Friday 29 July 2011

SATC 3 NEWS FLASH





For all those girls, who like me were addicted to the trials & tribulations of Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte & Miranda in Sex & the City throughout the 90's and early Noughties, wishing you could delve into a world of parties, cosmopolitans, girlie lunches and most importantly Macy's & Bloomingdales, there is now news on the next instalment of our guilty pleasure that is the SATC film series. Read on for more details......


The prequel they said would never happen! Introducing the NEW Sex And The City girls...

Last updated at 2:18 AM on 28th July 2011


Almost two decades after emerging as a newspaper column - inspiring books, 94 TV episodes and subsequent films - Candace Bushnell's Sex in the City remains a hot topic.

Rumours were rife after the second film launched last year that another was on the cards and now it has emerged that SATC 3 will go ahead - with a new cast featuring some of Hollywood's hottest talents.
Taking form as a prequel the proposed project will be based on Bushnell's two novels, The Carrie Diaries and Summer And The City (published this year) which track the four individuals in their teenage years and early twenties before they become a united female front in New York.
SATC 3: NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK

Blake Lively
            
SAMANTHA
WHOBlake Lively, 23 - made her name in Gossip Girl              
BACKGROUND: Originally in a long-term relationship before going on the rampage, steady Samantha looks after a young Carrie when she first arrives in New York, showing her the ropes                               
THE LOOK: Think Eighties power dressing, shoulder pads and big hair

Selena Gomez
            
CHARLOTTE 
WHOSelena Gomez, 19 - Disney star and girlfriend of Justni Bieber              
BACKGROUND: Barely featured in the prequel books although she is sure to appear more frequently in the films, author Candace said of Selena: 'She’d make a really good young Charlotte’                 
THE LOOK: Good girl, fresh- faced

Emma Roberts
              
MIRANDA
WHOEmma Roberts, 20 - niece of Julia, starred in Scream 4              
BACKGROUND: Politically minded Miranda meets Carrie while she is protesting outside department store Barneys. The young Miss Bradshaw is on a shopping spree... Cue differences of opinion             
THE LOOK: Think lobbyist, student grunge

 Elizabeth Olsen
               
CARRIE
WHOElizabeth Olsen, 22 - younger sister of twins Ashley and Mary-Kate          
BACKGROUND: Originally from the Midwest, a young Miss Bradshaw travels to New York as an aspiring writer - minus the Manolos, the girlfriends and tangled romances               
THE LOOK: Already noticed for her individual sense of style, expect the usual combos 


It is rumoured that current preferences for the roles are Blake Lively as Samantha Jones, Selena Gomez as Charlotte York, Emma Roberts as Miranda Hobbes and Elizabeth Olsen as Carrie Bradshaw.
The news will come as a blow to many who hoped the characters would be played by the original cast or that a third movie would follow on from the second which ended with Sarah Jessica Parker's Carrie and Chris Noth's Mr Big reconciling their differences after their marriage was threatened by an intervention by Carrie's former lover Aidan. 
Even Sarah Jessica Parker who produced and starred in the two Michael Patrick King creations appeared averse to the idea earlier in this year.




When reports emerged that younger replacements were being considered for the prequel she said that she didn't feel that the film should be based on the same SATC characters especially as the some of the back-stories had already been covered in the TV series and movies.
'I don't think we can pretend to go back... It's creating two histories. It's like, 'Oh I didn't know that about Carrie Bradshaw.'' She told the Los Angeles Times.


One fan, Clarity agreed Blogging: 'The prequel would suck. I don't want to see youngsters playing these characters that we've all grown up with. Let the ladies continue their journey filled with surprises.'

The originals: From left to right Miranda Hobbes played by Cynthia Nixon, Carrie Bradshaw played by Sarah Jessica Parker, Samantha Jones played by Kim Cattrall, and Charlotte York played by Kristin Davis
The originals: From left to right Miranda Hobbes played by Cynthia Nixon, Carrie Bradshaw played by Sarah Jessica Parker, Samantha Jones played by Kim Cattrall, and Charlotte York played by Kristin Davis
In an interview with WWD, creator Bushnell, 52, explained that the prequels lay the foundation for what each character will become.
She said: 'Every character has a back-story - what the reader sees, in a sense, is the tip of the iceberg. The characters don't exist in a vacuum - when we first meet them... in their Thirties and single in New York - they are, in a sense, in the middle of their stories. Which is what makes the Carrie Diaries series so satisfying.
'We see different sides of the characters, which make them much more complex and interesting.'
Ms Bushnell told how the story had moved on from her first prequel, which sees Carrie as a teenager in the Midwest. 'She has more confidence; now that she's finally away from home, she can discover and explore new parts of herself,' she revealed. 
Ms Bushnell started Sex And The City as a newspaper column, before turning it into the book that inspired the Nineties television series. Two follow-up movies have since followed, to mixed reviews. 
Now the series and film producer Michael Patrick King is hoping to turn the prequels into a movie franchise.
The news will also come as a shock to Kristin Davis, who played the naive, perfectionist Charlotte York. She expressed her distaste at the idea telling E! this February: 'We've discussed our history in the show already so for all of our fervent fans who listen to what we say, why would we rewrite that?
'And then have like different people with our names? It's kind of freaky.'


Read more: 
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2018914/Sex-The-City-3-Selena-Gomez-Blake-Lively-cast-new-movie.html#ixzz1TVPCRnSJ


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