Bros Trailer: Billy Eichner Delivers Lghs Gay Rom-Com

Contents:

• WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT 'BROS,' THE FIRST GAY ROM- PRODUCED BY A MAJOR STUD
• 'BROS' TRAILER: BILLY EICHNER TO LEAD FIRST GAY ROM- BY A MAJOR STUD
• BILLY EICHNER’S VERY GAY ‘BROS’ TRAILER HAS RADILIZED METHE DAILY BEAST’S OBSESSEDEVERYTHG WE N’T STOP LOVG, HATG, AND THKG ABOUT THIS WEEK POP CULTURE.KEV FALLONSENR EDOR, OBSSEDUPDATED AUG. 05, 2022 1:28PM EDT / PUBLISHED MAY 20, 2022 11:31PM EDT UNIVERSALTHIS IS A PREVIEW OF OUR POP CULTURE NEWSLETTER THE DAILY BEAST’S OBSSED, WRTEN BY SENR ENTERTAMENT REPORTER KEV FALLON. TO RECEIVE THE FULL NEWSLETTER YOUR BOX EACH WEEK, SIGN UP FOR HERE.THIS WEEK:CRYG WH THE CRAWLEYS.BOWG DOWN TO BILLY EICHNER.ALL- ON WHATEVER MDY KALG’S DOG.A PERFECT VIO.A TERRIBLE TWEET.I CAN’T STOP WATCHG THE BROS TRAILERTHERE IS SOMETHG THAT HAPPENS EVERY TIME A NEW TRAILER FOR A ROM- OR ROMANTIC FILM OR TV SERI WH GAY LEADS OUT. I CHEER. OBNOXLY. I TWEET ABOUT AND WRE ABOUT AND SG S PRAIS AS IF I’M JENNIFER HOLLIDAY UNHGG HER JAW TO BELT OUT THE FAL RIFFS OF “AND I AM TELLG YOU I’M NOT GOG.” THIS IS AMAZG! THIS IS IMPORTANT! THIS SERV OUR PRAISE! I WOULD NEVER TAKE ANY OF THAT BACK, PECIALLY AFTER OBSERVG HOW, RECENT YEARS, EACH OF THOSE PROJECTS WOULD BE MET WH AN EQUALLY PASSNATE AND IMPRSIVELY VOL—THK, THIS SE, JENNIFER HUDSON UNHGG HER JAW TO BELT OUT THE FAL RIFFS OF “AND I AM TELLG YOU I’M NOT GOG”—CRICISM.IT’S NOT JT THE EXPECTED BACKLASH OM NSERVATIV AND HOMOPHOB, BUT ATTACKS OM WH THE LGBT MUNY OM PEOPLE WHO ARE TRATED THAT THE CHARACTERS MIGHT NOT REPRENT A KD OF QUEERNS THEY INTIFY WH, A DIVERSY THAT REFLECTS REALY, OR FALLS TO TRAPS LIKE RELYG ON THE TRMA OF A G-OUT NARRATIVE OR BEG TOO CHASTE, A PROMISE OFTEN MA TO BE MORE “PALATABLE.”THOSE ARE ALL VALID ISSU TO TAKE WH ANY PROJECT. I’M THE FIRST TO ADM THAT I TEND TO BE OVERLY EXCED MY CHEERLEADG OF THE SHOWS AND MOVI, BEE I DO SEE SUCH VALUE THEIR EXISTENCE, EVEN IF THEY’RE IMPERFECT. BUT THE BROS TRAILER RADILIZED ME.BILLY EICHNER’S HISTORIC FILM, THE FIRST GAY ROM- OM A MAJOR STUD, LEFT ME SLACK-JAWED.IT’S NOT JT THAT ’S RNCHY AND ANK ABOUT WHAT GAY DATG LIFE IS LIKE FOR A CERTA KD OF MAN, BUT ABOUT THE SEX ASPECT AS WELL. IT’S NOT JT THAT STARS ACTUAL OUT GAY