Netflix has confirmed the exact release date for Heartstopper season three with a short clip featuring a song from Billie Eilish’s new album, Hit Me Hard and Soft.
Heartstopper: Season 3 | Date Announcement | Netflix
In Season 3, Nick and Charlie’s relationship deepens and they will face their biggest emotional challenges yet. Fans will remember that moments before Heartstopper Season 2 concludes, Charlie (Joe Locke) and Nick (Kit Connor) further solidify their feelings for each other in a deeply emotional conversation. You just know that despite how emotional this conversation was, there were plenty of things left unsaid.
The cult-favourite queer show Black Sails is trending on Netflix, and for good reason: it’s chock-full of gay pirates.
If you’re unfamiliar with the series, a quick primer: Black Sails aired from 2014 to 2017 on Starz. It loosely serves as a prequel to Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic novel Treasure Island and follows Captain Flint (Toby Stephens), the infamous pirate whose treasure the book’s protagonist seeks. Set during the Golden Age of Piracy in the early 18th century, Black Sails doesn’t shy away from the historical realities of the period, and that extends to its inclusion of queerness.
Black Sails: The Perfect Show You've Never Seen
When we’re introduced to Flint, he’s the leader of a ruthless pirate crew based in the Caribbean. Flint is presented as a swaggering, cutthroat leader. But in season two, flashbacks reveal a tragic backstory. Read on… (mild spoilers)
Pedro Almodóvar’s long-anticipated gay Western film, starring Pedro Pascal and Ethan Hawke, is finally coming to a screen near you.
Strange Way of Life, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival last year followed by a limited theatrical release, is available for streaming on Netflix as of today. Almodóvar has described the 30-minute film as his “answer to Brokeback Mountain,” and the vibes definitely seem to match, judging from the trailer.
Strange Way of Life Trailer #1 (2023)
Pascal and Hawke play Silva and Sheriff Jake, former lovers who reunite after 25 years apart. But true to the bittersweet nature of Brokeback Mountain, the reunion isn’t quite a happy one: It just so happens that Sheriff Jake’s sister-in-law has been murdered, and it’s now his personal mission to arrest the killer.
Almodóvar told Variety last year that Strange Way of Life “is a queer western in the sense that there are two men, and they love each other, and they behave in that situation in an opposite way.”
Netflix announced that Heartstopper Season 3 will launch on the streaming platform sometime during October of this year. Stars of the series Joe Locke and Kit Connor shared the news with fans via a video released on the Netflix YouTube channel.
Heartstopper Season 3 has a lot in store for its teenaged cast. Charlie (played by Locke) wants to tell Nick (Connor) that he loves him. Nick, meanwhile, is coming to understand the full extent of Charlie’s mental health issues, which we started to see in the previous season.
Heartstopper | Season 3 Announcement | Netflix
As the summer holidays wrap up and the crew return to their respective schools the pressures of social life, studying, and looming university choices creep in as well. Read on…
The first trailer for Dead Boy Detectives, Netflix’s upcoming supernatural horror detective comedy, has finally been released.
Based on the DC Comics characters of the same name from Neil Gaiman and Matt Wagner, the series stars George Rexstrew and Jayden Revri as Edwin Paine and Charles Rowland, best friends who decided to ditch the afterlife to remain on Earth to investigate supernatural crimes–and there might be some queer romance in store…
Dead Boy Detectives | Official Trailer | Netflix
The synopsis reads: “Do you have a pesky ghost haunting you? Has a demon stolen your core memories? You may want to ring the Dead Boy Detectives. Teenagers born decades apart who find each other only in death, Edwin and Charles are best friends and ghosts… who solve mysteries. They will do anything to stick together — including escaping evil witches, Hell and Death herself.”
Edvin Ryding and Omar Rudberg are teasing a ‘fun, passionate and messy’ arc for their characters in the third (and final!) season of Young Royals.
