One of the many movies to debut world premiere footage at this year’s CinemaCon was director Nicholas Stoller’s rom-com Bros. Starring Billy Eichner—who co-wrote the film with Stoller—Bros. is the first rom-com about gay men ever produced by a major studio (Universal), and it looks excellent.
Bros. is described as a “smart, swoony and heartfelt comedy about two gay men maybe, possibly, probably, stumbling towards love. Maybe. They’re both very busy.” The entire cast of Bros. will be comprised of LGBTQ+ actors, meaning that even the film’s heterosexual characters will be played by queer actors.
But all of this doesn’t matter if the movie isn’t good. Thankfully, the trailer that played at CinemaCon had the entire audience laughing and didn’t shy away from showing a sex scene. While I’m not sure when the trailer will be released, I’m confident after you see it, you’ll agree the film looks like it has a lot of promise.
Shortly before Billy Eichner was given his award for Comedy Star of the Year, I got to speak with him backstage about Bros. He talked about how the project happened, working with Stoller, what they learned while test screening the movie, and why it was important to not shy away from the sex scenes. Check out what we had to say in the player above.
Bros also stars Luke Macfarlane, Monica Raymund, Harvey Fierstein, Amanda Bearse, Jim Rash, Guillermo Diaz, RuPaul's Drag Race winner Symone, and longtime The Real Housewives of Atlanta host Miss Lawrence.
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