Together Again for the First Time Cast

March 15, 2022 Post a Comment

The rumors are true: Sex and the City is coming back.

A 10-episode revival, titled And Just Like That... , is headed to HBO Max with members of the original cast: Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon, and Kristin Davis. Co-ordinate to past reports, Kim Cattrall won't render to reprise her function as Samantha Jones.

The stars have been teasing the prove for months (they get-go began promoting information technology on social media back in Jan) but Parker finally helped smash down the premiere date, posting a very short clip revealing that it will come up to the screen in December. "I couldn't help but wonder... where are they now?" Parker teased in an Instagram video, channeling Carrie Bradshaw's signature writing style.

"Anything is possible....Encounter y'all there!" wrote Davis, who'll return as Charlotte York. Nixon, who plays Miranda Hobbes, posted, "You, me, New York...anything is possible."

SATC, created past Darren Star (Younger, Emily in Paris) and based on the book past Candace Bushnell, originally aired on HBO from 1998 to 2004. It was followed by a movie in 2008 and sequel in 2010.

Rumors first bubbled up last Dec that the reboot was a possibility, although without Cattrall. The upcoming revival volition focus on Carrie, Miranda, and Charlotte "as they navigate the journey from the complicated reality of life and friendship in their 30s to the even more than complicated reality of life and friendship in their 50s," Deadline reported.

Here's what else we know.

Here'south our first look at the serial.

The official teaser trailer showcases our favorite original characters making a thou return to the screen — minus Samantha, of course.

During the 2021 Emmy Awards, HBO released a teaser of their upcoming fall programming which included our first glance at And Just Like That...

The quick clip featured Carrie Bradshaw, Miranda Hobbs, and Charlotte York together again as well as Carrie and Big embracing in their (very luxe!) kitchen and cooking together. Carrie? Cooking? We have a lot to catch upwards on. Sentinel the new clip below.

On July 9, HBO Max shared the start official photo of And Just Like That..., featuring our leading trio Cynthia Nixon equally Miranda Hobbes, Sarah Jessica Parker as Carrie Bradshaw, Kristin Davis every bit Charlotte York.

The wardrobe looks updated for 2021 but is no less chichi with Miranda in cream wide-leg pants, Carrie in a tartan brim and platform heels, and Charlotte in a polka dot off-the-shoulder number.

"And just like that, it was 24-hour interval 1!!" Nixon wrote while sharing the photograph on Instagram.

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The show will premiere on December 9, 2021.

Sarah Jessica Parker confirmed in a new video clip teasing the upcoming "side by side chapter" of Sex and the City that Carrie, Miranda, and Charlotte'due south city adventures will render to our screens this December.

Upcoming episodes are going to talk virtually race.

Extra Nicole Ari Parker spoke to Variety well-nigh how a more diverse cast will impact the storytelling of And But Similar That...

"I'thousand excited to be a part of something that's unlike for them," Parker told the outlet. "We can talk near the elephant in the room that at that place were no fully fleshed-out characters of color, only now here'south the four of us. Nosotros're real people, and they've been keen to piece of work with, and some of our [storylines] bargain with race and bargain with existent experiences. It's New York Urban center!"

The bandage is back on set.

On June eleven, Sarah Jessica Parker shared a motion picture of herself along with OG Sex and the City costars Cynthia Nixon and Kristin Davis later doing read-throughs to prepare to get to work filming the revival serial.

"Together again. 💜," she wrote in the photo's explanation. "Read through our beginning episodes.
@justlikethatmax. Alongside all the fellas and our newest cast members. Like an ice cream sundae. 10, SJ."

Cynthia Nixon will straight an episode.

On Instagram, the actress shared photos of herself on set and revealed that she would be in front end of and backside the camera for an episode of the highly anticipated revival.

