'Queer as Folk' Reimagining Gets Peacock Series Order
Stephen Dunn is steering the new take on the British series from original series creator Russell T. Davies, who is on board to exec produce.
Queer as Folk is returning to television.
Peacock has handed out an eight-episode, straight-to-series order for a reimagining of creator Russell T. Davies' original groundbreaking British series. The new
Queer as Folk is from creator Stephen Dunn (
Little America), who has been developing the project since late 2018 when the drama was originally set up at Peacock sibling Bravo.
The new
Queer as Folk is described as a vibrant reimagining of the British series that will explore a diverse group of friends in New Orleans whose lives are transformed in the aftermath of a tragedy.