HBO was at the forefront of putting gay-themed entertainment on TV with the likes of Six Feet Under, but while it’s produced several gay movies in the last few years, it’s been a bit quieter for LGBT audiences with its original series.
However that may now be changing, as THR reports reports the pay-network has ordered a pilot for a series about three gay friends living in San Francisco, which comes from Brothers & Sister creator David Marshall Grant and Bored to Death’s Sarah Condon.
The pilot is based on a film script by Michael Lannan, adapted from his own short, Lorimer, which has now been turned into a series. It follows ‘three friends in San Francisco who explore the fun and sometimes overwhelming options available to a new generation of gay men’.
No cast has been announced yet, but you’d hope there’s a role for Brothers & Sister’s Luke McFarlane (pictures), who played Kevin’s boyfriend, Scotty, in the ABC series.
We can probably expect a fairly grounded approach to this comedy, as they’ve drafted in Weekend director Andrew Haigh to helm the pilot. There’s no guarantee it will ever become a full series, but the fact a pilot has been ordered is a good sign.
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