"Curl photographic camera! 🎥 I am thrilled to share that I am directing an episode of @JustLikeThatMax this flavour," Nixon wrote. "It'due south been a complete dream to work with my beloved co-stars and crew in this new role. I have truly never felt so supported in my life. (And don't worry, Miranda is still going to exist in the episode — information technology was surreal to do both at once!)"

We got a hint about Samantha's absence.

HBO's president of programming, Casey Bloys, said that the network isn't "trying to re-do" Sexual practice and the City. He explained, "They're non 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 bargain with in their 50s."

Hinting at Samantha's absence, he added that "just equally in real life, people come up into your life, people get out."

Bloys continued, "Friendships fade, and new friendships get-go. So I recall it is all very indicative of the real stages, the bodily stages of life."

Mr. Large is coming back afterward all.

Months after Page Six reported that Chris Noth would not exist reprising his part equally Mr. Big, Borderline confirmed that the thespian volition indeed appear in the Sex and the Metropolis reboot as his beloved character.

"How could we ever exercise a new affiliate of the Sex and the Metropolis story without our Mr. Big?" executive producer King said, echoing all our thoughts. Noth had actually "been in talks for a while," per Deadline, despite reports maxim otherwise.

The actor even teased fans when rumors broke in February saying he wouldn't be in the revival. He joked to one commenter on Instagram, "Well if Page Half dozen says it... information technology must be true😉." And to another, he replied, "Everything changes—including announcements in the rags."

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Page Six had also reported that David Eigenberg, who plays Miranda'due south human, Steve Brady, also wouldn't be returning, but a rep for the actor said that he's in negotiations to brand an appearance on the new prove.

Aiden is coming back.

In an interview with Page Six, John Corbett confirmed that he will exist returning for the revival to reprise his role as Carrie's ex-fiancé, furniture designer Aidan Shaw.

"I'm going to do the show," he said, adding that returning to the role is "very exciting."

When asked how many episodes fans can wait to meet Aiden in, Corbett had very skilful news (for Aiden fans, anyhow—not-so-much if yous're so firmly Squad Big that you want nothing Aiden in the revival).

"I think I might be in quite a few," he said. Of the cast and crew of the long-running HBO comedy, he added, "I like all those people, they've been very nice to me."

Steve volition return.

HBO Max announced the news on And Just Like That...'due south Instagram folio, confirming that David Eigenberg will reprise his role equally Steve Brady. The news came months after rumors of Eigenberg'southward return began circulating.

The player previously talked to United states of america Weekly in March 2021 of the possibility of his return. "I actually dear that show. I think information technology's really interesting that they've brought it back," Eigenberg said at the fourth dimension, adding that he would beloved to work with his onscreen wife, Cynthia Nixon, once more. "[She's] a dream to work with."

Eigenberg did point out i hesitation he has near returning to his iconic SATC office, however: Information technology would mean playing Steve without Anne Meara, the legendary actress who played his character's mom, Mary Brady.

"That's kind of heartbreaking because she was a dear lady and a dear friend of mine," Eigenberg said of Meara, who died in May 2015. "It's a sad thing to get back considering that character, you know, [the] lineage is gone, and Anne as a human being wouldn't be there. It's a foreign affair, only we'll see. … If it can piece of work out, nosotros may be going down that road."

The COVID-nineteen pandemic will play a part.

In an interview with Vanity Fair , Parker revealed that the pandemic would accept an impact on And Just Like That..., which is prepare to start shooting in 2021. Parker told the publication that COVID-19's effect on New York City would "plain exist part of the storyline, because that's the city [these characters] alive in. ... And how has that changed relationships once friends disappear? I have peachy faith that the writers are going to examine information technology all."

She continued, "I recollect that Cynthia [Nixon], Kristin [Davis], and I are all excited about the fourth dimension that has passed. You know, who are they in this world at present? Have they adapted? What part take they played? Where have they fallen short as women, as friends, and how are they finding their way? Did they move with momentum? Are they like some people who are confused, threatened, nervous [by what'due south happening in the world]? I'm so curious and excited to run into how the writers imagine these women today."

