Meet the new Fab Five. Today, Netflix announced the cast for their upcoming reboot of Queer Eye for the Straight Guy.
A remake of the successful Bravo series, the reality show features five gay experts as they help a straight man makeover his life, focusing on wardrobe, food, lifestyle, interior decoration, and hair. The original series ran for five seasons before ending in 2007.
The new cast of Queer Eye includes “Antoni Porowski (Food & Wine), Bobby Berk (Interior Design), Karamo Brown (Culture), Jonathan Van Ness (Grooming) and Tan France (Fashion).” It’s unclear if the original Fab Five will return for the reboot, but the new series is slated to premiere on Netflix in February 2018.
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It’s been fifteen years since the Emmy Award-winning series Queer Eye for the Straight Guy revolutionized reality television. The series returns to Netflix and is going global, introducing audiences around the world to a modern aesthetic, diverse perspective and a brand new Fab Five: Antoni Porowski (Food & Wine),Bobby Berk (Interior Design), Karamo Brown (Culture), Jonathan Van Ness (Grooming) and Tan France (Fashion). This season Queer Eye trades its original New York setting for communities in and around Atlanta, Georgia. Our new Fab Five will forge relationships with men and women from a wide array of backgrounds and beliefs often contrary to their own, touching on everything from LGBTQ rights and social commentary to how to make the best farm-to-table guacamole and more!
Queer Eye for the Straight Guy creator David Collins (Scout Productions) serves as executive producer for the new series, along with producing partners Michael Williams and Rob Eric. David Eilenberg also serves as an executive producer in association with ITV Entertainment.
Queer Eye launches globally on Netflix February 2018.”
What do you think? Are you a fan of the original Queer Eye? Will you watch the Netflix reboot?
Really love this guys how they come in to people lives and help them feel great about themselves. We all have love ones who we care for so much and want them to see themselves as we see them but can’t get through to them and they make a difference. I would love to have 5 angles help my son to see he could be so much more. He feels like a outcast and doesn’t fit in. This is a great show and this men make a difference in people lives. Showing people where all the same we all have… Read more »