Michael Flemming of Variety:
New Line Cinema is getting in bed with HBO on "Sex and the City."
After much foreplay, the movie version of the long-running HBO series is gearing for a fall start, with New Line near a deal to finance and distribute.
[Kristen Davis Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, and Cynthia Nixon pictured]... are all set to reprise their roles, with longtime exec producer Michael Patrick King directing a script he wrote.
King will produce with Parker, John Melfi and Darren Star, the latter of whom hatched the series, based on autobiographical columns written by Candace Bushnell.
Fans of the show have clamored for a movie version of "Sex and the City" since the series ended.
The film got close to happening about two years ago, but progress halted when Cattrall backed away. She wanted script controls and a salary close to that of Parker, who was more highly paid than the others because she was co-executive producer of the series. Whatever tensions existed are gone now, sources said. Cattrall has a deal she’s happy with, one the sources said gives her input on her scenes, a fat salary and a future series deal with HBO.
While there have long been rumors that supporting cast members like Chris Noth would take part, those deals are expected to become clearer once New Line begins locking in deals.
Not part of Sex and the City's target audience, I was never a regular viewer. but when I did tune in, I found the show pretty boring...I never could see what the big deal was.
Cattrall got a sweet deal--holding out so long. I have always enjoyed her other work...Hopefully she will make some thing good come out of her future arrangement with HBO...
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