Since Friends wrapped up fifteen years ago, fans of the sitcom have been more than vocal about wanting Ross, Rachel, Chandler, Monica, Phoebe, and Joey to return to the screen one more time.
Over the years, the cast has been inundated with questions about whether the show would ever come back, but there have been no signs of a reunion - with the cast showing little interest in setting foot into Central Perk one last time. Except... just days ago when Jennifer Aniston teased a reunion on Instagram!
While, for now, nothing is confirmed - what is confirmed is that Friends will be hitting cinemas to celebrate its 25th anniversary.
Sure, it's not as good as a reunion, but it's enough to keep us going! Keep scrolling to learn more about Aniston's cryptic Insta post, and everything you need to know about the cinema dates.
We were first introduced to the Friends gang in 1994.
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Ross (David Schwimmer), Rachel (Jennifer Aniston), Chandler (Matthew Perry), Monica, (Courteney Cox), Phoebe (Lisa Kudrow), and Joey (Matt LeBlanc) burst onto our screens in September 1994. Created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, the comedy follows the friends, who live in the same New York apartment block, as they navigate their lives.The sitcom became an instant hit.
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The show propelled each cast member into superstardom, with the show winning several Emmy's during its ten-season run. The success of the show can't be denied...even the theme song, "I'll Be There for You," during the iconic title sequence is impossible to not sing along to. Allegedly, the cast was also each on an eye-watering $1 million salary per episode in the later seasons of the show - a history-breaking figure.Over the years, there have been a few low-key reunions and a lot of false hope...
Apart from the occasional reunion on talk-shows, fans have had their fair share of disappointments when it comes to waiting for a Friends reunion. A fake trailer for a Friends movie trailer even went viral last year, giving superfans false hope that the sitcom was hitting the box office.Just last year, Matt Leblanc said a Friends reunion would never go ahead.
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The actor left fans heartbroken as he rejected calls for the show to return, saying the sitcom simply "wouldn't be the same" in an interview with the Mail Online. He added: "People want to know what happened to them. But it was about a finite period in a person’s life after college, before you settle down and start a family."Lisa Kudrow also dismissed talks of a reunion...
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While appearing on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, the actress said: "They're rebooting everything. I don't know how that works with Friends, though. That was about people in their twenties, thirties. The show isn't about people in their forties, fifties. And if we have the same problems, that's just sad."It's not just the cast that has shut down calls for the sitcom to return...
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The show's creator Marta Kauffman, says she constantly gets "nagged" by fans to bring the sitcom back."Watch the old ones – there is no way we could win that. And there's no way it would be satisfying and it'll never happen. We'll never do it," she said.
At this point, it was pretty clear that a Friends reunion was never going to happen.But, as we were finally beginning to accept we wouldn't see the gang on our TV's again, Jennifer Aniston has just gone and totally changed the game...
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Speaking on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, the actress gave fans a fresh glimmer of hope...Speaking to Ellen, the star said the cast are all on board for a reunion.
Yes, you read that correctly... When asked the usual question about a potential reunion with her fellow co-stars, Aniston surprised fans, saying: "Why not? You know what, because, listen, I told you this."I would do it... The girls would do it. And the boys would do it, I'm sure. Listen. Anything could happen."
The actress seems very keen to get together with her former castmates...
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Aniston joked that she could do a revival by herself if nobody else was up for it.But there's one thing that Jen has never joined in with her fellow castmates...
And that's an Instagram account.All other castmates are pretty active on their social media accounts...
Lisa Kudrow, Courtney Cox, David Schwimmer, and Matt Le Blanc post regularly on their Instagram accounts - it's only been Jennifer and Matthew Perry who have kept their distance from the social media platform.But news is just in...
Jennifer finally has an Instagram account! She created her account under the name @jenniferaniston a few hours ago today on 15th October, and her first post is everything we could have dreamed of.Jen wasted no time in giving us fans what we want...
She shared a selfie of herself and the rest of the Friends gang, clearing enjoying an evening together. "And now we’re Instagram FRIENDS too. HI INSTAGRAM," she captioned the post.Our prayers have finally been answered!
Jen playfully commented on Matt Le Blanc's Instagram post of the gang recently: ‘You don’t have to # me anymore." Of course, the account was literally verified a few hours ago - but we are so excited to see what content Jen will be providing for us... and even some more hints for a Friends reunion?!While a reunion is NOT confirmed, something else is.
Yes, that's right, as the headline has already informed you, Friends will be shown in cinemas to mark the 25th anniversary of the best sitcom of all time.
12 episodes will be screened.
12 classic episodes of the sitcom will be screened and they have all been picked because they're absolute 'fan favorites', according to The Independent.
Those shown will include the very first episode, as well as The One with the Prom Video, The One with the Embryos, The One with Ross’s Wedding, The One Where Everyone Finds Out and The One Where Ross Got High.Â
Over 1,000 cinemas have took part.
Fans in the US can watch a run of episodes back-to-back across the country.
The shows will be broken up by behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with the cast and crew.
But it's not only in the US.
Odeon in the UK will also be hosting the Friend's binge, again, at cinemas up and down the country.
However, these will be taking place a little closer to Christmas in December
Could we BE any more excited?!
I literally cannot think of anything better than binge-watching the best Friend's episodes of all time on the big screen. Bring it on!