'Friends' Reunion Delayed Yet Again at HBO

The one-off special featuring all six original stars was poised to film this month on the show's iconic Warner Bros. soundstage in Burbank, Calif., but has now been pushed to a new, yet-to-be-determined date because of the pandemic.

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Amongst the many things that have already been delayed, canceled, postponed, and other things, the most ardent of fans were immensely waiting for one thing especially, and that was the Friends Reunion Special.

However, there is some sad news in the case at it is confirmed that the unscripted reunion special has been delayed again.

The one-off special featuring all six original stars was poised to film this month on the show's iconic Warner Bros. soundstage in Burbank, Calif., but has now been pushed to a new, yet-to-be-determined date because of the pandemic.

"You're asking me to extrapolate what the conditions in L.A. are going to be in August, and that's a fool's errand," HBO Max head of original content Sarah Aubrey told The Hollywood Reporter in June. Star Lisa Kudrow said in May that the production was eyeing August or September to reunite on the show's iconic orange couch but Southern California continues to be a hotspot for the novel coronavirus. Sources say the cast and HBO Max leadership all want to reunite in person on the former NBC comedy's iconic Stage 24 at the Warner Bros. lot so a virtual reunion is not an option.

"We haven't all been in the same room in front of people — I mean, we have privately once many years ago but that's it. The whole point of this is to be in the same room. That hasn't changed. And HBO Max is being phenomenally patient and understanding," Kudrow told THR.

Stars Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer, as well as series creators David Crane and Marta Kauffman, are all set to participate. On Largely all TV and film production — save for animation and voice work —has stopped amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.

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