Delayed ‘Friends’ reunion holding out for live audience over remote event

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Followers could have to wait until finally the drop for the “Friends” reunion particular as HBO Max executives are keeping out hopes of filming it just before a reside audience somewhat than shooting the a lot-anticipated get together remotely with stars under quarantine.

Robert Greenblatt, chairman of WarnerMedia Enjoyment, which is launching the HBO Max streaming company on May well 27, reported on Monday he thought it was really worth waiting until finally the a person-off unscripted show could be filmed in a conventional way.

The reunion, dreamed of by enthusiasts for many years, was supposed to have assisted start HBO Max, but the coronavirus epidemic shut down output throughout Hollywood just before it could be filmed.

“We are keeping out to be equipped to get this particular finished ideally by the conclude of the summer. We do assume there’s a price to obtaining a raucous reside audience expertise these 6 fantastic close friends coming back again together,” Greenblatt instructed Hollywood outlet Selection in an interview.

“We did not want to just do it instantly on a website connect with, or 6 squares and persons shooting from their kitchens and bedrooms,” Greenblatt added.

Exhibits these as “Saturday Evening Live” and a reunion of “Parks and Recreation” have put together episodes by recording stars in their households.

“Friends,” starring Jennifer Aniston, Lisa Kudrow, Courteney Cox, David Schwimmer, Matt LeBlanc and Matthew Perry, finished in 2004 after ten many years, but it continues to be a person of the most common reveals in re-runs.

“If this (coronavirus) goes on indefinitely, we could go the virtual route,” Greenblatt reported. “But at the second we are seeking to search to the future and get this detail finished in a extra standard way.

“If we start it in the drop, I assume it will be one thing that will have the audience searching forward to,” he added.