The 33 Bt Internatnal Gay Movi – IndieWire

Contents:

• 'BROS' TRAILER: BILLY EICHNER TO LEAD FIRST GAY ROM- BY A MAJOR STUD
• THE NEW HOLLYWOOD TT: IS A SCRIPT GAY-FRIENDLY?
• INTERNATNAL GAY CEMA: 33 LGBTQ MOVI TO SEE OM AROUND THE WORLD

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

An actn-packed, gay actn-thriller. 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. 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.

THE NEW HOLLYWOOD TT: IS A SCRIPT GAY-FRIENDLY?

And that’s the sre given to Hollywood for s portrayals (or lack thereof) of gay characters stud-produced films. The lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) advocy group GLAAD has jt released s first-ever annual Stud Rponsibily Inx report, a look at the way movi portray LGBT characters. Only 14 of the 101 movi ntaed any characters at all who intified as lbian, gay or bisexual.

) Both Disney and Fox received “failg” gras for releasg one and zero movi, rpectively, featurg a gay character; Warner Brothers, Paramount, Sony Columbia and Universal received “aquate” gras of 2, 3, 4 and 4.

INTERNATNAL GAY CEMA: 33 LGBTQ MOVI TO SEE OM AROUND THE WORLD

” In other words, if every stud movie this year had a st of only 20 actors, the percentage of gay characters (rather than movi that volve one) would be ls than a tenth of a percent.

Disney’s sole gay character was a news anchor  The Avengers – a role that GLAAD found “so brief was likely missed by many viewers“; other movie (like, Ted), more substantial LGBT portrayals were characters that were often the subject of ridicule. (WATCH: Lady Gaga Sgs the Natnal Anthem at NYC Gay Pri Rally).

Matt Kane, GLAAD’s associate director of entertament media, says that TV works have often been surprised by the numbers and that, the s sce the character talogg began, there’s been notable improvement the pictn of gay characters on TV. “Speakg personally as a gay man who grew up very hungry for imag he uld relate to, I n tell you that when you don’t see yourself reflected the movi that you love ’s a very alienatg experience, ” he says.

The ia is that, as Vice Print Joe Bin has poted out, relatg to a gay character on TV—Will of Will & Grace fame, specifilly—creas tolerance. And if studs are lookg for an actn movie wh a gay superhero—still an unlikely prospect but one that would be sure to pass the Rso Tt— won’t be hard to e up wh an ia.

That unbearable, paful erotic tensn is more or ls the staed mood of Oliver Herman’ shimmerg and sensual ary drama “Moffie, ” which is easily the bt movie about gay male reprsn sce “God’s Own Country. ” Set 1981 South Ai at the apex of the South Ain Borr War, the film’s story of gay unrequed sire turns out to be a sg for somethg far more lethal s marrow.