And Just Like That ... Sex and the City is back
It isn’t about what was, it is about what’s next, says co-producer
In the new series, there are also some new kids on the block. Even though people think this is a franchise that they’re familiar with, there’s something new in this version
— Michael Patrick
King, co-producer
It’s the era of reunions. After we watched the cast of Friends meeting again 17 years since the end of the series, another group of TV icons is back and here to stay – though their reunion hasn’t gone quite as well.
Much has stayed the same in the lives of Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker), Miranda Hobbes (Cynthia Nixon) and Charlotte York (Kristin Davis). They still meet in elegant New York bars wearing the world’s most expensive shoes to catch up on each other’s lives. But much has also changed for the protagonists of one of TV’s most successful series ever - Sex and the City. The most notable change is that Kim Cattrall, who played blunt, confident and obsessed-with-sex Samantha Jones, isn’t part of the cast.
Catrall’s absence has caused speculation and gossip for months. She herself has not so far elaborated on her decision not to participate.
Between 1998 and 2004, the lives of the four girlfriends Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte and Samantha, revolving around their friendships, jobs, dates, clothes and shoes, were followed by millions worldwide. The show, which won countless Golden Globes and Emmy awards, arguably helped to spread the image of the self-confident career woman whose happy ending doesn’t need to involve kids and a husband — at least in the case of Samantha.
Fans of Carrie and her friends have long been hoping that this has not been the end — and on December 9, the wait will finally be over when the first two episodes of the sequel series And Just Like That will be released. Every following Thursday, another 30-minute episode will be released, 10 in total.
Besides Carrie, Miranda and Charlotte, their husbands Mr. Big (Chris Noth), Steve (David Eigenberg) and Harry (Evan Handler) are also back. Actor Willie Garson who played Carrie’s best friend Stanford in Sex and the City passed away in September but still features in the new series as some of the scenes were filmed before his death. There are also some new kids on the block. “Even though people think this is a franchise that
they’re familiar with, there’s something new in this version,” said co-producer Michael Patrick King. “This isn’t what was; it’s what's next.”