\t\t\tIt\u2019s been nearly a decade since the last entry in the Sex and the City franchise, but the girls couldn’t possibly stay away from the screen for long. In January, news broke that the popular early-aughts HBO show would be continuing on HBO Max in a revival called And Just Like That\u2026 In an interview with Vanity Fair, Sarah Jessica Parker, who famously walked the streets of Manhattan in her Manolo Blahniks for six seasons and two movies, said she\u2019s thrilled to bring a new chapter from showrunner Michael Patrick King and the otherwise all-women writers\u2019 room to life.\u201cI think that Cynthia [Nixon], Kristin [Davis], and I are all excited about the time that has passed,\u201d she said. \u201cYou know, who are they in this world now? Have they adapted? What part have 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\u2019s happening in the world]? I’m so curious and excited to see how the writers imagine these women today.\u201d
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You\u2019ll notice, of course, that Parker named herself, Nixon, and Davis as cast members, but omitted the name of the fourth star of Sex and the City, Kim Cattrall. When HBO Max announced the SATC revival, Parker confirmed on Instagram that Cattrall (Samantha Jones) would not be joining the cast for this project. \u201cNo. I don\u2019t dislike her. I\u2019ve never said that. Never would,\u201d Parker said, refuting a commenter\u2019s claim that the two \u201cdislike each other.\u201d She went on: \u201cSamantha isn\u2019t part of this story. But she will always be part of us. No matter where we are or what we do.\u201d The commenter was referring to the not-so-secret feud between Cattrall and Parker, one that seems to be ongoing. That juicy nugget aside, let\u2019s dig into the basics. Here\u2019s what we know so far about And Just Like That… The show has wrapped filming production.On July 9, the first photos from set revealed the cast and crew hard at work filming in New York City. <\/p>\n
\t\tThe production was spotted on 5th Avenue in Manhattan.
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\t\tSarah Jessica Parker and Cynthia Nixon appeared perfectly at ease together as they walked through Midtown.
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\t\tCynthia Nixon, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kristin Davis strolled together for a photoshoot that HBO Max later shared on Instagram.
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Throughout the rest of mid-July, more paparazzi photos revealed small details from the new series. One particularly shocking development? Charlotte has a new pup. Her beloved Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, Elizabeth Taylor, is nowhere to be seen, replaced instead with an as-yet-unnamed bulldog. <\/p>\n
\t\tOn July 12, 2021, Kristin Davis was photographed on set with a bulldog, a Burberry poop-bag dispenser, and a RIANNA + NINA Treasure Box bag.
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But in mid November, Sarah Jessica Parker revealed on Instagram that filming had wrapped. And Just Like That will premiere December 9.The series will debut on HBO Max on Thursday, December 9, with two episodes\u2014like an early Christmas gift. After that, the remaining eight episodes will drop weekly on Thursdays. Subscribe to HBO MaxThe teaser trailer previewed a \u201cnew chapter\u201d for Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte, and their new friends.
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And the official trailer arrived Nov. 30. \u201cAnd just like that, after all the years, and all the changes, you’re still you,\u201d Carrie says in the voiceover. Keep your eyes peeled for new members and old favorites in the footage.
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Photos from set show the nostalgia is real.Before the reboot’s first table read, Parker posted a photo of the exterior of Carrie Bradshaw\u2019s home in the West Village. She called out the title of the series in her post. \u201cPure coincidence AND JUST LIKE THAT, we find ourselves on this street called Perry the night before it all begins again. MPK, here we go. And I\u2019m thrilled and terrified.X, SJ\u201dThe next day, she posted a photo from the first table read with the caption: \u201c1st Table Read.@justlikethatmaxGot here to work way too early.Nerves all a wonderful jumble.X, SJ\u201d
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And this reunion photo of Carrie, Miranda, and Charlotte together again:
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To celebrate the start of the reboot, Nixon posted this throwback:
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\u201cFriendship never goes out of style. #AndJustLikeThat,\u201d she wrote on a post of the reunion photo identical to SJP\u2019s. SJP also posted a sweet photo of her and Chris Noth, who plays Mr. Big, to her grid on August 7. She wrote: \u201cThese 2. I bet they stay out late tonight.X,SJ\u201d
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This certainly won\u2019t be the last pre-series tease we see!The wild fashion is coming back.Sarah Jessica Parker has been showing off one of her character\u2019s signature bird hats. She has also been seen strutting around in Carrie\u2019s famous Manolo Blahnik pumps.