ACTORS; FACT, THE ENTIRE PRCIPAL ST, EVEN THOSE WHO ARE PLAYG HETEROSEXUAL CHARACTERS, ARE ACTORS WHO INTIFY AS LGBT. IT’S NOT JT THAT THE WORD “BUTT-FUCKED” IS SUALLY TOSSED OFF A MOVIE TRAILER.IT’S THE SHREWD META NSTCTN OF EVERYTHG I HAD BEEN SCRIBG BEFORE THAT SEEMS TO DRIVE THE NARRATIVE. EICHNER’S CHARACTER IS ASKED TO PEN A MOVIE SCRIPT ABOUT TWO GAY MEN FALLG LOVE, BUT IS ASKED TO MAKE , AS HE SURMIS, “SOMETHG A STRAIGHT GUY MIGHT LIKE.”IT’S A FILM THAT IS THE PRODUCT OF YEARS OF BOTTLED-UP EXASPERATN. EVEN IF I PROBABLY WON’T BE ABLE TO SHAKE MY SISTENCE ON SCREAMG OM THE RAFTERS HOW GREAT ANY PIECE OF GAY NTENT IS, EVEN IF MIGHT ACTUALLY BE A PRIME EXAMPLE OF WHAT BROS IS EXPOSG, I FEEL AWAKE TO NOW.OR MAYBE THIS IS JT ME DOG THE SAME THG AGA: BEG OVERLY EFFIVE OVER A GAY ROM- THAT SEEMS LIKE ULD BE EXCG. WHATEVER. AT THE VERY LEAST, ’S A GOOD TRAILER, Y’ALL. WATCH HERE.WHAT THE WORLD IS GOG ON WH MDY KALG’S VELMA?IT IS “UPONTS” WEEK, WHICH THE TV DTRY MEANS ’S THE TIME WHEN WORKS AND STREAMERS MAKE CISNS ABOUT RENEWALS AND NCELLATNS AND MAKE SPLASHY PRENTATNS TO ADVERTISERS ATTEMPTG TO SELL THE NEW SHOWS THEY’RE ANNOUNCG.THAT’S WHY THERE WAS A PILE-UP OF NEWS SURROUNDG THE NCELLATN OF, WELL, JT ABOUT EVERYTHG ON THE CW AND THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF A FAL SEASON OF RIVERDALE. IT’S ALSO WHY THERE SEEMED TO BE AN AVALANCHE OF PRS RELEAS TOUTG NEW PROJECTS THAT ARE BEG GREENL, LIKE A CBS TV ADAPTATN OF TE LI, YET ANOTHER YELLOWSTONE SPOFF (STARRG HARRISON FORD AND HELEN MIRREN?!?), AND WHATEVER GOD’S NAME THIS NEW VELMA ANIMATED SERI IS OM MDY KALG, WHICH THROUGH ONE PHOTO ALONE HAS ALREADY BEE MY FAVORE TV SHOW OF ALL TIME.THE NEWS SELF IS EXCG, BUT NOT LIFE-CHANGG. KALG, WHOSE RECENT PROJECTS NEVER HAVE I EVER AND THE SEX LIV OF COLLEGE GIRLS ARE SO EAKG GOOD, IS GOG TO EXECUTIVE PRODUCE AND STAR AS THE VOICE OF VELMA A SPOFF ANIMATED SERI OF THE SOBY-DOO RTOONS FOR HBO MAX.I’M TO ! THEN I SAW THE PHOTO OF KALG PRENTG THE SERI AT UPONTS, WHICH CLUD A MASSIVE STILL OF A SCENE WHICH RTOON VELMA WALKS ON WHAT APPEARS TO BE A WOMAN WH THE TOP OF HER HEAD CHOPPED OFF BLEEDG OUT ON THE FLOOR OF A LOCKER ROOM WHILE NAKED WOMEN GAWK OM BEHD HER, SOAP BUBBL ALL THE RIGHT PLAC FOR (RTOON) MOSTY. SCREENSHOT “WHAT THE WORLD?” IS