QAF the Movie

[lady_jane]

Dunno if y'all saw David Nevins's comments on a possible QAF movie - David is Showtime's Prez.

http://www.zap2it.com/blogs/queer_as_folk_movie_showtime_cucumber_russell_t_davies-2014-07

"No one's ever pitched it to me, but if

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[gaedhal]

Yeah, they were all screaming about this on Facebook.

Having been in the Showtime interpretation biz for more than
a decade, I read this as meaning, "The chances of us doing
a QAF movie are zilch, nada, and nyet."

[lady_jane]

Yeah, I figured it had been dissected already, but I hadn't seen the discussions since my fan activities are for LJ, and RL for FB. Didn't see anything over this way.

In any case, David's only been Showtime's leader since what, 2011? Showbiz vagaries are of course along the lines of "it'll happen when it happens" but he's a good (and savvy) guy and I give him the benefit of the doubt - he'll keep his mind open, in any case.

[mmmorpheusq]

I haven't heard anything abuot the response to the current re-airing of QAF. Is it successful, has it received any press, what are the stats for viewership? Unless it's a winner this time around, I sincerely doubt any money will be spent on a movie version.

OTOH there seems to be little current gay-related programming on premium tv, so TPTB may see a need for something like this.

I'd watch a QAF movie, but I am not holding my breath.

[lady_jane]

Its entire concept would need to change to make it more relevant to the current situation. Bitching about the evil straights just wouldn't make any sense would it?

It definitely would need to be far, far away from any involvement with Cowcrap.

I'm also wondering about the stats re: re-airing QAF. I tried watching an episode the other day - the one right after the great reunion in S3 where Justin is perfectly fine being booted out of Brian's bed so he can screw his 11 o'clock - I cringed through the whole show. Also, the re-music really sucks.

[gaedhal]

Showtime apparently has a handshake deal with Russell T Davies

[vlredreign]

Several people on my flist were squeeing about the a month or so ago. Scott Lowell was beating the drum about a FB poll thingy to get people to sign a petition to get a sequel going. I think there was talk, not sure with whom. I believe this came out of the Bilbao thing.

For what it's worth, unless the entire cast was available to do it, I wouldn't want to see it. Things have changed so drastically since 513 first aired. 18 states have marriage equality, gay characters, while still not fully actualized except in a few cases, have made their way to network television...but, knowing C/L, they'd drop the ball so hard, opting to fulfill their Brian Kinney fuck fantasies once again.

[gaedhal]

The real life thing is that the actors don't matter. They have to
have a producer who wants to do it who can pitch it to the
network. None of the QAF actors have enough weight to
bring this to the table. Remember that even Peter needed
to get Jennifer Lopez, who has literally nothing to do with
"The Fosters," to get any attention even from something
as low-level as ABC Family Channel. She's a figurehead, but
she got he attention of that network, who then committed to
the show.

In 2000 QAF was a hot prospect based on the Brit version,
which got a ton of press. Even Madonna was interested in
producing it. That's why Showtime went for it. At that point they
had no hits and nothing to lose. Now they have a couple of hits
and even critical credibility, so why do they need QAF? It's a
"been there, done that" proposition with, in their minds, no big
stars to attract an audience.

[vlredreign]

Good points, all. The fact is, the show was groundbreaking for its time. That time is past.

Remember when tv shows and network execs thought that it was avant garde to have people of color in a mostly white cast? And how shows with predominately black casts started off showcasing the most horrendous stereotyping? Now, we're at a place in time where gay characters are filling that niche. Still a bit stereotypical, but getting there. Shows like QAF and The L Word may still be necessary, but perhaps not in the same way. Not sure how well Looking did, but even that shows that perhaps it's time to do something different within the genre.

[mi_nion]

Why would they remake QaF when HBO has Looking?

[lady_jane]

Is Looking any good? A guy I know was on it. I probably should check it out.

[mi_nion]

Is Looking any good?

I wasn't sure at first, but it grew on me. Scott Bakula guest starred and was surprisingly good. I'd say it's worth a watch. It's definitely more real world friendly than QaF. aF may have been ground breaking for it's time, but it doesn't really hold up to repeats. It's certainly not going to bring in the revenue needed to make a remake or reunion movie worth while.