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This campy, homoerotic ’80s sci-fi is getting a remake with a super-queer cast

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Squid Games to The Hunger Games.So it’s fitting, then, that for his next film, director Edgar Wright (Hot Fuzz, Baby Driver) is adapting the ’80s novel The Running Man—written by Stephen King under the pseudonym Richard Bachman—a dystopian action-adventure set in….

2025.In it, due to a global economic collapse, America has descended into a totalitarian police state (sound familiar?) where the government controls media and censors all other art (yeesh, this is really hitting close to home, huh?).

The most popular TV program is the titular reality show, where enemies of the state earn their freedom if they can survive a month-long televised hunt.Subscribe to our newsletter for your front-row seat to all things entertainment with a sprinkle of everything else queer.Even if the story takes a cynical view of our so-near-it’s-practically-here future, at least the future’s looking pretty queer?Newly minted superstar Glen Powell (Twisters, Hit Man) will play the protagonist, Ben Richards, who volunteers for the game in order to make money for his family.

And, per the latest announcement, out Oscar nominee Colman Domingo has joined the cast as the charismatic host of “The Running Man,” the show within the movie.Domingo’s far from the only LGBTQ+ actor lending their talents to the film.

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Omar Ayuso leaves zero to the imagination in new sultry bedroom photo
A post shared by Omar Ayuso (@omarayuso)Omar Ayuso is putting it all out there.The Elite hottie gifted his nearly 4 million followers a belated Christmas present with a sizzling photo that left little to the imagination.In the snap lensed by photographer Salem de Amar, the 26-year-old holds a rose in his mouth while lounging on his bed wearing a leather jacket that exposes his shirtless torso. Sign up for the Queerty newsletter to get your fix of heartthrobs with a side of the hottest queer news and culture.As if that wasn’t enough to get your heart racing, he also rocks a pair of Calvin Klein briefs that ensures everyone understands he’s the full package.Damn, papi!A post shared by Omar Ayuso (@omarayuso)Needless to say, the image had his followers doing triple takes and adjusting their screens.“Not me zooming in and turning up the brightness on my phone,” wrote one fan.“Omg omg omg omg omg omg omg,” added a second overzealous admirer.While a third made a blunt assumption about his physique, commenting: “you told me you weren’t circumcised.”The jaw-dropping image even inspired another fan, Italian visual artist Erdi C, to turn it into a masterpiece.A post shared by Erdi_C (@erdicimo)It’s been six month since Elite ended its run after eight thirsty seasons of over-the-top mysteries and jaw-dropping hookups on Netflix.In that time, Ayuso has been very busy with a string of projects that have premiered or will debut in the next coming month in his native Spain.In November, he reached the top of the European streaming charts thanks to his role in the Spanish-language series Yo, Adicto.The series is based on the same-titled autobiographical novel by out show creator Javier Giner, which follows as film industry professional, Javi, voluntarily enters a drug rehab facility.
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