A PHRASE THAT WAS CRAFTED SPECIFILLY FOR THIS. I HAVEN’T THE SLIGHTT IA WHAT’S GOG ON, BUT ’S ENTIRELY UNEXPECTED AND I NNOT WA.THE MOST DELIGHTFUL THG YOU WILL EVER WATCHBY SOME MIRACLE—A BLSG OM GOD RETURN FOR A GOOD ED I HADN’T EVEN KNOWN I’D MTED—A VIO OF PATRICK SWAYZE AND JENNIFER GREY DOG THE FAL DANCE OM DIRTY DANCG WAS TWEETED TO MY TIMELE THIS WEEK. INSTEAD OF “(I’VE HAD) THE TIME OF MY LIFE,” THE MIC IS REPLACED WH THE THEME SONG OM THE MUPPET SHOW.WATCH HERE. GIPHY I KNOW WE’RE NOT SUPPOSED TO LIKE TWTER ANYMORE. WHILE I WAS WRG THIS NEWSLETTER, EVEN MORE UPSETTG ELON MK NEWS BROKE.BUT…AND HEAR ME OUT…WHAT IF A SE WHERE A VIO WHICH THE FAL DANCE OM DIRTY DANCG IS POSTED BUT ’S THE MUPPET SHOW THEME SONG STEAD IS ACTUALLY THE GREATT PLACE ON EARTH AND WE SHOULD MAKE SURE LASTS FOREVER?THE WEEK’S MOST INPREHENSIBLE NEWSSHORTLY AFTER WRG THAT ENDORSEMENT, I READ A TWEET THAT SAID, “TOM CISE TRODUCED A SERI OF PERFORMANC AT THE FALE OF A HORSE SHOW THAT KICKED OFF CELEBRATNS TO MARK THE PLATUM JUBILEE CELEBRATNS OF BRA’S QUEEN ELIZABETH,” AND CHANGED MY MD. GIPHY I ULD HAVE THE BED BRA TST OF NASA, NATO, AND EVERY NOBEL WNER OF THE LAST 20 YEARS, AND I STILL WOULDN’T BE ABLE TO PREHEND OR MAKE SENSE OF THAT TWEET. BURN ALL DOWN. NOT WORTH .WHAT TO WATCH THIS WEEK:DOWNTON ABBEY: A NEW ERA: A LIGHTFUL TIME. DON’T OVERTHK . (FRI. THEATERS)MEXIN PIZZA: THE MIL: THE DOLLY PARTON TA BELL MEXIN PIZZA TIKTOK MIL IS REAL. CAN SOMEONE TEACH ME HOW TO E TIKTOK? (THURS. ON TIKTOK)RUPL’S DRAG RACE ALL STARS: EVERYONE’S A WNER! NO REALLY, THAT’S THE NCE—’S ALL PAST WNERS. (FRI. ON PARAMOUNT+)MEN: NOTHG SRIER THAN MEN. (FRI. THEATERS)WHAT TO SKIP THIS WEEK:2000 MUL: D*N*SH D’S**Z*’S NEW MOVIE AND LET’S NOT GIVE ATTENTN. (FRI. THEATERS) NEWSLETTERSTHE DAILY BEAST’S OBSSEDEVERYTHG WE N’T STOP LOVG, HATG, AND THKG ABOUT THIS WEEK POP CULTURE.SUBSCRIBEBY CLICKG "SUBSCRIBE" YOU AGREE TO HAVE READ THE TERMS OF USE AND PRIVACY POLICY KEV FALLON
• BILLY EICHNER RELIEVED THAT HOLLYWOOD MA A GAY ROM-COM WH HIS ‘BROS’ AFTER ITS OBSSN WH HEDGEHOG MOVI
• BROS TRAILER: BILLY EICHNER’S GAY ROM-COM PROMIS ALL THE FEELS
• ‘BROS’ TRAILER: BILLY EICHNER STARS A STEAMY AND META GAY ROM-COM
• 'BROS' TRAILER: BILLY EICHNER DELIVERS LGHS FIRST GAY ROM-COM FROM A MAJOR STUD

WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT 'BROS,' THE FIRST GAY ROM- PRODUCED BY A MAJOR STUD

' The actor-edian leads the first gay rom- om a major theatril stud alongsi Le Macfarlane, Bowen Yang, Ts Madison, Moni Raymund, and RuPl's Drag Race wner Symone. Bros Universal unveiled Wednday the first full-length preview of the groundbreakg Hollywood project, which stars Eichner a script he -wre wh director Nicholas Stoller (Neighbors) about "two gay men maybe, possibly, probably, stumblg towards love, " acrdg to a prs release. The trailer follows Eichner's Bobby Leiber, a famo podster approached by a movie stud to wre a gay rom- that appeals to straight people.

" he asks the clip, before he explor what means to wre a project that "shows the world that gay relatnships and straight relatnships are the same, " eventually exposg that myth as "bulls---" while Bobby navigat the trici of queer love wh specific to the gay muny — all while fallg for a handsome love tert played by perennial Hallmark Christmas movie hunk Le Macfarlane. In a letter addrsed Tuday to members of the queer media, Eichner strsed his tentns wh the film to the entire st and crew om the begng of productn, and celebrated the film's landmark stat as "the first gay rom ever released by a major stud" and "the first major stud film wh an all LGBTQ+ st all the rol — even the straight rol.

'BROS' TRAILER: BILLY EICHNER TO LEAD FIRST GAY ROM- BY A MAJOR STUD

" He also touted his posn as "the first openly gay man to ever wre and star his own major stud film" the statement. "And while 's sane to me that took this long to get this movie ma, 's still credibly excg to me — and a real sign of progrs — that the same stud makg movi like Jurassic World and The Fast and the Fur is also releasg this R-rated gay rom wh an all LGBTQ+ st, and wh as much passn and enthiasm as they release those other films. Related ntent: Hey, SNL: Billy Eichner is ready to host and already has the perfect monologueBilly Eichner's Bros rom- will have all-LGBTQ ma st — even the straight rolJoel Kim Booster and Bowen Yang envisn the gay Pri and Prejudice Fire Island trailerDrag Race queen Symone on her Lil' Kim-spired Met Gala look and hilar n- wh Rihanna Bros Bros Billy Eichner leads a predomantly LGBTQ st Universal's groundbreakg gay rom- about two men fdg love unexpected plac.

Hollywood has ma untls romance movi by now — but the first-ever gay rom- two produced by a major motn picture is only g out this year. The movie was wrten by edian Billy Eichner, who is also the first openly gay man to go-wre and star his own film. The movie also stars SNL st member Bowen Yang, who recently appeared Hulu’s “Fire Island, ” a “Pri and Prejudice” rx set the inic gay vatn large supportg st clus Dot-Marie Jon (“Glee”), Jim Rash, Ts Madison, Miss Lawrence, Guillermo Diaz, Moni Raymund, Symone, Peter Kim, Beno Skner, Bec Blackwell, Jim Rash, Guy Branum, Harvey Fierste and Eve only non-LGBTQ members of the st are Debra Msg and Krist Chenoweth, acrdg to the New York first full-length trailer shows the meet-cuteThe movie’s first full-length trailer dropped on Thursday, Eichner took to Twter to exprs his excement.

