO Max and president, TBS, TNT, and truTV, said 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.”
How much will the Friends cast be paid reunion special?
According to THR, the cast members will earn more than double their former per-episode fee of $1 million per episode for the reunion. They will reportedly be paid between $2.5 million and $3 million for the special!
To announce the upcoming reunion, Aniston, Cox, Kudrow, Perry, and Schwimmer all posted the same cast photo to their respective Instagram accounts.
Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry, and David Schwimmer will reunite for the unscripted Friends special
“I’m going to throw up I’m so excited,” Sophie Turner reacted on Instagram when hearing about the reunion. Are you excited as well?