Queer: Mubi acquires Luca Guadagnino’s steamy gay drama for UK and Ireland
The upcoming gay drama Queer has found its distributing home. Over the last year, LGBTQIA+ movie enthusiasts have been eager to immerse themselves in Luca Guadgnino’s steamy gay drama.
While the film has already made waves within the festival circuit, information about a general release was unknown. However, on 4 October, Variety revealed that Mubi secured the rights to Queer with a multi-territory deal, including the UK, Ireland, Canada, Latin America, Germany, Austria, Benelux, Spain, Turkey, India and Italy (not including theatrical distribution).
Additional information regarding the film’s release date schedule will reportedly be announced in the near future. The exciting news comes over a month after A24 secured the rights to the project for its US release.
In a statement, the director and lead actor Craig described the upcoming LGBTQIA+ drama as a “labor of love, and we could not be more excited that our film has found a home,” before describing the studio as “daring, vital and trailblazing”. “It is our deep honor to finally bring Burroughs’ legendary novel to life on screen for the first time, and we feel immense gratitude and excitement to be able to present it alongside our treasured collaborators,” they continued. “We could not ask for better partners on this journey.” Set in 1940s Mexico City, the film stars the James Bond icon as Lee, a man on the run from a drug bust in New Orleans.
