Here’s your first look at Joel Kim Booster’s new queer romantic comedy Fire Island
gaytimes.co.ukHulu has unveiled the first images from Joel Kim Booster and Bowen Yang’s new queer romantic comedy, Fire Island. The film, which is inspired by Jane Austen’s famous novel Pride and Prejudice, follows Noah (Booster) and his group of friends who take off on a week-long vacation at the titular LGBTQ+ hotspot.
In true rom-com fashion, the group experiences steamy hookups, hilarious moments and friendship testing situations. It also stars Zane Phillips, Torian Miller, Margaret Cho, James Scully, Matt Rogers, and Tomas Matos.
Booster, who wrote the film’s script, opened up about the upcoming project in a lengthy interview with Vanity Fair. “We made something really, really special and unique and gay,” he said. ” The fact that we did that feels miraculous, considering what we’re up against.” The 34-year-old then revealed that his first-ever trip to Fire Island with Yang inspired his queer Pride and Prejudice retelling. “I brought Pride and Prejudice with me.
I was reading it there with Bowen and it just sort of clicked for me,” he explained. “I turned to Bowen and was like ‘I should write Pride and Prejudice set on Fire Island.
