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Starzplay Picks Up ‘Queer as Folk’ Reboot For U.K., Europe, Latin America

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Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentStarzplay has acquired Stephen Dunn’s reimagining of groundbreaking British series “Queer as Folk” for a slew of territories including the U.K., several continental European countries, and Latin America.

The Peacock-produced reboot of the Russell T. Davies series from the ’90s about three clubgoing men in Manchester’s gay village, has been acquired by the streaming service for Belgium, Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Latin America, Luxembourg, Spain, Netherlands, the Nordics and the U.K.The eight-episode show will premiere in the U.K.

on July 1, with other local premieres rolling out exclusively in the other territories on July 31. Two new episodes will be available each week.

Produced by UCP, a division of the Universal Studio Group, “Queer as Folk” is Stephen Dunn’s reimagining of the cult show created by Davies (“It’s A Sin,” “Doctor Who”) which has been transposed from Manchester to New Orleans where it looks at a diverse group of friends whose lives are transformed in the aftermath of a tragedy.“The original ‘Queer as Folk’ truly broke new ground in the television space and that innovative spirit perfectly aligns with the Starzplay slate of bold, unique, and complex storytelling,” said Jeff Cooke, the streamer’s senior VP of programming, international networks.“We are elated to be the exclusive global home of the reimagined 2022 ‘Queer as Folk’ and look forward to our audiences devouring each episode this summer,” he added.The ‘Queer as Folk’ series reboot stars Devin Way (“Grey’s Anatomy”) as Brodie; Fin Argus (“The Gifted”) as Mingus; Jesse James Keitel (“Big Sky”) as Ruthie; CG as Shar, Johnny Sibilly (“Hacks”) as Noah; and Ryan O’Connell (“Special”) as Julian.

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