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Las Claves Del Reencuentro De 'Friends' a Través De HBO Max Las claves del reencuentro de 'Friends' a través de HBO Max 14 May | 2021 Autor: Deleyes Noticias Cita del autor: Noticias, Deleyes (2021). "Las claves del reencuentro de 'Friends' a través de HBO Max". Recuperado el: 14 de mayo del 2021, de https://www.deleyes.pe/articulos/las-claves-del-reencuentro-de- friends-a-traves-de-hbo-max Lo que en su momento comenzó como meras especulaciones a inicios de 2020, terminó confirmándose con un emotivo anuncio de HBO Max: 'Friends: The Reunion' llegará este 27 de mayo a través de su plataforma con un esperado encuentro de los protagonistas de la icónica serie estadounidense. Con una escena de los seis actores principales caminando juntos, bajo un emotivo fondo musical, HBO Max apeló a la nostalgia y comunicó a sus usuarios sobre este importante y esperado lanzamiento. Las siluetas de Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry y David Schwimmer, juntos otra vez, es una imagen que los fanáticos de 'Friends' han estado esperando por muchísimo tiempo. Y ahora que se dará con bombos y platillos, no hay que ser adivinos para suponer la gran emoción que deben sentir. Image not found or type unknown Todo el contenido que veremos en este reencuentro se grabó hace más de un mes y que por razones pandémicas fue posponiéndose hasta la fecha anunciada. La locación fue la misma en la que los actores convivieron y grabaron la serie entre fines de los años noventa y comienzos del 2000. 'Friends: The reunion' estuvo a cargo de Ben Winston en la dirección, quien contó con el apoyo de los creadores David Crane, Marta Kauffman y Kevin Bright en la producción ejecutiva. Uno de los datos importantes de este reencuentro es que, al no ser un capítulo extra o algo netamente ficticio, tendrá invitados espaciales que compartirán momentos divertidos con los actores. Estos serán: David Beckham, Justin Bieber, BTS, James Corden, Cindy Crawford, Cara Delevingne, Lady Gaga, Elliott Gould, Kit Harington, Larry Hankin, Mindy Kaling, Thomas Lennon, Christina Pickles, Tom Selleck, James Michael Tyler, Maggie Wheeler, Reese Witherspoon y Malala Yousafzai. Image not found or type unknown.
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