BILLY EICHNER’S VERY GAY ‘BROS’ TRAILER HAS RADILIZED METHE DAILY BEAST’S OBSESSEDEVERYTHG WE N’T STOP LOVG, HATG, AND THKG ABOUT THIS WEEK POP CULTURE.KEV FALLONSENR EDOR, OBSSEDUPDATED AUG. 05, 2022 1:28PM EDT / PUBLISHED MAY 20, 2022 11:31PM EDT UNIVERSALTHIS IS A PREVIEW OF OUR POP CULTURE NEWSLETTER THE DAILY BEAST’S OBSSED, WRTEN BY SENR ENTERTAMENT REPORTER KEV FALLON. TO RECEIVE THE FULL NEWSLETTER YOUR BOX EACH WEEK, SIGN UP FOR HERE.THIS WEEK:CRYG WH THE CRAWLEYS.BOWG DOWN TO BILLY EICHNER.ALL- ON WHATEVER MDY KALG’S DOG.A PERFECT VIO.A TERRIBLE TWEET.I CAN’T STOP WATCHG THE BROS TRAILERTHERE IS SOMETHG THAT HAPPENS EVERY TIME A NEW TRAILER FOR A ROM- OR ROMANTIC FILM OR TV SERI WH GAY LEADS OUT. I CHEER. OBNOXLY. I TWEET ABOUT AND WRE ABOUT AND SG S PRAIS AS IF I’M JENNIFER HOLLIDAY UNHGG HER JAW TO BELT OUT THE FAL RIFFS OF “AND I AM TELLG YOU I’M NOT GOG.” THIS IS AMAZG! THIS IS IMPORTANT! THIS SERV OUR PRAISE! I WOULD NEVER TAKE ANY OF THAT BACK, PECIALLY AFTER OBSERVG HOW, RECENT YEARS, EACH OF THOSE PROJECTS WOULD BE MET WH AN EQUALLY PASSNATE AND IMPRSIVELY VOL—THK, THIS SE, JENNIFER HUDSON UNHGG HER JAW TO BELT OUT THE FAL RIFFS OF “AND I AM TELLG YOU I’M NOT GOG”—CRICISM.IT’S NOT JT THE EXPECTED BACKLASH OM NSERVATIV AND HOMOPHOB, BUT ATTACKS OM WH THE LGBT MUNY OM PEOPLE WHO ARE TRATED THAT THE CHARACTERS MIGHT NOT REPRENT A KD OF QUEERNS THEY INTIFY WH, A DIVERSY THAT REFLECTS REALY, OR FALLS TO TRAPS LIKE RELYG ON THE TRMA OF A G-OUT NARRATIVE OR BEG TOO CHASTE, A PROMISE OFTEN MA TO BE MORE “PALATABLE.”THOSE ARE ALL VALID ISSU TO TAKE WH ANY PROJECT. I’M THE FIRST TO ADM THAT I TEND TO BE OVERLY EXCED MY CHEERLEADG OF THE SHOWS AND MOVI, BEE I DO SEE SUCH VALUE THEIR EXISTENCE, EVEN IF THEY’RE IMPERFECT. BUT THE BROS TRAILER RADILIZED ME.BILLY EICHNER’S HISTORIC FILM, THE FIRST GAY ROM- OM A MAJOR STUD, LEFT ME SLACK-JAWED.IT’S NOT JT THAT ’S RNCHY AND ANK ABOUT WHAT GAY DATG LIFE IS LIKE FOR A CERTA KD OF MAN, BUT ABOUT THE SEX ASPECT AS WELL. IT’S NOT JT THAT STARS ACTUAL OUT GAY ACTORS; FACT, THE ENTIRE PRCIPAL ST, EVEN THOSE WHO ARE PLAYG HETEROSEXUAL CHARACTERS, ARE ACTORS WHO INTIFY AS LGBT. IT’S NOT JT THAT THE WORD “BUTT-FUCKED” IS SUALLY TOSSED OFF A MOVIE TRAILER.IT’S THE SHREWD META NSTCTN OF EVERYTHG I HAD BEEN SCRIBG BEFORE THAT SEEMS TO DRIVE THE NARRATIVE. EICHNER’S CHARACTER IS ASKED TO PEN A MOVIE SCRIPT ABOUT TWO GAY MEN FALLG LOVE, BUT IS ASKED TO MAKE , AS HE SURMIS, “SOMETHG A STRAIGHT GUY MIGHT LIKE.”IT’S A FILM THAT IS THE PRODUCT OF YEARS OF BOTTLED-UP EXASPERATN. EVEN IF I PROBABLY WON’T BE ABLE TO SHAKE MY SISTENCE ON SCREAMG OM THE RAFTERS HOW GREAT ANY PIECE OF GAY NTENT IS, EVEN IF MIGHT ACTUALLY BE A PRIME EXAMPLE OF WHAT BROS IS EXPOSG, I FEEL AWAKE TO NOW.OR MAYBE THIS IS JT ME DOG THE SAME THG AGA: BEG OVERLY EFFIVE OVER A GAY ROM- THAT SEEMS LIKE ULD BE EXCG. WHATEVER. AT THE VERY LEAST, ’S A GOOD TRAILER, Y’ALL. WATCH HERE.WHAT THE WORLD IS GOG ON WH MDY KALG’S VELMA?IT IS “UPONTS” WEEK, WHICH THE TV DTRY MEANS ’S THE TIME WHEN WORKS AND STREAMERS MAKE CISNS ABOUT RENEWALS AND NCELLATNS AND MAKE SPLASHY PRENTATNS TO ADVERTISERS ATTEMPTG