HERE! SET TO PREMIERE KISS ME DEADLY

 Shannen Doherty and Robert Gant star in highly anticipated spy thriller

here! is pleased to announce the premiere of Kiss Me Deadly: A Jacob Keane Assignment.  The film, starring Shannen Doherty (Beverly Hills, 90210, Charmed) and Robert Gant (Queer as Folk) will be released theatrically and premiere on the network on May 2nd.

Doherty and Gant star as former spies caught in a web of dangerous intrigue.  Directed by Ron Oliver (Queer as Folk, here!'s Shock to the System and Third Man Out), and shot in New Zealand, Gant plays Jacob Keane, a photographer living the family life in Milan with his loving boyfriend, Paolo, and Julia, the daughter he shares with his lesbian friend, Kyra. When a young woman, Marta (Doherty), arrives from his past life, he is pulled back into the high-stakes world of international espionage. Together they must elude a mysterious enemy who becomes more of a threat the closer they come to revealing the truth about their alliance.

Similar in style to The Bourne Identity movies, the film also stars acclaimed character-actor John Rhys-Davies (from the final two installments of the Lord of the Rings trilogy) and features a suspenseful game of who-dun-it that questions the main characters' true loyalties.  Much like another here! hit original film franchise The Donald Strachey Mysteries – starring Chad Allen and also directed by Oliver – Kiss Me Deadly blazes a trail by going into often-uncharted territory:  placing its main character (Gant) as a courageous action-hero who also happens to be gay, as opposed to making his sexuality a central theme of the film.   

"The filmmakers had an absolute blast re-imagining the spy genre with a gay element.  Robert and Shannen's chemistry makes the film all the more fun to watch," said Meredith Kadlec, Senior Vice President of Original Programming.

Recent and upcoming here! original films, series and specials include: Paradise Falls, a sexy dramatic series that follows the steamy scandals of the residents of a small town in the Northern woods, The DL Chronicles, a GLAAD Media award-nominated series focusing on the diverse stories of men of color who by consequence and by choice, live sexually duplicitous and secret lifestyles; The Lair, a provocative and sexy vampire horror series; Dante's Cove, ranked "Best Soap of the Year" by The Advocate; the provocative six-part docu-series Lesbian Sex and Sexuality, an unblinking look inside the world of lesbian culture from award-winning producer Katherine Linton; and the original film Shelter, a critically-acclaimed romantic drama about love, family and staying true to yourself.