'Friends' Reunion Production Postponed Again Amid Pandemic

Ryan Reynolds has urged young people in his native Canada to stop going to parties and help slow the spread of coronavirus, saying: “I hope young people don’t kill my mom.”

Jennifer Aniston has assured fans the highly-anticipated Friends reunion special will happen, despite ongoing delays amid the COVID-19 crisis.On Friday (August 7, 2020), producer Leo Pearlman told Deadline filming had been slated to begin in the next two weeks, but representatives from streamer HBO Max distanced themselves from the claims, with reports emerging that the show had been pushed to May 2021.Insisting that the gathering, also featuring David Schwimmer, Matt LeBlanc, Courteney Cox, Mat

Friends reunion is back on track after the COVID-19 pandemic brought the much-anticipated get together to a halt.Filming will begin in the next two weeks, according to producer Leo Pearlman, with all six cast members – David Schwimmer, Matt LeBlanc, Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Matthew Perry, and Lisa Kudrow – set to take part in the one-off special for HBO Max.The reunion was scheduled to air as the new streaming service debuted earlier this summer (2020).Ben Winston, an executive producer

Jennifer Aniston is remaining positive in a world where good news seems to be the exception rather than the rule. Harper’s Bazaar picked up on an interview with Jennifer Aniston and Deadline recently in which she claimed there was a positive side to the delay of the Friends reunion.

. "It was, ‘How do we do this with live audiences?’ This is not a safe time.

Jennifer Aniston spoke out about the highly anticipated “Friends” reunion special being postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Friends fans, don’t lose faith in the reunion!

Friends reunion has been postponed again.The news was confirmed by Jennifer Aniston who told Deadline that the reunion has been postponed once more because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.The upcoming one-off special episode was originally planned for a May release to coincide with HBO Max’s launch on May 27.

Variety reports that filming has been delayed again.But Jennifer Aniston has taken a ‘glass half-full approach,’ seeing the bump in the road as the chance to make the reunion ‘even more exciting’ than it was in the first place.Speaking to Deadline, the actress said Friends isn’t going anywhere anytime soon adding that fans are stuck with the show for life.Plans for the unscripted show would have seen the original cast and crew get together in the same Warner Bros studio the series was filmed in

If 2020 were any different, by now we would have been rewatching the Friends reunion special multiple types as we do with the 236 episodes of the iconic sitcom. Originally, the Friends cast - Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer - was all set to shoot for the reunion at the series' original soundstage, Stage 24 at the Warner Bros.

Antonia Blyth Deputy Editor, AwardsLineWhile taping of the Friends reunion special for HBO Max has been delayed once again by the COVID-19 pandemic, Jennifer Aniston remains resolutely optimistic.Speaking to Deadline via phone after the news broke, she said, “It’s going to be super. You know what? This has also given us more time to make it even more exciting and more fun than it would have been.

The highly anticipated Friends reunion special has been delayed once again, due to the coronavirus pandemic.

auctioned six tickets to the taping, with the funds benefiting COVID relief.The special is designed to join all 236 episodes of the Emmy-winning 1994-2004 NBC series, recently revealed by the WarnerMedia as the top show on the streaming platform.Winston executive produces along with Bright, Kauffman and Crane as well as Aniston, Cox, Kudrow, LeBlanc, Perry and Schwimmer. Emma Conway and James Longman are co-executive producers.

coronavirus pandemic pushing back the special's production schedule, dates for filming the unscripted reunion special are still to be determined by Warner Bros.  reported Friday that the HBO Max special is set to begin filming within the next two weeks, while claims this date has been pushed again. Star David Schwimmer, who plays Ross Geller in the iconic sitcom, has told fans the reunion is «definitely» still happening and that all of the show's main stars — Jennifer Aniston (Rachel Green),

“Friends” fans were rejoicing when Deadline reported the highly anticipated reunion special would be doing into production very soon.