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Gameboys Movie Will be Released on July 30, 2021

BL Filipino web series 'Gameboys' has finally launched a trailer for its upcoming movie this July 30, 2021.

Gameboys, the first Filipino BL series that was released on the YouTube channel of IdeaFirst Company was viewed and become hit, the series has thousands to millions of audiences around the world. The Gameboys youtube views have reached more than a million in all episodes of the series, they even released the extended version on Netflix; also, awarded as Best Web Series in the Indie Shorts Awards Seoul.

Gambeoys the series is about the love story of Cairo Lazaro (Elijah Canlas) and Gavreel Alarcon (Kokoy de Santos). The story revolves around many aspects of “love during lockdown” at the height of the pandemic. Meanwhile, season 1 of the said series ended well they had been together but the question of what would be next to them due to Cairo's decision to accompany his mother to the province to recover from the loss of her husband who died due to Covid-19, this issue may threaten them to separate and in a lot more circumstances to happen due to release of episode 13.5 which introduces new cast in the series. Those and the continuous demand of the viewer open the door for the creation of season 2.

May 22, 2021, during the event of World Gameboys Day on Youtube (the first anniversary of the series) the IdeaFirst Company announced the upcoming movie and series according to executive producer Jun Lana

The two stories are very different. The movie tells a different story that will be given more texture by many nuances when you watch the series. And as our cinematographer Carlo Mendoza said; you have to watch the movie and the series for you to be able to know where we are going next.

On the other hand, The IdeaFirst Company has yet to announce when is the release of the series but the movie will be digitally released on July 30, 2021, via KTX. According to executive producer Perci Intalan