The cast of Close friends will be there for you…eventually.

In accordance to an individual with information of the situation, HBO Max’s planned unscripted reunion unique featuring the primary cast of the strike sitcom has been delayed as soon as yet again owing to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and its impression on physical manufacturing. Filming dates are nevertheless to be decided.

The particular was initially intended to movie back in March with a live viewers. Those people designs have been scrapped when the pandemic shut down productions throughout the entertainment business. WarnerMedia Enjoyment and Direct-to-Shopper chairman Bob Greenblatt then stated in Could that the company was hopeful the particular would shoot by the finish of the summer months.

“We’re keeping out for currently being equipped to get this distinctive finished ideally by the close of the summer time, if the stars align and with any luck , we can get back into creation,” Greenblatt explained at the time. “We do believe there’s a price to getting a large, raucous dwell viewers to working experience these six terrific friends coming again jointly and we did not want to just instantly do it on a web phone with, you know, 6 squares and individuals taking pictures from their kitchens and bedrooms.”

The Close friends reunion has been in the will work for months but was formally introduced in February. Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer are all set to return for the unscripted reunion, which is established to film on the unique Buddies soundstage, Stage 24, on the Warner Bros. Studio lot in Burbank.

It was intended to assist launch HBO Max in Could, with the streamer established to be the exclusive streaming household of all 10 seasons of the beloved comedy collection.

WarnerMedia reportedly paid around $400 million for the legal rights to the series, outbidding Netflix. Nielsen experienced formerly documented that the demonstrate was one of the most-watched on Netflix, although Netflix does not present any viewership knowledge.

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