Friends reunion special ‘to film in August’ after coronavirus delays

THE Friends reunion special will 'film in August' following the coronavirus delays the show's co-creator has revealed.

The cast of the hit 90s sitcom were set to reunite for a one-off HBO Max special earlier this year, however their plans were thwarted by the global covid-19 pandemic.

Friends originally aired on NBC from September 1994 until May 2004 and consisted of 10 seasons and 236 episodes.

And fans are desperate to know when they will get to see Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer back together on screen, and now Martha Kauffman has offered them an update.

Martha, who co-created Friends with David Crane, told The Wrap: "We are hoping to be able to shoot in August, if all is well and there is no early second wave and the studio is open.

"If everything is in place and we understand all the protocols and we can still make a good show, we’ll be shooting it some time, mid-to-late August."

The cast are set to film the special in the show's original Burbank studios in California as long as the coronavirus situation doesn't get any worse in the US.

Lisa, who played Phoebe, recently hinted there would be more to the reunion special than just a traditional trip down memory lane.

The 56-year-old told Digital Spy last month: "It's definitely going to happen.[The planning] was pretty far along, but it seemed pretty clear that if people can't gather then we can't do it.

"There are other things in it. There are other things to it; things I shouldn't really talk about because they should be good – but those things can't happen [right now].

"We just decided on another date and we'll see if we can do it then."

The reunion was first announced in November last year, but it was confirmed it had been delayed indefinitely on March 18.