The Peacock platform canceled the “Queer As Folk” series after one season.
The announcement was made by creator Stephen Dunn on social media on Friday night (23/9).
“It’s a rare gift these days, and in this country, to be able to put on a fearless and unrepentant show like ‘Queer As Folk,'” wrote Dunn on Instagram. “This experience has changed our lives forever and we are so grateful to have found this fantastic new family. But today we received the disappointing news that we won’t have a season 2. We know how much this means to the fans and even if we are heartbroken. , we will no longer do episodes. We want to thank all of you for watching and falling in love with Brodie, Mingus, Ruthie, Noah, Shar, Julian, Daddius, Bussey, Marvin, Judy and Brenda. We are so grateful for the opportunity to honor our community and we are very proud of this show. #QueerAsFamily “.
The production was a reboot of the classic 2000s gay series and followed a diverse group of friends from the New Orleans LGBTQIA + scene, whose lives were transformed in the aftermath of the tragedy. The first recorded a massacre sponsored by a homophobic gunman in a gay club, with the right to death and injuries. Give me something to say. But apparently this wasn’t enough to guarantee an audience.
It was the second time that the title of the 1999 British series, created by Russell T. Davies (also responsible for the revival of “Doctor Who”), was used in an adaptation for a US audience. A year after the original show premiered, Ron Cowen and Daniel Lipman made a Pittsburgh-set version for Showtime, which took the stories set in England and expanded them over five seasons between 2000 and 2005. The remake is finished. , becoming the first American TV drama starring gay men, which helped usher in a new era of programming, paving the way for countless LGBTQ + series.
The new version was developed by Stephen Dunn (“Little America”) and included a large cast, consisting of Jesse James Keitel (“Big Sky”), Johnny Sibilly (“Hacks”), Fin Argus (“Agents of SHIELD”) , Devin Way (“Grey’s Anatomy”), Ryan O’Connell (“Special”), Lukas Gage (“The White Lotus”), Chris Renfro (“Two Dollar Therapy”), Armand Fields (“Work in Progress”), Megan Stalter (“Hacks”) and veterans Juliette Lewis (“Yellowjackets”), Kim Cattrall (“Sex and the City”) and Ed Begley Jr. (“Young Sheldon”).
The series was made available in Brazil on the Starzplay platform. Watch the trailer below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04vsg9-Yisg
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