“When the show originally aired, the idea of unapologetic queer stories on TV was so provocative that I felt I could only watch Queer as Folk in secret.
“It is a surreal honor to adapt the notoriously groundbreaking series by Russell T. Reunion: Were Open To It Say Show Creators. Related: Queer As Folk cast reunite online this week for COVID-19 fundraiser Dunn has worked to develop the project since 2018. Gay’s out, God’s in, says the project’s mop-topped director (way to tap into the pulse of the nation. Davies’ original groundbreaking British series. In the first two episodes of the show’s final season, Queer as Folk has already asked us to believe that it’s an injustice for a studio to pull the plug on Justin and Michael’s Hollywood adaptation of their Rage comic book. Peacock has handed out an eight-episode, straight-to-series order for a reimagining of creator Russell T. This new version–also unrelated to the Showtime reboot that debuted in 2000–will examine the lives of a group of queer friends living in New Orleans. Queer as Folk is returning to television. The parallels between that fictional scene from 2005 and the Pulse nightclub shooting in 2016 are stomach. It wasnt just the British version of Queer as Folk that attracted controversy: When the show was remade for US TV, the character of Justin (the equivalent to Nathan in the British series) was aged up to 17 because US networks wouldnt air scenes depicting underage sex. Davies, the man responsible for the original British series in 1999. In the last season of the American Queer as Folk, a bomb was set off in a local gay bar. The US version of Queer as Folk ran for five seasons from 2000-05. The Hollywood Reporter now reports that Stephen Dunn, noted for directing an episode of the anthology series Little America, will executive produce and reimagine the project under the watchful eye of Russell T.
Cheers, queers: streaming service Peacock has announced it will move forward with a full series order for a reboot of Queer as Folk. While attending an event at Babylon to stop Proposition 14, the gang witnesses a horrendous act of violence Drew (Matt Battaglia) feels the fallout from.