自從《老友記》在2004年播出大結局後，十幾年來多次傳出拍「老友」重聚特別篇的消息，結果都沒有了下文。這次終於確定了！六位主演將齊聚原劇攝影棚，拍攝無劇本特輯。你們的瑞秋、羅斯、莫妮卡、錢德、喬伊、菲比又要回來了！
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It’s happening: The 「Friends」 cast is reuniting for an exclusive untitled unscripted special on HBO Max.
真的要來了：《老友記》主創將會重新集結，拍攝HBO Max平臺的一檔獨播節目，這一節目尚未命名，也沒有劇本。
Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer will return to the original 「Friends」 soundstage, Stage 24, on the Warner Bros. Studio lot in Burbank to celebrate the long-running series, which ended its run in 2004.
詹妮弗·安妮斯頓、柯特妮·考克斯、莉莎·庫卓、馬特·勒布朗、馬修·瑞和大衛·休默將回歸華納兄弟原來拍攝《老友記》、位於伯班克的Stage 24攝影棚，慶祝這一2004年終結的長壽劇集。
Sources close to the situation tell Variety the six stars will receive at least $2.5 million apiece for participating in the special.
熟悉情況的消息來源告訴《綜藝》雜誌，參演特別節目的這六位明星每人將獲得至少250萬美元（約合人民幣1759萬元）的片酬。
The reunion has been hotly anticipated, with speculation about the HBO Max special swirling since last fall, just months after the WarnerMedia-created SVOD platform nabbed the streaming rights to the show from Netflix in a deal with Warner Bros. Television. All 10 seasons of the comedy left Netflix at the end of 2019, meaning that 「Friends」 has thus far not been available to stream in the US this calendar year — at least, not until HBO Max launches in May.
人們一直熱切期待著《老友記》主創的重聚，去年秋季就傳出了HBO Max推出《老友記》特別節目的猜測。在華納兄弟電視公司和奈飛公司籤訂一項協議後，華納媒體創辦的SVOD平臺從奈飛那裡取得了《老友記》節目的播放權。不到幾個月這種猜測就開始滿天飛。2019年底全部十季《老友記》在奈飛下架，意味著今年以來《老友記》一直沒有在美國流媒體平臺播放，至少，在五月份HBO Max平臺上線之前是如此。
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The special, as well as all 236 episodes of 「Friends,」 will be available upon the streaming service’s debut. They will no doubt be a high-profile part of HBO Max’s appeal as it tries to attract subscribers. Though the sitcom aired its series finale over 15 years ago, third-party market researchers have said 「Friends」 was one of Netflix’s most-watched shows. And as previously reported, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment told Variety that sales of physical and digital versions of 「Friends」 have 「roughly tripled」 since news broke that it would be leaving Netflix.
《老友記》特別節目連同《老友記》原劇全部236集將會在首次上線的HBO Max流媒體平臺上播放。這些節目無疑是HBO Max試圖吸引訂閱用戶的高調手段之一。儘管這部情景喜劇十五年前就播出了大結局，但第三方市場調研機構指出，《老友記》仍是奈飛播放量最高的節目之一。正如先前所報導的，華納兄弟家庭娛樂公司告訴《綜藝》雜誌說，自從爆出《老友記》即將離開奈飛的新聞後，《老友記》光碟和數字版的銷量「大約上漲了兩倍」。
"Guess you could call this the one where they all got back together — we are reuniting with David, Jennifer, Courteney, Matt, Lisa, and Matthew for an HBO Max special that will be programmed alongside the entire 『Friends』 library,」 said Kevin Reilly, chief content officer at HBO Max and president of TBS, TNT, and truTV, in a statement. 「I became aware of 『Friends』 when it was in the very early stages of development and then had the opportunity to work on the series many years later and have delighted in seeing it catch on with viewers generation after generation. It taps into an era when friends – and audiences – gathered together in real time and we think this reunion special will capture that spirit, uniting original and new fans.」
HBO Max的首席內容官凱文·萊利在一份聲明中說：「我想你們可以把這稱之為《老友記》劇組的重聚——我們將和大衛、詹妮弗、柯特妮、馬特、莉莎和馬修在HBO Max的一個特別節目中重逢，這檔節目將和《老友記》劇集一起上線。在《老友記》籌拍早期我就知道這部劇，多年以後我有機會參與這部劇的製作，很高興看到它徵服了一代又一代觀眾。這部劇讓人懷念那個朋友和觀眾都會真實地聚到一起的年代，我們認為這次老友重聚的特別節目會體現這個精神，讓新老粉絲都聯合起來。」凱文·萊利同時也是特納廣播公司、特納電視網和truTV電視頻道的總裁。
Ben Winston will direct the special and executive produce alongside 「Friends」 executive producers Kevin Bright, Marta Kauffman and David Crane. Aniston, Cox, Kudrow, LeBlanc, Perry, and Schwimmer are also executive producing the special, with Emma Conway and James Longman on board as co-executive producers.
本·溫斯頓將導演這檔特別節目，並和《老友記》的執行製片人凱文·布萊特、瑪爾塔·考夫曼和大衛·克萊恩一起擔任執行製片人。安妮斯頓、考克斯、庫卓、勒布朗、派瑞和休默也將擔任這一特別節目的執行製片人，艾瑪·康威和詹姆斯·朗曼將擔任聯合執行製片人。
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