5:41PM, Nov 21, 2008
After taking over $400m worldwide, the transition to the big screen for the girls of Sex & the City was an easy one to make. So it's little wonder Sarah Jessica Parker is talking of a sequel.
Sarah Jessica Parker says a sequel to Sex & The City is in offing, with director Michael Patrick King currently in the process of coming up with an idea on which to base a script.
In an interview with MTV, Parker said "We are talking about it. We've had very general conversations about the idea. That's the big hurdle: the idea. The studio is very enthusiastic, which is lovely and seductive."
Given the movie relies on reuniting the original cast members - and to agree on a script - getting the production together is no mean feat. But Parker was keen to point out that the process needs to start with director King.
"We're at the place where Michael Patrick King has a wealth of stories so now it's, "We think we have this story and how do we put this together and are we completely sure that it's the right thing to do?" That's challenging. I would do these forever but is it right for the audience? Is this the story that we can tell well? These are the questions I have to ask myself or I'm not being fair to the franchise. That's where we are."
Based on the hugely succesful TV show of the same name, the 2008 movie followed the lives of the four New York friends as they hit middle age and began to consider settling down. With the show's fanbase being so large, the flick was expected to turn a profit regardless of how good the story was.
But even the studio wouldn't have predicted the level of interest that greeted the comedy, and the $400m that flowed in through the box office.
"I'm always on the same page with Michael," explained Parker. "The practical questions come into play with people's schedules. And then the big question: Is it right? You can't just take a poll of the ladies that stop me on the street. It's scary for me, because it's asking for a lot of money from the studio. I just want to do right by everybody."
When asked if she would shoot it next summer, Parker said: "I think it's a realistic timetable. That's when we'd start shooting to be out in 2010. But that means we need to figure this out in the next couple of months."
