Shores' Sissies Soon Seen on Screen

Del Shores worked behind the scenes as a writer and producer on shows like Dharma & Greg and Queer as Folk. But most gay audiences know him as the creator of the smash cult-hit indie comedy Sordid Lives.

Fans of that film will be happy to hear, then, that Shores has a new feature in the pipeline, Southern Baptist Sissies.

Based on his long-running play and on his real-life experiences growing up in Texas, Sissies returns to Sordid Lives' wacky-but-warm-hearted Southern hick territory, and revolves around four gay boys growing up in a Baptist community. It begins shooting next summer for a probable 2007 release.