HBO Max madeSex and the Cityfans' dreams come true when the service announced that arevival of the iconic seriesis on the way.
When announcing the show, titledAnd Just Like That,Sarah Aubrey, the head of original content at HBO Max, said she was excited for audiences to see how the iconic characters' stories have evolved since the original series and movies.
“I grew up with these characters, and I can’t wait to see how their story has evolved in this new chapter, with the honesty, poignancy, humor and the beloved city that has always defined them,” Aubrey said in January.
The revival ofSATC, which originally aired from 1998 to 2004 on HBO and released two spin-off movies in 2008 and 2010, is set to begin filming in New York this summer.
Here’s everything we know about the upcoming series so far, from which stars are returning to where the storyline will pick up.
Who’s in it?
Chris Nothwill also bereprising his iconic roleas Carrie’s love interest, Mr. Big.
“I’m thrilled to be working with Chris again on ‘And Just Like That…'” executive producer Michael Patrick King said in a release when the news was announced Wednesday. “How could we ever do a new chapter of the ‘Sex And The City’ story without our Mr. Big?”
Aside from the three leading ladies and Noth, the only other confirmed cast member for the revival isGrey’s AnatomyalumSara Ramírez, who willplay Che Diaz, a non-binary, queer stand up comedian that hosts a podcast on which Carrie is regularly featured.
Sex and the City 2(2010).New Line Cinema/Hbo/Village Roadshow/Kobal/Shutterstock
John Corbett, who played Carrie’s carpenter boyfriend Aidan Shaw, has alsosaid he has been tapped to join the revival, though HBO Max has not confirmed his involvement.
“I’m going to do the show,” Corbett, 59, told theNew York Post’sPage Sixlast month, adding that it was “very exciting” for him.
“I like all those people, they’ve been very nice to me,” he said of those involved in the project, noting that he thinks he “might be in quite a few” episodes.
Sarah Jessica Parker and Chris Noth onSex and the City.Getty
Sarah Jessica Parker and John Corbett.HBO/ Everett
And who’s not?
The fourth actress in the series’ main cast,Kim Cattrall, will not be returning asSamantha Jones.
Sex and the Cityauthor Candace Bushnell said after the new series was announced that the revival will be “fine” without Cattrall, who has publicly maintained that she wouldnever return to the franchise.
“You know what, I think it’s fine,” Bushnell toldPage Sixjust days after the revival’s announcement. “Kim is a grown woman. She is 64 and she’s made a decision that I’m sure she has 10 very good reasons for and I respect her for that.”
The author also noted that the upcoming show’s writers will surely come up with ideas to address Cattrall’s absence.
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“Happy to see you back but will miss Kim/Samantha,” one commenter wrote, to which Parker replied, “We will too. We loved her so. X.”
“She will always be there. And we are so excited. X,” Parker responded to another fan’s remark about missing Cattrall’s character.
Jason Lewis, who famously played Samantha’s model boyfriend, Smith Jerrod, in the hit series, and later reprised his role for bothSATCmovies, has also saidhe won’t be returning.
“I have not [been approached], but I would be the last to know! As much as I appreciate the flattery, the conversation is about the girls,” the actor, 49, told theDaily Front Rowin a recent interview.
The show’s original stylist, Patricia Field, has similarly said she won’t be returning for the new series,citing a “time conflict"due to her work on Netflix’sEmily in Paris.
Sarah Jessica Parker onSex and the City.Ron Galella/getty images
Where will the storyline pick up?
And Just Like Thatwill pick up with Carrie, Miranda and Charlotte navigating life, love and friendship in their 50s.
“The series will follow Carrie, Miranda and Charlotte as they navigate the journey from the complicated reality of life and friendship in their 30s to the even more complicated reality of life and friendship in their 50s,” the synopsis released in January says.
“The ten-episode, half-hour series is scheduled to begin production in New York this summer,” a release from HBO Max on Wednesday states.
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“They’re not trying to say that these characters are reliving their 30s. It is very much a story about women in their 50s, and they are dealing with things that people deal with in their 50s,” Bloys said.
“They’re trying to tell an honest story about being a woman in her 50s in New York,” he added. “So it should all feel somewhat organic, and the friends that you have when you’re 30, you may not have when you’re 50.”
Speaking toVanity Fairin January, Parker also noted that the COVID-19 pandemic will “obviously be part of the storylinebecause that’s the city [these characters] live in.”
The actress said she believes the show will also attempt to answer how COVID-19 has “changed relationships once friends disappear.”
“I have great faith that the writers are going to examine it all,” she added.
When will it premiere?
The series is set to drop on HBO Max, but the streaming service has yet to announce an official premiere date.
In the spirit of Carrie Bradshaw, we can’t help but wonder when we will get to watch …
source: people.com