TO SELL THE NEW SHOWS THEY’RE ANNOUNCG.THAT’S WHY THERE WAS A PILE-UP OF NEWS SURROUNDG THE NCELLATN OF, WELL, JT ABOUT EVERYTHG ON THE CW AND THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF A FAL SEASON OF RIVERDALE. IT’S ALSO WHY THERE SEEMED TO BE AN AVALANCHE OF PRS RELEAS TOUTG NEW PROJECTS THAT ARE BEG GREENL, LIKE A CBS TV ADAPTATN OF TE LI, YET ANOTHER YELLOWSTONE SPOFF (STARRG HARRISON FORD AND HELEN MIRREN?!?), AND WHATEVER GOD’S NAME THIS NEW VELMA ANIMATED SERI IS OM MDY KALG, WHICH THROUGH ONE PHOTO ALONE HAS ALREADY BEE MY FAVORE TV SHOW OF ALL TIME.THE NEWS SELF IS EXCG, BUT NOT LIFE-CHANGG. KALG, WHOSE RECENT PROJECTS NEVER HAVE I EVER AND THE SEX LIV OF COLLEGE GIRLS ARE SO EAKG GOOD, IS GOG TO EXECUTIVE PRODUCE AND STAR AS THE VOICE OF VELMA A SPOFF ANIMATED SERI OF THE SOBY-DOO RTOONS FOR HBO MAX.I’M TO ! THEN I SAW THE PHOTO OF KALG PRENTG THE SERI AT UPONTS, WHICH CLUD A MASSIVE STILL OF A SCENE WHICH RTOON VELMA WALKS ON WHAT APPEARS TO BE A WOMAN WH THE TOP OF HER HEAD CHOPPED OFF BLEEDG OUT ON THE FLOOR OF A LOCKER ROOM WHILE NAKED WOMEN GAWK OM BEHD HER, SOAP BUBBL ALL THE RIGHT PLAC FOR (RTOON) MOSTY. SCREENSHOT “WHAT THE WORLD?” IS A PHRASE THAT WAS CRAFTED SPECIFILLY FOR THIS. I HAVEN’T THE SLIGHTT IA WHAT’S GOG ON, BUT ’S ENTIRELY UNEXPECTED AND I NNOT WA.THE MOST DELIGHTFUL THG YOU WILL EVER WATCHBY SOME MIRACLE—A BLSG OM GOD RETURN FOR A GOOD ED I HADN’T EVEN KNOWN I’D MTED—A VIO OF PATRICK SWAYZE AND JENNIFER GREY DOG THE FAL DANCE OM DIRTY DANCG WAS TWEETED TO MY TIMELE THIS WEEK. INSTEAD OF “(I’VE HAD) THE TIME OF MY LIFE,” THE MIC IS REPLACED WH THE THEME SONG OM THE MUPPET SHOW.WATCH HERE. GIPHY I KNOW WE’RE NOT SUPPOSED TO LIKE TWTER ANYMORE. WHILE I WAS WRG THIS NEWSLETTER, EVEN MORE UPSETTG ELON MK NEWS BROKE.BUT…AND HEAR ME OUT…WHAT IF A SE WHERE A VIO WHICH THE FAL DANCE OM DIRTY DANCG IS POSTED BUT ’S THE MUPPET SHOW THEME SONG STEAD IS ACTUALLY THE GREATT PLACE ON EARTH AND WE SHOULD MAKE SURE LASTS FOREVER?THE WEEK’S MOST INPREHENSIBLE NEWSSHORTLY AFTER WRG THAT ENDORSEMENT, I READ A TWEET THAT SAID, “TOM CISE TRODUCED A SERI OF PERFORMANC AT THE FALE OF A HORSE SHOW THAT KICKED OFF CELEBRATNS TO MARK THE PLATUM JUBILEE CELEBRATNS OF BRA’S QUEEN ELIZABETH,” AND CHANGED MY MD. GIPHY I ULD HAVE THE BED BRA TST OF NASA, NATO, AND EVERY NOBEL WNER OF THE LAST 20 YEARS, AND I STILL WOULDN’T BE ABLE TO PREHEND OR MAKE SENSE OF THAT TWEET. BURN ALL DOWN. NOT WORTH .WHAT TO WATCH THIS WEEK:DOWNTON ABBEY: A NEW ERA: A LIGHTFUL TIME. DON’T OVERTHK . (FRI. THEATERS)MEXIN PIZZA: THE MIL: THE DOLLY PARTON TA BELL MEXIN PIZZA TIKTOK MIL IS REAL. CAN SOMEONE TEACH ME HOW TO E TIKTOK? (THURS. ON TIKTOK)RUPL’S DRAG RACE ALL STARS: EVERYONE’S A WNER! NO REALLY, THAT’S THE NCE—’S ALL PAST WNERS. (FRI. ON PARAMOUNT+)MEN: NOTHG SRIER THAN MEN. (FRI. THEATERS)WHAT TO SKIP THIS WEEK:2000 MUL: D*N*SH D’S**Z*’S NEW MOVIE AND LET’S NOT GIVE ATTENTN. (FRI. THEATERS) NEWSLETTERSTHE DAILY BEAST’S OBSSEDEVERYTHG WE N’T STOP LOVG, HATG, AND THKG ABOUT THIS WEEK POP CULTURE.SUBSCRIBEBY CLICKG "SUBSCRIBE" YOU AGREE TO HAVE READ THE TERMS OF USE AND PRIVACY POLICY KEV FALLON

