{"id":4961,"date":"2022-06-04T15:58:08","date_gmt":"2022-06-04T15:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/4guysmagazine.com\/?p=4961"},"modified":"2022-06-04T15:58:11","modified_gmt":"2022-06-04T15:58:11","slug":"watch-the-first-official-trailer-for-the-queer-as-folk-reboot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/4guysmagazine.com\/?p=4961","title":{"rendered":"WATCH THE FIRST OFFICIAL TRAILER FOR THE QUEER AS FOLK REBOOT"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The show sees a Pulse nightclub-like shooting rock New Orleans&#8217; LGBTQ community.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first official trailer for the&nbsp;<em>Queer as Folk<\/em>&nbsp;reboot is here and it looks queer as hell!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Set in New Orleans, the new series sees the LGBTQ community rocked by a horrific tragedy and come together in the aftermath.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Queer as Folk | Official Trailer | Peacock Original\" width=\"749\" height=\"421\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kq2ShKuPD2o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The trailer introduces us to all the main characters including Brodie, played by Devin Way, a commitment-phobe who reveals he dropped out of medical school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eric Gaise&#8217;s character, Marvin, replies: &#8220;Hot, smart, and afraid of commitment &#8211; every gay man&#8217;s type.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, Fin Argus&#8217; Mingus gets ready to perform on stage for the first time. However, if the trailer is any indication, they serve.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The trailer then cuts to the aftermath of an Orlando Pulse nightclub-like shooting and sees some of the characters re-examine their lives and come together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">New bonds are forged and existing ones tightened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brodie tells people: &#8220;we&#8217;ve got to take control of our lives again&#8221;.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Elsewhere,&nbsp;<em>Special<\/em>&#8216;s Ryan O&#8217;Connell asks the age-old question: &#8220;What does one wear to a sex party?&#8221; O&#8217;Connell, who stars as Julian, a pop culture nerd with cerebral palsy, also co-wrote and co-produced the series.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I want to feel alive again,&#8221; Jesse James Keitel&#8217;s Ruthie says towards the trailer&#8217;s end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The trailer promises plenty of drama, love, community, and sex.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Queer as Folk<\/em>&nbsp;will premiere in the UK on streaming service Starzplay on Friday 1 July, just over three weeks after it arrives in the US on Peacock on 9 June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Viewers will be able to enjoy two episodes each week from the eight-episode series, which was inspired by Russell T Davies&#8217; 1999 series about a group of gay friends living in Manchester and its 2000 US remake, which was set in Pittsburgh and ran for five seasons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The show sees a Pulse nightclub-like shooting rock New Orleans&#8217; LGBTQ community. 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