HBO Slots ‘Looking’ Movie for July 23

HBO will debut Looking: The Movie, a 90-minute film wrapping up the HBO series, July 23. The film ties up the story of three friends in San Francisco who explore the options available to a new generation of gay men. It’s written by Andrew Haigh and Michael Lannan and directed by Haigh, while the executive producers are Lannan and Sarah Condon.

In the movie, Patrick, played by Jonathan Groff, returns to the city for the first time in almost a year to celebrate a momentous event with his old friends. In the process, he faces the unresolved relationships he left behind.

Looking ran for two seasons on HBO.

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Michael Malone, senior content producer at B+C/Multichannel News, covers network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television. He hosts the podcasts Busted Pilot, about what’s new in television, and Series Business, a chat with the creator of a new program, and writes the column “The Watchman.” He joined B+C in 2005. His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Playboy and New York magazine.