The long-awaited Friends Union is going to air on May 27 and will feature a number of celebrity guests including Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, and K-Pop band BTS, streaming service HB0 Max said on Thursday.
Pakistan’s Malala Yousafzai, yes, that Malala will also be among the guests that take to the Friends Reunion set on May 27, HBO Max added.
The Reunion plan of the Friends original cast was scheduled to be filmed more than a year ago but, was delayed multiple times due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
After a prolonged delay, the streaming platform finally managed to film the unscripted, one-off special episode feature all six of the original cast earlier this year on the same sound stage in Los Angeles as the original comedy about six young 20-somethings, played by Jennifer Aniston, Lisa Kudrow, Courteney Cox, David Schwimmer, Matt LeBlanc and Matthew Perry, living in New York.
Friends was the most famous show of the 1990s when it ended a 10-year run in 2004 on NBC television. The famous sitcom found a new life on streaming platforms where it is one of the most-watched shows worldwide.
News of the broadcast date for the reunion quickly became the top trending item worldwide on Twitter.
“The one with us finally getting together,” quipped Kudrow on Instagram.
Cox said she felt “blessed to have reunited with my Friends… and it was better than ever.” HBO Max said more than 15 celebrity guests would also take part, including former Friends cast members Tom Selleck (Richard), and Maggie Wheeler (Janice) and others such as British soccer star David Beckham, Game of Thrones actor Kit Harington and Pakistan’s Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai.
Via: Reuters
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