Billy Eichner, Luke Macfarlane Lead Homosexual Rom-Com – Deadline

Peacock has introduced that the groundbreaking romantic comedy Bros — the primary from a serious studio to middle on two homosexual males — will start streaming solely on the platform on December 2nd.

The movie directed by Nicholas Stoller is a brilliant, swoony and heartfelt story about homosexual males — performed by Billy Eichner and Luke Macfarlane—perhaps, presumably, most likely, stumbling in direction of love. Perhaps. They’re each very busy. Its solid additionally consists of TS Madison, Miss Lawrence, Symone, Guillermo Diaz, Man Branum, Monica Raymund, Jim Rash, Harvey Fierstein, Bowen Yang, Amanda Bearse, Dot-Marie Jones, and lots of extra. 

Eichner and Stoller penned the script. Stoller additionally produced alongside Judd Apatow and Josh Church, with Eichner exec producing. 

Whereas Bros world premiered to important acclaim on the 2022 Toronto Movie Competition, it had a disappointing exhibiting upon its September theatrical launch by way of Common Footage, grossing simply over $14.6M worldwide. Its co-writer and star Eichner made historical past with Bros, as the primary brazenly homosexual man to serve in these roles on his personal main studio movie, although he’d draw ire with tweets blaming “straight folks, particularly in sure components of the nation” for the pic’s poor field workplace efficiency.

“Everybody who ISN’T a homophobic weirdo ought to go see BROS tonight! You should have a blast!” learn certainly one of Eichner’s tweets. “And it’s particular and uniquely highly effective to see this explicit story on a giant display, esp for queer of us who don’t get this chance usually. I really like this film a lot. GO BROS!!!”

Different latest titles showing on Peacock alongside Bros embody Nope, Beast, Jurassic World Dominion, Minions: The Rise of Gru, Halloween Ends, Honk For Jesus. Save Your Soul, Vengeance, and Brian and Charles, to call a number of.