Shane and Alice are back, baby. Well, sort of.
Kate Moennig and Leisha Hailey – AKA the two people responsible for roughly 80% of your L Word rewatches – are teaming up with Amazon MGM Studios to turn their New York Times bestselling memoir So Gay for You into a TV series. And they’re both set to star in it and executive produce. Deadline
The book, which dropped last summer, is a dual memoir covering their two-decade friendship, their experiences as closeted queer kids turned LGBTQ+ icons, and a load of never-before-shared behind-the-scenes stories from the set of The L Word. The pair were so inseparable from day one on set that the cast joked they were like a pair of pants – you couldn’t have one leg without the other. Barnes & Noble (That’s also where their podcast PANTS gets its name, which has been downloaded over 20 million times, by the way.)
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The TV adaptation is being described as a comedy about female friendship and post-L Word fame Deadline.
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Charlie Covell – the writer behind The End of the F***ing World and Kaos – is developing the series and will serve as creator, showrunner, and executive producer. If you caught either of those shows, you’ll know Covell has a knack for darkly funny, emotionally sharp storytelling with queer characters. They’re also currently showrunning the Life Is Strange adaptation for Amazon and Lucky Chap, so they’re clearly in demand.
Jessica Rhoades (Black Mirror) and Alison Mo Massey are also executive producing through Rhoades’ Pacesetter Productions, alongside Nina Lederman. Huge.
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For anyone who grew up watching The L Word and feeling genuinely seen for the first time, this one hits different. Moennig and Hailey are giving us the nostalgia – but from the other side of the camera.
No release date yet, but we’ll be keeping a very close eye on this one.
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