Jonathan E. Stewart
While gay-themed TV shows have had a mixed reaction, with several failing, the networks thankfully haven’t given up on the idea of series based around LGBT characters. ABC in the US is now planning a new one, having snapped up Grace, according to Deadline.
They’re developing the show, which is about, ‘a family of adult siblings whose lives are upended when their stalwart minister father reveals to his family that he is gay. Grace is described as a serialized drama, a grounded, unfolding saga of a 21st-century American family and the everyday challenges they face as members of a community and as individuals, and how their faith both guides and complicates their lives.’
The series comes from Black List writers, Eyal Podell and Jonathon E. Stewart, with the inspiration being Stewart’s own experiences, as he himself has a preacher father who came out. It’s early days for the series, as at the moment it’s not even known if it will make it to the point of having a pilot episode made, but it could make for an interesting drama.
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The internet has unleashed some unexpected things on the world, one of which is the popularity of Slash Fiction, where people take real and imaginary characters and write their own stories about them, taking things in an extremely erotic direction. A large percentage of these tales are gay-themed, with some of the most popular featuring boyband members who may profess to be straight in real life, but get very, very gay in fan fiction.
There have been quite a few films that have featured artist Andy Warhol – whether it’s Men In Black suggesting he was an alien or a move about his would-be in I Shot Andy Warhol – however, there hasn’t been a really good biopic of the man himself. That’s partly because he’s such an enigmatic figure, who it would be tough to fully pin down on screen.
After a couple of part animated, part live-action movies, Sony has decided to get rid of the live-action bit for their next Smurfs film. The first trailer for the movie is now here, which you can take a look at below.
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