The stars of the “Sex and the City” revival on HBO Max are about to have a lot of money to buy cosmopolitans.
According to several sources, Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon and Kristin Davis are ready to fund more than $ 1 million per episode for the 10-episode series. All three are set to star in the show, as well as serve as executive producers.
Representatives for the three actresses and HBO Max did not immediately respond to Variety’s request for comment.
Given the high-level nature of the project, the salary of the three stars is not surprising. Commanding more than $ 1 million per episode has become the new top tier of television star salaries in recent years. A-listers like Nicole Kidman, Jeff Bridges, Sir Patrick Stewart, Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington are among the stars who recently secured such payments for their roles on major projects on platforms like Netflix, Hulu and other streamers.
The revival, which is titled “And Just Like That…”, will follow Carrie Bradshaw (Parker), Charlotte York (Davis) and Miranda Hobbes (Nixon) as they navigate love and friendship in their 50s. The half-hour series is due to begin production in New York in late spring. Kim Cattrall, who played Samantha Jones in the original series, is not coming back. Michael Patrick King will be the executive producer along with Parker, Nixon and Davis.
“Sex and the City” was created by Darren Star based on Candace Bushnell’s 1997 book of the same name. The original series debuted on HBO in 1998 and lasted six seasons until 2004.
The influence of the series is still felt in popular culture and in the rooms of Hollywood writers to this day. The series spawned two films (both currently coincidentally broadcast on Netflix). The 2008 feature film “Sex and the City” grossed more than $ 418 million worldwide, with a budget of $ 65 million. The widely criticized “Sex and the City 2” raised more than $ 290 million globally with a reported $ 100 million budget.
In 2011, Parker joked that a third installment of the film had been written, calling it “a little story, but I think it should be told. The question is, when is the right time to tell this? “