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Vampire Academy: Peacock’s queer inclusive series cancelled after one season

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Peacock’s Vampire Academy is one of the latest LGBTQ+ inclusive TV series to get cancelled. Back in September, the supernatural teen drama made its grand debut on the streaming service. The show, which is based on the Richelle Mead book series, follows Dhampir Rose Hathaway (Sisi Stringer) and royal Moroi vampire Lissa Dragomir (Daniela Nieves), two friends who are navigating relationships and supernatural threats while attending the prestigious St Vladimir’s Academy. The synopsis reads: “As Rose trains to be a guardian, a mysterious bond develops between the two friends, and…

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One of Us Is Lying: Peacock cancels the LGBTQ+ inclusive series after two seasons

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Peacock has cancelled the LGBTQ+ inclusive series One of Us Is Lying after two seasons. Back in 2021, the series, which is based on Karen M McManus’ novel of the same name, premiered on the streaming service. Set at the fictional Bayview High, the first season follows students Simon (Mark McKenna), Addy (Annalisa Cochrane), Cooper (Chibuikem Uche), Bronwyn (Marianly Tejada) and Nate (Cooper van Grootel), as they attend after-school detention. However, things turn deadly when Simon dies from a mysterious allergic reaction, which leads the remaining four students to conduct…

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Peacock’s Queer as Folk reboot cancelled after one season

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Peacock’s critically acclaimed Queer as Folk reboot has been cancelled by the streaming service after just one season. The story, which is a reimagining of Russell T Davies’ groundbreaking 1999 drama of the same name, follows a group of friends whose lives are transformed after a tragic shooting occurs at New Orleans’ popular gay nightclub Babylon.  Ryan O’Connell, Jesse James Keitel, Candace Grace, Johnny Sibilly, Devin Way, Fin Argus, Kim Cattrall, Benito Skinner, Ed Bedgley Jr., Nyle DiMarco and Juliette Lewis all starred in the series. At the time of…

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Exclusive: Stephen Dunn on why Queer as Folk had to ‘deal with the reality of America’

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Queer as Folk creator Stephen Dunn explained why the show’s title is an “incredibly powerful” reclamation of what was once a homophobic slur and why the series “dealt with the real issues of what it is to be queer” so boldly. Last year, the NBC-owned streaming platform Peacock revealed that it would be creating a new version of the British drama. It served as a revival of the series created by Russell T Davies, which revolved around three gay men living in Manchester. The success of the original show spawned…

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Queer as Folk creator Stephen Dunn opens up about that Charlie Hunnam cameo

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Queer as Folk creator Stephen Dunn has opened up about the reboot’s brief Charlie Hunnam cameo. Earlier this month, the highly anticipated series was released on StarzPlay in the UK. A reimagining of Russell T Davies’ groundbreaking 1999 drama of the same name that was later adapted in the US from 2000 to 2005, the series follows a diverse group of friends whose lives are turned upside down following a devastating tragedy. While the show has been praised for differentiating itself from past iterations, the reboot did feature a unique…

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Watch the new full trailer for conversion therapy horror film, They/Them

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The first full trailer for Blumhouse’s new conversion therapy slasher film, They/Them (pronounced “They Slash Them”), has been released and it is looking spooky. The film follows a group of young queer people at a conversion therapy camp in the woods when a masked killer starts terrorizing them. The Politician star Theo Germaine stars as Jordan, a nonbinary young person trying to get emancipated from their unsupportive parents, meanwhile other campers include Alexandra (Quei Tann), a trans girl whose parents are threatening to kick her out; Toby (Austin Crute), a…

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Here’s where (and when) you can watch the Queer as Folk reboot in the UK

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The Queer as Folk reboot has found a home in the UK. A revival of the classic series created by Russell T. Davies, which revolved around three gay men living in Manchester, Queer as Folk is set to premiere 9 June in the United States on Peacock. Thankfully, British viewers won’t have long to wait: the highly-anticipated drama has been announced to launch 1 July on StarzPlay. Jeff Cooke, the streamer’s senior VIP of programming, international networks, said in a statement: “The original ‘Queer as Folk’ truly broke new ground in…

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Queer as Folk reboot confirms release date and drops first-look images

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Peacock has given fans their first glimpse of its Queer as Folk reboot and confirmed that it will be arriving on screens very soon. Last year, the NBC-owned streaming platform revealed that it will be creating a new version of the British drama. It will serve as a revival of the series created by Russell T. Davies, which revolved around three gay men living in Manchester. The success of the original show spawned an American reboot that was set in Pittsburgh and aired on Showtime in the early 2000s. Despite…

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John Cameron Mitchell comes out as non-binary after ‘getting flack’ for playing trans character

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John Cameron Mitchell has come out as non-binary after “getting a little bit of flack” about playing a trans character in Hedwig and the Angry Inch. The 58-year-old stars as Joe Exotic in Joe vs Carole, a limited series based on the Wondery Podcast of the same name. Mitchell discussed the ongoing debate about whether or not gay characters should be portrayed by gay actors during an interview with Pride. “I believe that acting means you’re playing someone that you’re not,” they told the outlet. “And I played all kinds…

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Exclusive: John Cameron Mitchell on ‘humanising’ Joe Exotic in Joe vs Carole

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John Cameron Mitchell says it was important for him to make Joe Exotic ’empathetic’ in Joe vs Carole. Based on the Wondery Podcast of the same name, hosted and reported by Robert Moor, the limited Peacock series depicts the infamous feud between Exotic and fellow big cat conservationist Carole Baskin, played by Kate McKinnon. It also follows the criminal case of Exotic, who was convicted and sentenced to 22 years in prison for animal abuse and attempted murder-for-hire for his plot to kill Baskin. Their feud was memorably put to…

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