Published 08:10 IST, February 22nd 2020

It's happening! 'Friends' cast to reunite for special episode, to stream on HBO Max

The hotly anticipated reunion episode if FRIENDS seems to finally be happening. The reunion special will be available on HBO Max following its release.

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It’s finally happening! According to reports,  Friends cast will be reuniting for an exclusive untitled unscripted special on HBO Max, more than 15 years since show ended. Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matw Perry and David Schwimmer will all appear in episode. It is been speculated that each member of cast will receive at least $2.5 million for reunion episode. A date is yet to be anunced.

Reunion episode finally happening!

Friends left Netflix at stroke of midnight on December 31, 2019. Since n it has t been available to stream on any platform. popular sitcom will be available when HBO Max is launched in May. special, as well as 236 episodes of Friends, will be available to stream on HBO Max.
series will be directed by Ben Winston. Aniston, Cox, Kudrow, LeBlanc, Perry, and Schwimmer are also executive producing special, with Emma Conway and James Longman on board as co-executive producers.

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DVD and Blu-Ray sales through roof

Warner Media’s home entertainment division is raking in huge profits from Friends' DVD and Blu-Ray copies of in past few months. spike in purchase of se physical and digital copies has been witnessed after sitcom went on a streaming break with OTT platform Netflix.

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Friends fans had to bid adieu to ir favourite show from Netflix at end of last year. popular show left streaming platform after Warner Media’s HBO Max purchased rights of show. show is w set to start streaming on yet to be launched streaming platform from month of May. So, only way to binge-watch Friends till n is through DVD, Blue-Ray and its digital download.

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According to a media portal’s report, streaming hiatus of popular sitcom has led to huge sales profits for Warner Media’s home entertainment section. report has furr quoted senior vice president of TV marketing Rosemary Markson, whose statement stated that sales of both physical and digital copies of Friends have roughly tripled since it anunced its break from Netflix.

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Markson continued to explain this sales hike furr by stating that at beginning of year Friends was top-selling catalogue- TV franchise in home entertainment. She also added strong sales were ticed in both physical and digital copies. Markson concluded her statement by saying that DVDs were original binging mechanisms and its collection also adds permanence and repeatability to show.  

(Picture credit: Matw Perry Instagram)

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08:10 IST, February 22nd 2020