Call Me by Your Name Fans Won't Stop Giving Armie Hammer Peaches

Director Luca Guadagnino is speaking out against accusations that Call Me By Your Name purposely avoided showing its two main characters have sex due to “puritan anxiety.”

The idea that films have become sexless has been bounced around for years now, but LGBTQ+ films, in particular, have long been hit with criticisms one way or the other. If there’s no sex, a movie might be criticized for being afraid to show queer intimacy. If there’s explicit sex, it might be accused of fetishizing same-sex attraction. That’s not to say there aren’t valid critiques, but there seems to be an extra level of discourse when it comes to LGBTQ+ films that isn’t always easy to navigate.

Say it ain't so...

Even though producers and actors have previously confirmed that a sequel to the beloved queer drama Call Me By Your Name was on the way, director Luca Guadagnino has backtracked and implied that the picture has been shelved.

Timothée Chalamet hive, toss out those old, rotting peaches and pick up an everlasting gobstopper instead because our boy is starring as a younger version of Willy Wonka in an upcoming origin story from Warner Bros! (Yes, you read all of that right. It is 2021, after all, and absolutely anything is possible.)