Fresh off the success of Call Me By Your Name and the acclaimed Suspiria remake, director Luca Guadagnino has inked a deal with HBO to create and direct a new miniseries.
The new show, written with writers Paolo Giordano and Francesca Manieri, bears the tentative title We Are Who We Are, and like Call Me By Your Name, the plot tells a love story set against an Italian backdrop. We Are Who We Are follows American teenager Frasier Wilson who gets relocated to a military base in Italy courtesy of his army Colonel mom, and her wife. There, he befriends another teen named Caitlin. Gossip around the base speculates that Frasier and Caitlin have fallen in love, but the young American has a secret: he actually opines for his friend Mark back in New York, and also develops a romantic connection with a soldier named Jason.
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Much in the same way Call Me By Your Name examined first love and coming-of-age over a summer, We Are Who We Are will create a story of youthful self-exploration and personal growth.
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The series heads into production this May, with a release date set for 2020. Guadagnino also still plans to direct the sequel to Call Me By Your Name which will reunite Armie Hammer and Timothee Chalamet, tracing the evolution of their relationship five years after the original film takes place.
djmcgamester
Still haven’t seen “Call Me By Your Name” but this sounds interesting. Based on the picture in the link to this page, it seems as though it might focus on the military. I’m a huge fan of anything that counters the idea that all of us fit the stereotype. Nothing wrong with the stereotype but plenty of us don’t fit the mold and like to see representation.
@HarryB
Yeah, we are
Daggerman
….5 years isn’t long enough….
OzJosh
Dear David Reddish, You mean “pines”, not “opines”. Look it up.
linx1240
Great, very much looking forward to this!
www.g-letshave.fun
Absolutely agree with you
Larry McD
“Opines” does not mean what you think it means. You meant “pines.”
Rock-N-RollHS
I’m gonna give Reddish the benefit of the doubt that it was a typo typed on his phone as he quickly wrote this for $35.
Kangol
Um, what is it with this Luca Guadagnino that in more than one of his projects exploring LGBTQ people he repeatedly seems to conceive of relationships between teenagers (even if late in their teenage years) and adult men?
Talk about trafficking in a (dangerous) stereotype. Yuck. I get that he may be aiming for a younger demographic but it’s still problematic. I’ll pass.
Also, Queerty, “opines” means “expresses an opinion about”; “pines,” which means “yearns for” is the verb you’re seeking here.
Alton
So, if a 17 year old gay guy falls for, say, a 19 year old soldier, that’s problematic?
ShowMeGuy
I remember this movie. Only it was set in Ohio, 1983-ish. The gay teenage high school boy worked at an amusement park and meets a gay college boy. Drama and romance and heartbreak ensues. It was called *Edge of Seventeen*.