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There will be 10 half-hour episodes.Parker, Davis, and Nixon are signed on as executive producers of the new show, per The Hollywood Reporter. So far, this is slated as a limited series, but if we know anything about the seemingly endless stamina of Carrie Bradshaw and co., it could continue way past the one season HBO Max has currently green-lit. Here\u2019s how HBO is describing the series:This new chapter of the groundbreaking HBO series Sex and the City follows \u201cCarrie\u201d (Sarah Jessica Parker), \u201cMiranda\u201d (Cynthia Nixon) and \u201cCharlotte\u201d (Kristin Davis) as they navigate the journey from the complicated reality of life and friendship in their 30s to the even more complicated reality of life and friendship in their 50s. The ten-episode, half-hour series is scheduled to begin production in New York this summer. The writers\u2019 room was hard at work.Us Weekly reported in late February that the writers\u2019 room opened in January. As Vanity Fair also reported, the writers\u2019 room is made up entirely of women, and Parker referred to the writing staff as \u201cincredibly diverse in a really exciting way.\u201d She added that the staff will add \u201clife experience, political world views, and social world views\u201d to the series. In February, Deadline announced members of the writers\u2019 room include Shrill and Tuca & Bertie writer and Wow, No Thank You author Samantha Irby, who will also serve as co-producer; Parks and Recreation alum Rachna Fruchbom, who will also co-executive-produce; Twenties, Black Lightning, and Being Mary Jane alum Keli Goff, who will serve a supervising producer; and Julie Rottenberg and Elisa Zuritsky, who both worked on the original series and will serve as executive producers.Diversity is a priority.TVLine reported that the show\u2019s original showrunner, Michael Patrick King, and his group will be focusing on diversifying Carrie, Charlotte, and Miranda\u2019s friend group\u2014something they were called out for not doing in the past. The site reports that there will be at least six new characters who will be season regulars and women of color. This certainly doesn\u2019t make up for the show\u2019s past mistakes, but it will be interesting to watch the series try to reinvent itself. HBO Max chief content Casey Bloys told TVLine that EPs Parker and King \u201cdidn\u2019t want to tell a story with all-white writers or an all-white cast\u201d because \u201cit\u2019s not reflective of New York. So they are being very, very conscious about understanding that New York has to reflect the way New York looks today.\u201dSara Ram\u00edrez is joining the cast as the show\u2019s first non-binary character.Tony winner Sara Ram\u00edrez will join the original cast as Che Diaz, a stand-up comedian and podcast host who frequently invites Carrie onto the show. Che, like Ram\u00edrez, identifies as non-binary and queer, and per The Hollywood Reporter, \u201cis a big presence with a big heart whose outrageous sense of humor and progressive, human overview of gender roles has made them and their podcast very popular.\u201dThe original leading men are reprising their roles.Another big casting question surrounded Carrie\u2019s love interest, Mr. Big (Chris Noth), and the show\u2019s other beloved boyfriends. On Feb. 18, Page Six published a report that Noth would not be joining the reboot\u2014but Noth quickly batted that idea away by dropping a clue on social media.\u201cEverything changes\u2014including announcements in the rags,\u201d he wrote.Now, it’s official: The New York Post reported all three of the original leading men\u2014Noth, John Corbett (Aidan), and David Eigenberg (Steve)\u2014will return for the revival. A source from the senior production team said \u201cviewers will definitely see Big, Aidan, and Steve.\u201d On Wednesday, May 26, HBO Max released a press release confirming Noth\u2019s return. \u201cI\u2019m thrilled to be working with Chris again on And Just Like That\u2026,\u201d King said in a statement. \u201cHow could we ever do a new chapter of the Sex and the City story without our Mr. Big?\u201dOn August 2, Noth was finally spotted on set with Parker for the first time: <\/p>\n
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Three new cast members have recently signed on.Per The Hollywood Reporter, Nicole Ari Parker, Sarita Choudhury, and Karen Pittman have all joined the SATC sequel. Parker (Empire, Rosewood) will play Lisa Todd Wexley, a documentarian, and Park Avenue mom, while Choudhury (Blindspot, Little Fires Everywhere) takes on a Manhattan real estate broker named Seema Patel. Finally, Pittman (The Morning Show, Yellowstone) will play a Columbia Law School professor, Dr. Nya Wallace.The reboot will introduce a younger cast.According to Entertainment Tonight, HBO Max announced that Life in Pieces actor Niall Cunningham would join that cast as Miranda Hobbes\u2019 older son. Mr. Iglesias actress Cree Cicchino is set to play Miranda\u2019s son\u2019s girlfriend, Luisa Torres.And Just Like That will also introduce Charlotte York and Harry Goldenblatt’s daughters Lily (Cathy Ang) and Rose Goldenblatt (Alexa Swinton). COVID-19 will be mentioned in the revival.Speaking of COVID, it doesn\u2019t seem as if the writers are just going to ignore the pandemic, which devastated New York City last spring. Parker told VF that COVID-19 will \u201cobviously be part of the storyline because that\u2019s the city [these characters] live in. And how has that changed relationships once friends disappear? I have great faith that the writers are going to examine it all.\u201d The statement had some fans speculating that Samantha would die from the virus. Or just generally afraid that Samantha will be killed off, somehow.
