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Michael Lannan (born September 9, 1977) is an American screenwriter and producer. He is known as a creator and producer of the HBO series Looking.
May 14, 2024 · HBO's comedy-drama series Looking is one of the best TV shows of the 21st century, and one of the best shows about gay life ever. Created by Michael Lannan, Looking only ran for two seasons and...
- Mey Rude
- Patrick
- Agustín
- Dom
- Doris
- Richie
- Kevin
- The Episodes That Almost Were
- The Patrick-Dom of It All
- Is More Looking Coming?
Looking explored relationships outside of traditional monogamy through couples like Agustín and Frank (O-T Fagbenle) and Dom and Lynn (Scott Bakula) — and Patrick would have followed suit in season 3 after breaking up with Kevin. "Patrick has this standard love triangle, and it felt like it was time to shatter that trope," Lannan says. One potentia...
Coming off meeting Eddie and starting work at a youth shelter, Agustín's story would have spent season 3 exploring other gender identities. "He was one of those characters who found compassion for other people in season 2, and one of his superpowers was keeping his mind open," says Lannan.
Dom ended his relationship with Lynn in season 2, and the movie leaves him starting a new romance with someone he meets during the celebration of Agustín and Eddie's union. "After his relationship with Lynn, where he was the younger guy, it would have been fun to flip that to see what it would be like to literally become a daddy and have to be resp...
Dom's crass yet lovable bestie ends the film planning to have a child, but a third season would have explored that self-described "old mom" journey in more depth. "We thought it would be fun to explore how all of her gay friends reacted and got involved in that kind of issue. We wanted to see someone funny and thoughtful and queer-adjacent try to f...
Lannan says season 3 would have explored more of Richie's life, and the work he has to do on himself before reuniting with Patrick. In the film, Richie shares with Patrick how difficult things were with his father, something that would have been mined more in a full season. "We did spin up quite a number of ideas about how Patrick would interact wi...
The writers considered Kevin developing a drug addiction after the breakup with Patrick, but it wouldn't have been be a "drugs are bad" kind of story, says Lannan: "It would be more like the story of a guy deeply entrenched in the very competitive tech and queer cultures who found some tools that helped him be the hottest, best, most fun and wild v...
"We almost did a Burning Man episode, we actually got all the clearances for it. We were one of the first shows to ever get permission to shoot at Burning Man," Lannan recalls of what they'd planned for the season 2 premiere before going in another direction. There was also discussion of the characters participating in the AIDS/LifeCycle (an annual...
Lookingoften referenced the almost hookup that blossomed into Dom and Patrick's friendship, but the pals almost actually went through with it: "We had an idea that Dom and Patrick were going to go out one night looking for hookups and then they go home with another couple that wants to have a foursome. They end up doing it, which is fun, hot, surpr...
"We would absolutely bring people back together," says the creator. He's confident about everyone's participation, they just need the right story to reunite the characters. A Christmas special is one idea that has been thrown around, so put that on your wish list. Related content: 1. How The Last of Us gave Bill and Frank the 'beautiful, completely...
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Aug 10, 2015 · The out creator of HBO's polarizing drama about gay life tells us how he handled the show's criticism and cancellation, discusses the future of LGBT TV, and updates us on the Looking...
Jun 13, 2023 · Created by writer Michael Lannan and directed by acclaimed Weekend director Andrew Haigh, there was a great deal of buzz for the series ahead of its premiere, with many labelling it the "gay"...
- Lewis Knight
Looking: Created by Michael Lannan. With Jonathan Groff, Frankie J. Alvarez, Murray Bartlett, Lauren Weedman. Three best friends living in San Francisco share the nuances and complexities of contemporary gay relationships as they explore a variety of options, both in love and in life.
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Michael Lannan was born on 9 September 1977 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Looking (2016), Interior. Leather Bar. (2013) and Hollywoodland (2006).
