In which I do gay trivia gymnastics in order to justify geeking out over "Harper's Island"

Matt Barr, Christopher Gorham, and Brandon Jay McLaren

I'll admit, as a movie guy I can be pretty tough on television shows, and I don't often get too excited about new ones headed our way. So it's with a somewhat unfamiliar sense of glee that I'm writing about Harper's Island, a new self-contained murder mystery series coming to CBS that is possibly the most awesome-looking bit of television since Laura Palmer rolled out of that plastic tortilla on Twin Peaks.

Essentially, a group of people go to an island for a wedding and in 13 episodes are systematically killed off, leaving the audience guessing who will be whacked next, and who the killer might be. It's kind of like And Then There Were None meets April Fool's Day ... or even Lost, if the creators hadn't pussed out and decided to introduce time travel to keep the story going for 435 years.

While I don't think that there's anything gay about the series, the cast is full of folks that we've seen before in other gay-friendly projects. Let's meet them!

Christopher Gorham

Christopher Gorham starred in Ryan Murphy's camptastic Popular before moving to the accounting department at Mode in the ridiculously gay-friendly Ugly Betty. As the groom-to-be, let's hope that Gorham sticks around a while, and possibly shows off some more of that killer bod that Henry was hiding under his pocket protectors.

Richard Burgi

Hot daddy Richard Burgi is a fave of many thanks to his stint on Desperate Housewives, and he plays a great jerk. 

David Lewis
 

David Lewis may not be terribly familiar, but I was delighted to learn that one of his first credits was appearing in what might be the greatest short film of all time, Guy Maddin's Sissy Boy Slap Party.

Chris Gauthier

Chris Gauthier played gay Vincent on Eureka. I've never seen that show but I understand he was pretty much gay in concept only, but if you were a fan of his you might want to check him out here.

Harry Hamlin

Harry Hamlin of course starred in the groundbreaking Making Love, and also got many a gay boy interested in Greek mythology when he played Perseus in Clash of the Titans.

And finally, blonde newcomer Matt Barr (at top, with Gorham and Brandon Jay McLaren) just played asshole housemate Puck in Pedro. 

Granted, I'm a horror nut, so a slasher movie reimagined as an episodic drama is right up my alley. Anyone else excited about this one besides me?