The ‘Queer as Folk’ Trailer is Finally Here!

An iconic LGBTQ+ series is returning to TV!

Streaming service Peacock has ordered a reboot of Queer As Folk straight-to-series, and it's currently in its pre-production stages. The series has been described as "a vibrant reimagining of the groundbreaking British series created by Russell T. Davies, exploring a diverse group of friends in New Orleans whose lives are transformed in the aftermath of a tragedy." Stephen Dunn, the mind behind Closet Monster, will direct the project.

"It is a surreal honour to adapt the notoriously groundbreaking series by Russell T. Davies," said Dunn. "When the show originally aired, the idea of unapologetic queer stories on TV was so provocative that I felt I could only watch Queer As Folk in secret. But so much has changed in the last 20 years and how wonderful would it be if the next generation didn’t have to watch Queer As Folk alone in their dank basements with the sound muted, but with their family and friends and the volume cranked all the way to the max."

Scroll down to see the announced cast, first look images, and the new teaser trailer!

Watch the trailer below:

Kim Cattrall

The Sex and the City star has a recurring guest role on the new series. "Cattrall will play a martini-soaked, high society Southern debutant with trailer park roots," Peacock said in a statement.

The new series is inspired by the tragic Pulse Nightclub shooting in 2016.

Creator Stephen Dunn revealed to Hollywood Reporter that the story is centered around a "Pulse-like nightclub shooting in a New Orleans gay bar and the story of how the city’s LGBTQ community rebuilt itself." He even met with a few of of the Pulse survivors.

Dunn shared: 

"I wanted to re-envision it through the lens of what happened post-Pulse. Pulse is a specific event that targeted the Latinx community in Orlando. Our show is completely fictional, but the trajectory of our story is inspired by the realities of what that was like — not just that night, but the aftermath and the way that the community of Orlando rebuilt in the wake of that tragedy.

The queer community is as diverse as the entire world because we are everywhere in every culture. And there’s a lot of segregation within the queer community. After Pulse, it felt the first time that the community had really felt united. It happened in Orlando, but the ripple effect was felt across the world. I remember being in Toronto at Pride and not feeling safe going out to a bar. It was terrifying and I’m sure I’m not the only person who felt that way.

I went very early on in the process to Orlando and started meeting with the survivors. This was organized by the Orlando United Assistance Center, which organized roundtables and individual meetings with me to meet with whoever was interested from the survivors community, as well as the community leaders that rose up in response to what happened. I am so grateful that they trusted me to come into this world and try to understand and make any kind of sense of what happened. We got to see a public image of these people who were regular people going to a bar, but then became political. They became media figures. But only one side of that story really gets told.

What you’ll see in Queer as Folk is the honest truth of what it is like to go through something like that and how it’s not this saintly victim tragedy story. These are real people and they’re not victims. They survived a tragedy, and they are human beings whose lives were completely turned upside down after this. And this community all responded in completely different ways.

Of the people we talked to, anyone who was interested was invited to be involved as a consultant on the show and read scripts and gave feedback to make sure that we were telling the story authentically because it became clear that that was something that we had to do."

Johnny Sibilly

This star of Pose and Hacks will play "a successful lawyer who is not as put together as he seems."

Fin Argus

Star of Clouds and The Gifted, Argus will play "a cocky high schooler whose confidence belies his lack of real-world experience."

Devin Way

Way, who has starred in Grey’s Anatomy and Station 19, is bringing "to life a charming and sometimes chaotic commitment-phobe who finds a reason to stay in New Orleans after tragedy rocks his community."

Jesse James Keitel

The nonbinary star of ABC's Big Sky will play a "trans, semi-reformed party girl who is struggling to grow up."

Candace Grace

Grace, who was also recently cast in ABC's upcoming series Acts of Crime, will "portray a non-binary professor navigating the rocky transition from punk to parenthood."

Ryan O'Connell

The star of Netflix's Special is not only joining the cast, but is executive producing and writing the series. He will play "a pop culture nerd with cerebral palsy who is more than ready for some independence."

Benito Skinner

The real-life social media star "will play a self-aggrandizing influencer."

Ed Begley Jr.

The iconic actor "will play an emotionally distant father."

Juliette Lewis

The actress "will play a single mom who is more of a friend than a parent to her teenage son."

Sachin Bhatt

He will "play a charming and empathetic sex worker."

Eric Graise

The actor will play "a jaded barfly who DNGAF about your problems."

Chris Renfro

This actor, who uses they/them pronouns, steps up as "a fun-loving hedonist who is always the life of the party."

Armand Fields

The actor, who uses they/them pronouns, "will play the reigning drag queen and matriarch of the local scene."

Nyle DiMarco

The model/activist will join the cast as a guest star, playing "a charming grad student."

Olli Haaskivi

Haaskivi will play George (he/him), a friend from the mall. 

Calvin Seabrooks

Seabrooks will play Taylor (he/him), a reluctant dinner party guest. 

Megan Stalter

Stalter will play Meg (she/her), an aspiring singer.

Lukas Gage

Gage will play Eric (he/him), a personal trainer. 

Here are 10 first-look images from the series!