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Peacock has handed Stephen Dunn’s reboot of British drama Queer As Folk a series order.
The project, which comes from UCP, was originally in development with Bravo back in 2018 before moving to the NBCU streamer in 2019 and has now been a straight-to-series order.
It is a reboot of Russell T. Davies’ series, which starred Aidan Gillen, Charlie Hunnam and Craig Kelly as three gay men living in Manchester. A U.S. remake, set in Pittsburgh, also aired on Showtime.
The Peacock series will be set in New
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Queer as Folk is being rebooted for NBC’s streaming network Peacock.Russel T Davies’ original series followed three gay friends in the British city of Manchester. It ran for ten episodes in 1999 and 2000 and received both praise and condemnation for its frank depiction of gay relationships and sex.A U.S.
Queer as Folk is coming back!
groundbreaking British LGBTQ-focused series from creator Russell T.
“Queer as Folk” is back!
Mónica Marie Zorrilla “Queer as Folk,” the groundbreaking Russell T Davies series from the ’90s about three clubgoing men in Manchester’s gay village, will be reimagined by creator Stephen Dunn and Universal Cable Productions for Peacock.The network announced a straight-to-series order of the reboot, which is described as a modern take on the original UK series that will chronicle the lives of a diverse group of friends in New Orleans whose lives are transformed in the aftermath of a
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