Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox and ALL Friends stars ‘to reunite in unscripted HBO special for $20M’
FRIENDS stars Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, David Schwimmer, Matt LeBlanc and Matthew Perry will return for an hour-long unscripted special, over 15 years after their hit comedy last aired.
It has been reported that an agreement has been reached “in principle” with streaming platform HBO Max, the six actors and the series’ producers at Warner Bros.
Deadline alleged that “each of the six stars will be paid in the $3 million-$4 million range for appearing in the special”.
The news comes two days after Perry whipped fans into a frenzy after cryptically tweeting: “Big news coming…”
It gave fresh hope that the much loved sitcom’s stars will soon reunite for a special project 16 years after the last episode aired.
He also joined Instagram, and Lisa, Jennifer, and Courteney all offered their support on the post with Jennifer making a Chandler joke, commenting: “Yay Matty! Could you TAKE any longer?”
Courteney commented: “Yes Matty!!”
Lisa also added a classic Friends joke: “Finally!!! Yay!! Can’t believe my MY EYES Welcome to Instagram @mattperry4 #friends4life.”
Despite having no posts, Matthew has already gained 1.7million followers.
Last month HBO Max, the station that would air the special, revealed that the project is “still a maybe”.
Chief content officer Kevin Reilly said: “There’s interest all the way around, and yet we can’t seem to quite get that interest all aligned to push the button on it.”
Excitement has been building for the special since all six of the main co-stars got onboard with the idea last year.
Friends celebrated their 25th anniversary last year and the cast set the internet alight by posing together for a group selfie.