Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Is "Queer As Folk" Movie Material?

Picture this: Queer As Folk on the big screen.
Wouldn't it be amazing?
There is a wave of television shows being turned into feature films these days. Sex and the City was made into a movie (and a hugely successful one at that), the second X-Files flick is about to come out, the big screen adaptation of cult favorite Arrested Development is going to be shot soon, and there is talk of a Friends film.
So how about a big screen version of Showtime's Queer As Folk? Don't you wonder what happened to Brian, Justin, Michael, Ben, Ted, Emmett and the rest of the Liberty Avenue gang?
You don’t have to be a studio executive to realize that the film would have a built-in audience. What gay man wouldn't be on line to see Queer As Folk on opening weekend?
Honestly, just the idea of seeing Gale Harold in all his glory on the big screen as Brian makes me crazy, and I can guarantee you I'd see the film more than once, and I'd buy the DVD, too!
In addition to Gale Harold, the producers would have to bring back the rest of the original cast, including Randy Harrison as Justin, Hal Sparks as Michael, Peter Paige as Emmett, Robert Gant as Ben and Scott Lowell as Ted.
And let's not forget the ladies: Some guys had zero interest in the lesbians, but I'd like to see Michelle Clunie and Thea Gill reprise their roles as Melanie and Lindsay, and what would a reunion be without Sharon Gless back as Michael's mom Deb?
As long as the original cast is in place, I'm open to adding new faces to the mix, too, with Ryan Phillippe, Ian Somerhalder and Eddie Cibrian topping my fantasy wish list.
It'll only be three years come August since the show went off the air, but now is the time to make the Queer As Folk film. In fact, time is of the essence here: I want to see Brian, Justin and the other guys on the big screen before they have aged ten years, so the show's executive producers Ron Cowen and Daniel Lipman need to get cracking on a script if they haven't already penned one.
I can't be the only one wishing for one last dance at Babylon. Do you think Queer As Folk would work as a movie? And would you, like me, insist on the original cast being reunited? Tell us in the Gay.com poll!

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