Topline
The hotly anticipated Buddies reunion will air on HBO Max on Might maybe also merely 27, the streamer launched Thursday, releasing a teaser trailer and enormous name-studded list of customer stars for the unscripted Buddies: The Reunion—or, “The One The keep They Fetch Abet Collectively.”
Solid members of “Buddies” after winning for Easiest Comedy Sequence on the 54th Annual Emmy Awards.
Key Info
The trailer reveals the backs of the six central Buddies solid members—Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer—who will all be taking half in the reunion special.
HBO Max described the reunion as a “genuine-existence unscripted celebration” of the TV series, which changed into once filmed on the prove’s usual soundstage on the Warner Bros. Studio backlot in California.
HBO has previously said the prove will operate the usual solid members reuniting on the prove’s sets as themselves “to reminisce,” stressing they “must create it very sure that here will not be any longer a brand unusual, usual episode of the series.”
Buddies: The Reunion will operate such company stars as David Beckham, Justin Bieber, BTS, James Corden, Cindy Crawford, Cara Delevingne, Girl Gaga, Elliott Gould, Kit Harington, Larry Hankin, Mindy Kaling, Thomas Lennon, Christina Pickles, Tom Selleck, James Michael Tyler, Maggie Wheeler, Reese Witherspoon and Malala Yousafzai, HBO launched Thursday.
Key Background
The Buddies reunion special changed into once first confirmed in Feb. 2020 after years of the solid denying the prove would return after going off the air in 2004, with the prove’s usual stars revealing on Instagram: “It’s taking place.” The special changed into once delayed for a yr because of the Covid-19 pandemic, nonetheless, after being at the beginning slated to movie in unhurried March 2020 and initiate with HBO Max. It changed into once unclear when the special would debut before Thursday’s announcement, and the prove’s legit Instagram anecdote revealed April 10 that filming had handiest splendid been done.
Massive Number
At least $2.5 million. That’s reportedly how mighty every of the Buddies stars are being paid for the one-off special, in accordance with a pair of sources.
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Further Reading
Buddies Reunion Episode To Film In March After Months Of Covid-19 Delays (Forbes)
‘Buddies’ Reunion Special to Plod over HBO Max Open (Hollywood Reporter)
The Buddies Reunion Special Is Coming in 2021 (Harpers Bazaar)