Premiering 11th March on Netflix, with the series finale airing the following week on the 18th, the last hurrah for the beloved Swedish drama will focus on the aftermath of Wilhelm (Ryding) finally admitting to the press that he was the other man in the leaked video with Simon (Rudberg).
Young Royals: Season 3 | Official Trailer | Netflix
The official synopsis for season three reads: “Wilhelm’s speech has consequences not only in the court but also throughout the school, as Hillerska confronts the worst crisis in the school’s history.
Young Royals: Edvin Ryding and Omar Rudberg talk "tearful and emotional" series finale
“The prince and Simon are determined to be together, but what are they willing to sacrifice when realising that their freedom and love might be at odds with the Royal ideals, traditions and responsibilities?”
Representation matters, be it in cinema, on TV, or on the page. And representation matters especially to LGBTQ+ young people and their families. They need to see themselves reflected on screen, particularly in the animated feature arena where queer protagonists are few and far between.
With its theme of gender fluidity Oscar-nominated Nimona was deeply personal for its creator, ND Stevenson who suffered from dysphoria and began publishing the webcomic while a student at the Maryland Institute College of Art. “I hadn’t seen a character like [Nimona] when I started the comic, and I wanted to see that character,” says Stevenson, who identifies as non-binary.
Set in a futuristic-medieval world, Nimona tells the story of the eponymous shapeshifter — usually a teenage girl, but able to transform into any human or animal —who joins forces with Ballister, a gay knight wrongfully convicted of murder.
When Netflix distributed the film theatrically in 190 territories in June 2023 audiences of all ages connected with its story and LGBTQ+ characters. “Nimona is an incredibly beautiful piece of queer media,” wrote one viewer on social media. “I cried and laughed with my partner as we watched it together.”
After eight seasons, Netflix’s hit Spanish teen drama Élite is coming to an end. Élite, which followed a select few working-class students entering the world of an elite high school in Spain and their relationships with each other and with wealthier students at their school, has been known for its depiction of queer teens, with fans quickly falling in love with Omar and Ander, two students who formed a relationship in the first three seasons.
Elite: Season 7 | Official Trailer | Netflix
While Ander has since left the show, Omar is making his return in the upcoming 7th season of the series and is still gay as ever. Élite has also featured several other queer characters and relationships throughout its five-year run.
The creators of Netflix’s Wednesday have opened up about a potential Wednesday and Enid romance in future seasons.
Back in November, the popular streamer finally released the highly anticipated fantasy teen drama based on the beloved Addams Family character.
The show, which is executive produced by Tim Burton, follows Wednesday (Jenna Ortega) as she enrols in the mysterious Nevermore Academy – which was once attended by her parents, Morticia (Catherine Zeta-Jones) and Gomez Adams (Luis Guzmán). As she tries to navigate her new surroundings, the emotionless 16-year-old soon finds herself with psychic abilities and at the centre of a local murder investigation.
Since its debut, the show has earned critical acclaim from TV enthusiasts for its clever storylines and the Scream 5 actor’s fantastic performance as the intelligent and emotionless Wednesday. In addition to the aforementioned praises, LGBTQ+ viewers have also shipped Ortega’s character with her optimistic werewolf roommate Enid Sinclair (Emma Myers).
Over the last few weeks, fans have called on the show’s writers to make the pairing, aka “Wenclair,” canon in later seasons. In a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Wednesday creators Al Gough and Miles Millar gave further insight into Wednesday and Enid’s beloved dynamic and the future of their relationship.
Charlie and Nick are back! Netflix announced that season 2 of its hit YA romance series Heartstopper has officially wrapped filming!
This upcoming season will see a lot of changes for Nick and Charlie, including several new cast members. Leila Khan has joined as Sahar Zahid, a Higgs school student, Jack Barton is on board as Nick’s older brother David, Bradley Riches is playing Truham student James McEwan, and Nima Taleghani is playing Truham teacher Mr. Farouk.
Additionally, set photos have revealed that Charlie and Nick will travel to Paris this season. In the photos, it seems the two are enjoying a romantic vacation on the continent together. The new season will also explore themes of mental health in the series.