"The major Hollywood studs lerally ma 300 movi about DINOSAURS before they ma ONE rom about two gay guys fallg love. And if you like dosrs, you’ll LOVE gay people! “He looks like a gay Tom Brady, ” Bobby remarks to a iend.

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BILLY EICHNER RELIEVED THAT HOLLYWOOD MA A GAY ROM-COM WH HIS ‘BROS’ AFTER ITS OBSSN WH HEDGEHOG MOVI

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BROS TRAILER: BILLY EICHNER’S GAY ROM-COM PROMIS ALL THE FEELS

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Billy Eichner took to Twter this weekend to share his thoughts on the disappotg receptn his gay rom- Bros received at the natn's cemas. " Based on enthiastic cril reactn at the Toronto Internatnal Film Ftival, and robt social media attentn, Universal Pictur had expected Bros – which is the first gay romantic edy wh a mostly LGBTQ st to be given a wi release by a major stud — to open the range of $8-10 ln.

‘BROS’ TRAILER: BILLY EICHNER STARS A STEAMY AND META GAY ROM-COM

Eichner hted at broar acceptance issu, tweetg that at one pot a theater cha had "lled Universal and said they were pullg the trailer bee of the gay ntent. "Everyone who ISN'T a homophobic weirdo should go see BROS tonight! And throughout June, there were Barbie floats gay pri paras across the untry.

Universal Pictur released Wednday the trailer for “Bros, ” the first gay romantic edy to premiere by a major gay rom- was wrten by and stars Billy Eichner, makg the edian and four-time Emmy nomated actor the first openly gay man to ever wre and star his own major stud film. "While ’s sane to me that took this long to get this movie ma, ’s still credibly excg to me — and a real sign of progrs — that the same stud makg movi like 'Jurassic World' and 'The Fast and the Fur' is also releasg this R rated gay rom wh an all LGBTQ+ st, and wh as much passn and enthiasm as they release those other films, " Eichner wrote. "Nile Rivelli / Universal PicturDirected by Nicholas Stoller, "Bros" featur Eichner playg an openly gay man, Bobby, who stggl "to fd another tolerable human beg to go through life wh.

'BROS' TRAILER: BILLY EICHNER DELIVERS LGHS FIRST GAY ROM-COM FROM A MAJOR STUD

In the trailer, Eichner's character is seen talkg on a podst about his experience meetg wh Hollywood producers about creatg a romantic film about gay people that "a straight guy might even like. ""They said: 'We jt want a movie that shows the world that gay relatnships and straight relatnships are the same. I Can’t Stop Watchg the Bros TrailerThere is somethg that happens every time a new trailer for a rom- or romantic film or TV seri wh gay leads out.

I would never take any of that back, pecially after observg how, recent years, each of those projects would be met wh an equally passnate and imprsively vol—thk, this se, Jennifer Hudson unhgg her jaw to belt out the fal riffs of “And I am Tellg You I’m Not Gog”—’s not jt the expected backlash om nservativ and homophob, but attacks om wh the LGBT muny om people who are trated that the characters might not reprent a kd of queerns they intify wh, a diversy that reflects realy, or falls to traps like relyg on the trma of a g-out narrative or beg too chaste, a promise often ma to be more “palatable.