Jennifer Aniston remains optimistic as Friends reunion is postponed again by HBO Max until May 2021

Jennifer Aniston sounded uneasy about the news that the highly anticipated Friends reunion would be delayed until May 2021.

The 51-year-old actress said it was ‘glass half full’ when it came to the proposal while speaking to Deadline on Friday.

‘It’s going to be great. Do you know anything? This has also given us more time to make it even more exciting and fun than it would have been, ‘she said.

Still excited: Jennifer Aniston, 51, was excited about the Friends reunion, which has now been postponed to May 2021. ‘I choose to see it because the glass is half full that it has been postponed,’ she told Deadline ; shown in January

‘I choose to see it because the glass is half full that it was put out,’ she continued. ‘Look, we’re not going anywhere. You will never be friends with Friends, sorry. You have life with us, boys. ‘

The much-anticipated reunion has been delayed and HBO Max has now postponed the special due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, which is now raging in California.

Filming will only follow ‘next May’, according to sources who spoke to Variety on Friday about the project.

“Unfortunately, it’s very sad that we had to move it again,” Jennifer said. The Emmy winner is still excited about getting back to work when it’s safe for everyone involved.

‘It was,‘ How do we do this with live audiences? ‘This is not a safe time. Period. That’s the end line. It is not a safe time to do it. ‘

Safety first: ‘It was,’ How do we do this with live audiences? ‘This is not a safe time. Period. That’s the end line. It’s not a safe time to do it, ‘said Aniston

Reprint: HBO Max has delayed reunion due to COVID-19 and filming will not continue until next ‘May at the earliest’, according to sources who spoke to Variety on Friday

She may be optimistic about the prospects of the Friends Reunion, but Aniston was negative on 2020 as a whole.

‘I have to renew my driving license and I do not want it to say anything about 2020,’ she joked. “I just want to get 2020 out and behind us.”

News of the reunion’s delay came hours later when executives from Fulwell 73, the production company specially assembled the HBO Max, confirmed to Deadline that the reunion was “renewed” to begin shooting in two weeks.

A source close to the production told Variety that the special was in film mail in August, but was now shot after May 20, ’21. ‘

The latest delay is likely to disappoint Friends fans who saw a glimmer of hope for the reunion a few hours earlier.

Leo Pearlman, a partner at Fulwell 73, which produces the reunion special, said he was ‘excited’ to spend the next two weeks filming in a Deadline article published Friday.

Two hours later, the outlet renewed the writing of the piece: ‘After the publication of this interview, HBO Max distanced herself from Fulwell 73 quotes about the immediate reunion of the friends who are troubled. ‘

Confidence: Leo Pearlman, a partner at Fulwell 73, who produces the reunion special, said in a Deadline article published Friday that filming would begin in the next two weeks, but the story was later updated and said ‘ HBO Max distances himself from Fulwell 73 quotes about the reunion of ‘friends who are troubled’

She added that an insider now says the date for the shoot is ‘yet to be determined.’

Originally, the HBO Max special was aired in May, but filming was not even underway when the COVID-19 pandemic shook productions all over the place.

Manufacturers then tentatively set up their sites in August or September – assuming there would be no other coronavirus complications.

“We hope to shoot in August, when all is well and there is no early second wave and the studio is open,” said Marta Kauffman, co-creator of the TV series that aired from 1994 to 2004. , told The Wrap in June.

Delays: Originally the HBO Max aired specifically in May, but filming had not even begun when the COVID-19 pandemic shook productions across the board

Despite the delays, last month’s Friends star David Schwimmer confirmed that the reunion ‘absolutely’ still happened.

The 53-year-old actor opened up about the plans for the special HBO Max during an interview with Hoda Kotb and Nick Mohammed of Today.

Schwimmer seemed surprised that Hoda himself asked, telling the AM host: ‘There will definitely be a Friends reunion.

‘We have a lot of the creative aspects of the show [worked out.] It’s not a script, but there will be some surprisingly funny bits, ‘David Schwimmer damned in July

‘We have a lot of the creative aspects of the show [worked out.] It’s not a script, but there will be some surprisingly funny bits, ‘he dived.

“The real question is when,” David said. “We’re still trying to find it, because we want to do it when it’s safe for everyone.”

When the shooting begins, Schwimmer will be joined by Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt Leblanc and Matthew Perry, as well as creators Marta Kauffman and David Crane.

They will be there for you: When shooting comes, Schwimmer will join Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt Leblanc and Matthew Perry, as well as creators Marta Kauffman and David Crane