Sarita Choudhury, Nicole Ari Parker, and Karen Pittman are joining the bandage.

In May 2021, TVLine reported that the SATC reboot writers were "dramatically expanding Carrie, Miranda and Charlotte's social circle" with about half a dozen new characters—three of them women of color and series regulars. Months later, nosotros finally found out who they would be, per The Hollywood Reporter.

"Choudhury (Little Fires Everywhere, Homeland) volition play Seema Patel, a self-made, powerhouse Manhattan real estate banker. Parker (Empire, Chicago PD) plays Lisa Todd Wexley, a documentarian and Park Avenue mother of three. Pittman (The Morning Evidence, Luke Muzzle) volition play Dr. Nya Wallace, a brilliant and challenging professor at Columbia Constabulary School."

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Nicole Ari Parker shares a moment with Kristin Davis on the set of And Simply Like That...

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Parker, Pittman, and Choudhury

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One-half of the writers are non-white.

King, also the showrunner, is leading the writer'due south room, and one-half of the team is not-white, TVLine also reported. Samantha Irby (Shrill, writer of We Are Never Meeting in Real Life), Rachna Fruchbom (Fresh Off the Boat), and Keli Goff (Black Lightning) bring together King and longtime SATC writers Julie Rottenberg and Elisa Zuritsky.

King and Sarah Jessica Parker "didn't desire to tell a story with all-white writers or an all-white cast" for the revival, HBO'due south Casey Bloys previously said. "It's not reflective of New York. So they are being very, very conscious about understanding that New York has to reflect the fashion New York looks today."

During her interview with Vanity Fair , Parker too praised the writing team for being "incredibly diverse in a really heady style."

Samantha's longtime boyfriend, Smith Jerrod, won't exist a part of the revival.

Histrion Jason Lewis, who played the longtime model-turned-histrion romantic companion of Kim Cattrall'due south Samantha Jones, confirmed that at that place aren't plans for his grapheme to make a comeback on the upcoming HBO Max revival. Along with portraying Jerrod for sixteen episodes during the hitting series, the actor too appeared in both feature film sequels.

"I have non [been approached}, merely I would be the last to know! As much equally I appreciate the flattery, the chat is about the girls," he told the Daily Front Row.

Lewis non being a role of the new reiteration also makes sense considering Cattrall's absence from the reboot too.

Sara Ramirez is joining the bandage.

Deadline reported that Grayness'due south Anatomy star Sara Ramirez will play a new grapheme, Che Diaz, a nonbinary stand up-up comedian who hosts a podcast that regularly features Carrie Bradshaw. "Che is a large presence with a big center whose outrageous sense of humor and progressive, human overview of gender roles has made them and their podcast very popular," the site reported. They would also exist the start nonbinary character in the franchise, The Hollywood Reporter notes.

"Everyone at And Just Like That … is beyond thrilled that a dynamically talented actor such as Sara Ramírez has joined the Sex and the City family," King told Deadline. "Sara is a i-of-a-kind talent, every bit at home with one-act and drama—and we feel excited and inspired to create this new graphic symbol for the show."

Patricia Field won't exist office of the reboot.

The iconic Sex and the Urban center costume designer won't be returning for And Just Similar That. Field currently has her hands total working on Flavour 2 of Darren Star'south Emily in Paris , consulting on the Starz series Run the Earth , running a gallery on the Lower East Side, and more.

"The chief reason was a time disharmonize," she told WWD of not returning to SATC. "I wasn't able to be in New York doing that and exist in Paris doing Emily in Paris. But I told them to call my very dearest friend Molly Rogers, who too worked in my shop back in the twenty-four hour period. She did Sex and the City with me from start to finish. She knew it well so she'due south doing it. My dance card was full."

In addition to SATC , Rogers has worked on costumes for The Devil Wears Prada and Ugly Betty.

Anthony, Harry, and Stanford are as well returning.

