Friends is back 17 years later!
A Friends reunion special at HBO Max is finally coming after being long-delayed.
Friends: The Reunion will debut on HBO Max on May 27.
The special show will debut exactly one year after it was originally set to hit the stream service.
Unfortunately, the program had to be delayed multiple times due to production shutdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Friends: The Reunion was originally set to film in February 2020 but was only able to begin filming in April.
Familiar faces are set to hit Friends including Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry, and David Schwimmer.
The iconic group returned to the iconic comedy's original soundstage, Stage 24, on the Warner Bros. Studio lot in Burbank.
Variety reported in 2020 that each of the six stars were paid at least US$2.5 million (approx. $3.2 million) for participating in the special.
A number of A-listers are also set to appear in Friends: The Reunion including David Beckham, Justin Bieber, Cara Delevingne, James Michael Tyler, Maggie Wheeler, Reese Witherspoon Lady Gaga, BTS, James Corden, Cindy Crawford, Elliott Gould, Kit Harington, Larry Hankin, Mindy Kaling, Thomas Lennon, Christina Pickles, Tom Selleck and Malala Yousafzai.
The special was directed by Ben Winston.
The executive producers included Kevin Bright, Marta Kauffman, and David Crane.
While the exact cost of WarnerMedia keeping the rights to the original Friends is not disclosed, reports suggest the streaming service is paying US$400 million (approx. $518 million).