NEW YORK: The cast of ‘Friends’ will resume filming by end of the summer which was halted due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The main cast including Jennifer Aniston (Rachel), Courteney Cox (Monica), Lisa Kudrow (Phoebe), Matt LeBlanc (Joey), Matthew Perry (Chandler), and David Schwimmer (Ross) was scheduled to record a special episode later this month, but the project was delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
WarnerMedia Entertainment and Direct-to-Consumer chairman Bob Greenblatt has confirmed production is set to go ahead in the summer, as long as lockdown measures have been lifted in time.
Speaking to the international magazine, Greenblatt said, “At first we thought, shows will be delayed for a month or two at the most, and now it seems like it is going to be far longer than that.”
“We are holding out for being able to get this special done hopefully by the end of the summer if the stars align and hopefully we can get back into production,” he added.
He further added, “We do think there’s a value to having a big, raucous live audience to experience these six great friends coming back together and we did not want to just suddenly do it on a web call with, you know, six squares and people shooting from their kitchens and bedrooms.”
He continued, “But at the moment, we are trying to look to the future and get this thing done in a more conventional way, and I think it’s worth waiting for.”
The ‘Friends’ special will see the original cast reunite on the programme’s soundstage for an unscripted reunion.
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