Mario Cantone will be back as Anthony Marentino, and Evan Handler volition reprise his role as Harry Goldenblatt. HBO Max has also said that Stanford Blatch volition render. Willie Garson, who played him, passed abroad earlier this year.

The first table read has already happened.

Sarah Jessica Parker shared a sneak peek at the first And Simply Like That... tabular array read on June 11. Her script fabricated an appearance in the snap, but unfortunately, we couldn't read what was in information technology.

And in a cornball movement, Parker prepared by hit Carrie Bradshaw's business firm the night earlier.

"Pure coincidence AND JUST Similar THAT, we find ourselves on this street called Perry the night earlier it all begins once more. MPK, here we go. And I'k thrilled and terrified," she wrote.

Charlotte is walking with a new dog.

Davis was seen filming a scene for the reboot with a bulldog—not Charlotte's beloved pooch, Elizabeth Taylor. What might've happened to her famous pup? Regardless of the answer, it looks like she has stayed loyal to her signature Burberry dog accessories.

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A leaked script reveals a twist nearly Carrie and Big'due south human relationship.

The Internet has been abuzz with news of a leaked script from And Just Similar That... , which reportedly reveals that Carrie, now a podcast host, is amid a divorce from Mr. Big (Chris Noth). According to Folio 6, one office reads, "I was taping the podcast, I was washing my hair. Yeah, I wasn't eating or sleeping, but at to the lowest degree I felt good near my matrimony. At present I'chiliad just one of the wives he was taking care of?"

And after Natasha (Bridget Moynahan), ane of Big's exes, was seen on set, signs seem to further betoken to Carrie and Big's breakup. But we'll have to await and watch to confirm.

Carrie and Big look cozy in a new photograph.

Parker and Noth took to Instagram to share pics of Carrie and Big reunited, taken on the And Just Similar That... gear up. One moving-picture show, shared from Parker's account, shows the couple gazing into each other's eyes, with Carrie smiling as Large holds her face. Big'due south hymeneals band is besides visible in the shot, despite previously leaked script details saying that the couple would exist divorcing on the reboot.

Parker captioned the pic, "These 2. I bet they stay out late tonight. X, SJ."

Noth commented on Parker's postal service with several whiskey glass emojis. The actor and then shared a pic of Carrie and Big from his own Instagram, with the caption "Together again!" The moving-picture show shows the couple sitting side past side, and Carrie has her arm wrapped around Large'southward shoulders.

Carrie'southward iconic tutu is getting an upgrade.

Sarah Jessica Parker shared a new video from the And Just Like That... set that makes a nod to the original series' title credits. The actor posted a video of herself twirling in an ankle-length tiered tulle brim and two-toned Chanel booties. The booties were a familiar wardrobe detail from Sex and the City, with Carrie wearing the shoes in multiple scenes in Season half dozen. Parker captioned the video, "Now and and then. X, SJ."

The And Just Similar That... costume designers also posted the video on their Instagram, with the explanation, "AND…educational activity united states of america all the art of the twirl." The floaty tulle skirt seems to exist the remake's upgrade of the tulle brim that Carrie wore in the original's opening credits. The tutu has been a staple of the franchise and then far, equally it besides fabricated an appearance in the first Sex and the Urban center film.

Ready pictures reveal the evidence's first new homo.

Looks like And Just Like That... will keep i of the hallmarks of the original series, a renewing bandage of hot men. New pictures from the reboot's prepare taken September 17 prove Carrie and Charlotte interacting with a new man, played past French thespian and model Thomas Canestraro.

In the shots, Carrie wears a white button-down and pants, as well equally a black brace on her left leg, as she holds a baguette. The new character carries an apparently hurt Carrie up the steps of her brownstone apartment, while wearing a form-fitting male romper printed with the logo "Hot Fellas Baked Goods." We're wondering if Canestraro will be sticking around for several episodes, or bring whatsoever of his fellow bakers.