Bros (film)

Bros is an American romantic comedy film directed by Nicholas Stoller from a screenplay by himself and Billy Eichner. Stoller and Judd Apatow are producers on the film. The film stars Eichner, Luke Macfarlane, Ts Madison, Monica Raymund, Guillermo Díaz, Guy Branum, and Amanda Bearse.
The film is premiered at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival in September 2022, before being released in the United States on September 30, 2022, by Universal Pictures.
==Cast==
==Production==
On February 5, 2019, it was announced that Billy Eichner would write and star in a romantic comedy feature film, directed and co-written by Nick Stoller. Principal photography was set to begin on June 7, 2021 in Buffalo, New York and Provincetown, Massachusetts. Filming took place in various locations including in downtown Cranford, New Jersey.Lissner, Caren. "Groundbreaking Film 'Bros' Is Shooting In Cranford This Week", Cranford, NJ Patch, September 28, 2021. Accessed June 17, 2022. "A new film called "Bros" will be filming in Downtown Cranford on Wednesday and Thursday, the Downtown Cranford organization said in a Facebook post on Tuesday. The organization noted that the film represents a 'first' in Hollywood: Bros is also making history by having an entirely LGBTQ main cast, including for the straight characters, the first for a major studio film.""
Most of the cast was revealed on September 23, 2021, and September 30, 2021. Bowen Yang and Harvey Fierstein were revealed to have joined the cast on November 4, 2021, and Benito Skinner joined the cast the next day.
The film is the first gay romantic comedy from a major studio featuring an almost entirely LGBTQ principal cast, with the exception of Debra Messing and Kristin Chenoweth, whom Stoller calls "allies" of the community.
==Marketing==
The first trailer was released on May 18, 2022.
==Release==
The film is scheduled to be released in the United States on September 30, 2022, by Universal Pictures. It was originally scheduled for release on August 12, 2022. It is also scheduled to premiere in September 2022 at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival."‘Bros,’ gay rom-com written by Billy Eichner, to premiere at TIFF". Toronto Star, July 15, 2022.
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