The TV return of Sex & The City is happening. Sarah Jessica Parker, 55, posted an Instagram video last night teasing the new show. A montage of shots of New York City is cut against an image of a computer screen.
The words, “I couldn’t help but wonder…” are typed on the screen. This was a recurring phrase her character used when penning her columns on single life in the original show. They’re followed by, “And just like that…”, and then “The story continues…”
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A logo for HBO Max follows, with the hashtag, #SATCNextChapter. In a caption accompanying the video, Parker wrote: “I couldn’t help but wonder… where are they now? X, SJ”
The same video was posted by co-stars Kristen Davis, 55, (Charlotte) and Cynthia Nixon, 54, (Miranda). However, it was not shared by Kim Cattrall, 64 (Samantha), who has already stated in interviews that she was happy not to be included in negotiations about a return of the show.
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According to USA Today, the 10-episode TV series will have the title And Just Like That. Former writer and director Michael Patrick King will return to executive produce the show, alongside Parker, Davis and Nixon. However, the original series creator, Darren Star, will not be returning. A new showrunner has yet to be announced.
And Just Like That will focus on the women’s lives 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,” according to an HBO Max news release.
Sarah Aubrey, Head of Original Content, HBO Max said about the new show: “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.”
The statement made no mention of Kim Cattrall or her character.
Based on Candace Bushnell’s 1996 book, the original Sex & The City ran from 1998 until 2004, and returned for two movies, in 2008 and 2010. A prequel series, The Carrie Diaries, with AnnaSophia Robb as young Carrie Bradshaw, ran for two seasons on the CW starting in 2013.
In 2017, Cattrall said she had turned down the offer of a third S&TC movie, resulting in Warner Bros deciding not to proceed with the project. It’s believed the other lead actresses were disappointed by Cattrall’s decision.
Parker told TV Extra in September of that year, “It’s over. We’re not doing it… I’m disappointed. We had this beautiful, funny, heartbreaking, joyful, very relatable script and story. It’s not just disappointing that we don’t get to tell the story and have that experience, but I think more so for that audience that has been so vocal about wanting another movie.”
Later that same year, Cattrall said she would “never” appear in another Sex & The City movie. She told Piers Morgan during a TV interview she had “never been friends” with her co-stars and confirmed there had been tension between her and Parker.
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The Sex & The City reboot will begin shooting in New York in the late spring. No premiere date has yet been announced.
Cam
The Second movie was pretty bad. Hopefully this goes back to what made the show good in the first place.
cuteguy
No Samantha. No point. A movie would’ve bombed with just these three. So they’re using the pandemic as an excuse to put it on a streaming tv service so the ratings can be hidden. Yes the movies weren’t the greatest but at least they were entertaining to the fans. Charlotte never annoyed me on the show but I couldn’t stand her in the movies. Samantha was always my favorite character. It’s too bad all the drama that ensued
Cam
Maybe they’ll pull the “We’re all clamed down married women now, and our wild friend Samantha doesn’t fit into our lives” plotline.
Not sure it will work.
Dr.Knowze
Hmm… Mr. Halbach has the top two buttons of his shirt open for Eric Cervini, but is more buttoned up for Ongina. Was he flirting with Eric?
TimberWolf
The show had its run, made a lot of money for NYC, NY sites, and the cast. Without the four don’t bother Kim Cattrell’s character was just as important as the other three characters. All 4 made that show successful. All 3 characters were married/ settled at the end, so what is the appeal? Most of the season’s storylines were based on their dates and short-lived romances. Fast forward to a Golden Girls back story, the 4 are now divorced and widowed, now dating in their mid 50- 60’s with children living in NYC? one with her mother in law or aged housekeeper? Samantha was the balance between the 3 without her it is a setup for failure. Perhaps calling it the new show: In a New York Minute
Jack Meoff
What I never got about the series is why 3 established successful women not only spent time with a struggling self obsessed entitled writer but allowed her to be the alpha of their group. Carrie was such a narcissist no wonder she couldn’t keep a man.
rand503
Exactly. But I would have to agree, Carrie and Mr. Big are two self-important and self-absorbed idiots who deserve each other. I really don’t care to hear about their continuing pouting that ends in a messy divorce.
Johnny
Why, why, why? This is like flogging a dead horse
BoomerMyles
And just like that…my life has meaning again!