FriendsCreators Say They’re Constantly Pitched a Reboot Starring the Characters' Kids — Will It Happen?
Mar. 15, 2025Matt LeBlanc, Lisa Kudrow, David Schwimmer, Matthew Perry, Courteney Cox and Jennifer Aniston in ‘Friends’.Photo: Reisig & Taylor/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty
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Friendsfans are apparently clambering for a reboot starring the next generation of Gellers, Bings and Buffays.
“I would imagine it’s kind of what it must feel like when your kid turns 30 and you’re like, ‘How didthathappen?’ ” Crane said of the hit show, which premiered on NBC in 1994.
Matthew Perry, Jennifer Aniston, David Schwimmer, Courteney Cox, Matt Leblanc and Lisa Kudrow in 1995.NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty
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Speaking of kids, Bright noted that that pre-teen fans constantly ask whether there will ever be more episodes of the series.Friendshas famously continued to reach a massive audience of young viewers — who weren’t even born when itsfinaleaired in May 2004 — via streaming platforms.
“We get that a lot,” Kauffman chimed in. “I get emails about it all the time. Everybody has a great idea, and the great idea is: their kids, grown up, doing aFriendsshow.”
Cole Sprouse and David Schwimmer in ‘Friends’.Warner/NBC
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Next up wasLisa Kudrow’s Phoebe Buffay.The actress’s real-life pregnancyduring the show’s fourth season led to a season-long storyline in which her character served as a surrogate for her half-brother (Giovanni Ribisi) and his wife (Debra Jo Rupp), giving birth to their triplets in a 1998 episode.
Lisa Kudrow, Courteney Cox, Matthew Perry, David Schwimmer and Matt LeBlanc in ‘Friends’.Paul Drinkwater/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty
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After briefly rekindling her on-again, off-again romance with Schwimmer’s character,Jennifer Aniston’s Rachel Green becomes pregnant with Ross’s second child in season 7, later giving birth to their daughter Emma in season 8.
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Courteney Cox, Matthew Perry and Anna Faris in ‘Friends’.NBCU Photo Bank via Getty
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With seven canonicalFriendsbabies — not to mention any Phoebe andMatt LeBlanc’s Joey Tribbiani may have had since the series ended — there are plenty of options to round out a potential six-character cast to mirror the original show.
But theFriendscreators aren’t especially keen on the idea.
“Oh, no. No, no, no,” Crane said of the possibility of a reboot onToday.
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Meanwhile, Bright and Kauffman also noted that the show’s 30th anniversary is somewhat bittersweet givenMatthew Perry’s untimely deathin October of last year.
“He’d been fighting the good fight for so long,” Bright said of the actor’s struggle with substance abuse, “and it really did feel like, fromthe [2021] reunion, that he had finally found some peace.”
“It’s a huge loss, and it does make the 30th a little fraught,” added Kauffman.
source: people.com
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