{"id":47210,"date":"2016-11-11T12:00:28","date_gmt":"2016-11-11T17:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/the-glaad-wrap-bryan-singer-directing-freddie-mercury-biopic-rosie-poehler-rudd-and-more\/"},"modified":"2016-11-11T12:00:28","modified_gmt":"2016-11-11T17:00:28","slug":"the-glaad-wrap-bryan-singer-directing-freddie-mercury-biopic-rosie-poehler-rudd-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/the-glaad-wrap-bryan-singer-directing-freddie-mercury-biopic-rosie-poehler-rudd-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"The GLAAD Wrap: Bryan Singer directing Freddie Mercury biopic, Rosie, Poehler, Rudd and more!"},"content":{"rendered":"

The GLAAD Wrap: Bryan Singer directing Freddie Mercury biopic, Rosie, Poehler, Rudd and more!<\/b><\/p>\n

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Every week, The GLAAD Wrap brings you LGBT-related entertainment news highlights, fresh stuff to watch out for, and fun diversions to help you kick off the weekend.<\/p>\n

1) Amy Poehler will produce an Odd Couple<\/em>-style gay romcom for ABC<\/a>, which focuses on “two mismatched men<\/a> from different cultures as they find love in a family-run restaurant in Miami.” Out actress Rosie O’Donnell has joined the cast of SMILF<\/em><\/a>, a Showtime comedy based on Frankie Shaw’s award-winning short film about “a single, 20-something whose desires for relationships, sex<\/a>, and a career collide with the realities of young, single motherhood.”<\/p>\n

\"Rami2) Ideal Home, <\/a><\/em>starring Paul Rudd and Steve Coogan as an extravagant yet unhappy gay couple<\/a>, has been sold to several international buyers after being offered at American Film Market. Out filmmaker Bryan Singer will direct a biopic on Queen frontman Freddie Mercury<\/a>, with Rami Malek in talks to play the lead role.<\/p>\n

3) Blizzard’s first-person shooter game Overwatch <\/a><\/em>will soon reveal “multiple heroes” are LGBT<\/a>, according to lead writer Michael Chu. The company’s decision was apparently influenced by fan demand, and their storylines will be “more than just romantic.”<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

4) Sundance Institute has selected 18 creators for its inaugural Sundance Institute YouTube New Voices Lab<\/a> – among the projects are According to My Mother<\/em>, by Daniel K. Isaac and Cathy Y.Yan, about a gay<\/a> Korean-American actor whose devout Christian mother moves in with him; and Lezzies<\/em> by Gaby Dunn, about lesbian<\/a> couple<\/a> Alli and Harper, and the trouble that emerges when Alli’s brother moves back to town (as he’s also Harper’s ex!).<\/p>\n

5) The team behind Couple-ish<\/em> is crowdfunding on Indiegogo for season 2 production costs. The Streamy-nominated LGBTQ web series tells the story of Dee, a non-binary, bisexual<\/a>, Canadian illustrator, who takes on Rachel, a queer British bartender with a student visa, as a roommate. After Rachel claims Dee as her common-law partner in order to avoid deportation, the two make a YouTube channel to convince the government their partnership is real. Find out more at the Couple-ish <\/a><\/em>Indiegogo page<\/a> and check out their video<\/a> below.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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