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But all signs currently point to the writers not killing off Samantha.Fans can take a sigh of relief that their worst fears are not coming to fruition in And Just Like That\u2026 In an interview with TVLine, HBO Max chief content officer Casey Bloys seemed to indicate that the character of Samantha just goes her own way\u2014but doesn\u2019t die. Bloys added that \u201cjust as in real life, people come into your life, people leave.\u201dHe added: \u201cFriendships fade, and new friendships start. So I think it is all very indicative of the real stages, the actual stages of life\u2026 They\u2019re trying to tell an honest story about being a woman in her 50s in New York.\u201dSo, maybe they just\u2026ghosted each other? But no one is an actual ghost. Can you imagine a series of unexplained events that the women eventually blame on Samantha\u2019s ghost? The story will follow Carrie, Miranda, and Charlotte in their 50s.We last saw the friends in 2010, so more than a decade has passed in the friends\u2019 lives. That goes back to what Bloys said about the women\u2019s friendship with Samantha. It’s been a long time, everyone is in their 50s, and friendships fall off. What else is going on with the group now that they’re 50? Surely they’ve picked up some quarantine hobbies. The real question is whether we could ever see Carrie becoming a sourdough aficionado. The door is reportedly ‘open for Kim Cattrall to return as Samantha Jones’ in a second season.HBO is expected to announce season two of the reboot soon. A senior production source told the Daily Mail that \u201cMichael Patrick King (executive producer, director, and writer) and Parker have plans for this to be more than a limited ten-episode run on HBO Max, so expect to see a second season announced soon.\u201dA source also said, \u201cThe door is open for Kim Cattrall to return as Samantha Jones.\u201d The source added, \u201cThere was obviously a concern that people would miss Kim and not be engaged, but the response so far has been phenomenal, and for fans of Kim, the door is open for her to return. If she ever changes her mind, she can come back.\u201d The franchise is no stranger to spin-offs.This is definitely not the first time the SATC creators have expanded the universe. If you’ll recall, The CW had a series called The Carrie Diaries based on Candace Bushnell\u2019s prequel to her 1997 Sex and the City book. The show, which starred Anna Sophia Robb, ran from 2013 to 2014. Of course, there were also two feature films, Sex and the City (2008) and Sex and the City 2 (2010). Will we ever see the end of these friends, this show, and Carrie Bradshaw? Not if fan power has anything to say about it. That said, if you don\u2019t have an HBO Max subscription, it\u2019s time to get on it. (Spoiler Alert) There are definitely some new love interests.Some new photos from the set were released on October 20 showing Sarah Jessica Parker walking hand-in-hand with actor Jon Tenney, then standing outside of Carrie’s well-known brownstone facade.And then, a pic of them kissing:<\/p>\n
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This must mean that Carrie’s relationship with Mr. Big is in one of its \u201coff again\u201d phases during the show. There are another series of shots from the set of And Just Like That… featuring Parker and Tenney, so it seems like this is at least a two date affair between Carrie and whoever Tenney’s character is on the series.<\/p>\n
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Either that, or Carrie’s outfit changes are happening even faster than we remember.Even more scenes appear with actor Jon Tenney.The number of outfits that Sarah Jessica Parker wears with a man indicates the seriousness of her relationship with him on the show. It looks like things are heating up with her and actor Jon Tenney, who was seen kissing Parker during scenes shot in front of her well-known brownstone facade. There are now new photos of the pair, in which Parker is wearing a black cape made of puffy vest material, which Tenney helps slide off:<\/p>\n
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Then she walks away from him in her rather conservative (for Carrie) white dress line with black trimming\u2014and a pair of hot pink heels for a splash of color.<\/p>\n
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And she’s carrying a very interesting tasseled silver pouch as a purse. Maybe Jon Tenney’s character understands Carrie’s accessories better than Jack Berger did.<\/p>\n
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