Chris Noth and Kristin Davis during filming of Sex and the City: The Movie by James Devaney/ WireImage.com
Unless — and I wouldn't put it past that crafty Michael Patrick King — they are merely staging some "scenes" to be spied/misreported by the paparazzi, the well-documented and -photographed Sex and the City: The Movie location shoot in New York City is letting slip a few plot details. For one, it has been reported that (Possi-spoiler alert) Big springs a mammoth sparkler on Carrie, perhaps setting up the rumored wedding. And on Thursday, paps snapped Chris Noth in a sidewalk scene with a full-term pregnancy-pad-sporting Kristin Davis, indicating that Charlotte and Harry finally got a bun cooking in the oven.
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Evan Handler courtesy Showtime
Evan Handler, who played Charlotte's hairy hubby Harry on Sex and the City, has confirmed for People that he will appear in the movie. But, he noted, "Harry doesn't feature that prominently.... It's [the women's] story." He also hinted that the rest of the show's supporting players... that is, the guys... had also come to terms at least in theory to do the film. Which is good, because without them, it would be kinda hard to put the sex in the City.
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Gil Gerard and Erin Gray courtesy MCA/Universal City Studios Inc.
Deebee-deebee-deebee! Buck Rogers alum Erin Gray says "a producer who has a few comic-book movies under his belt" is working on getting the license for a feature-film redo. MovieHole.net also reports that another big screen-bound show, Kung Fu, is actively seeking a "male, 20-35, a handsome mix of East meets West," for its lead.... Sex and the City: The Movie has been tagged with a May 30, 2008 release date, says MTV.com.... Cillian Murphy will be mentored by Al Pacino's acclaimed painter in the biopic Dali & I: The Surreal Story.... Ricky Gervais will star in This Side of the Truth, about a world where no one has ever fibbed — until, that is, Gervais' character realizes how productive it can be.
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Jennifer Hudson by Kevin Mazur/WireImage.com
American Idol alumna Jennifer Hudson will play Carrie Bradshaw's assistant in Sex and the City: The Movie.... Also per the Reporter, the new Indiana Jones film is officially subtitled The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.... Kate Bosworth has the title role in Veronika Decides to Die, an adaptation of the best-selling novel.... Desperate Housewives' Jesse Metcalfe and Prison Break's Peter Stormare are on board for the horror thriller Insanitarium.... Mischa Barton, who apparently is an actress when she's not posing for the glossies, will costar with Deborah Kara Unger in the thriller Walled In, says Variety.... Having recently wrapped an update of Prom Night, Nelson McCormick will next direct a redo of 1987's The Stepfather.
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Chris Noth by Mitchell Haaseth/NBC Photo
With the trades now confirming what Michael Patrick King told Extra earlier this week, Chris Noth is giving mad props to the Sex and the City filmmakers for squeezing in Big. "I was thrilled that the producers were able to work around my Law & Order: Criminal Intent schedule," the actor tells the New York Daily News. Noth also likes what he sees in the Sexy flick, saying, "I am happy to be back in the flesh as Mr. Big, especially after reading Michael Patrick King's script." Yeah, being surrounded by fab femmes is always a good read.Related: Sex and the City Boss Shares "Big" Film News, Will Sex and the City Film Be a "Big" Deal?
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Chris Noth and Sarah Jessica Parker courtesy HBO
Though the most recent reports I've seen have Chris Noth claiming he had yet to sign on the dotted line, Michael Patrick King — the writer/director of the upcoming Sex and the City film — says that Carrie's one-and-only is, in fact, a part of the big-screen follow-up. As King tells TV's Extra, "[I am] happy to report that Mr. Big is alive and well and living in New York City!" King's comment seemingly snuffs building buzz that the ladies' feature folly will not be precipitated by Carrie's wedding but rather Big's death. After all, a tombstone would require getting his last name. (And good luck with that.)
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Peter Krause by Bob D'Amico/ABC
Get lost, ABC. That was the hostile undercurrent behind much of the questioning for ABC's entertainment president Stephen McPherson Wednesday morning. We critics can be a surly group, especially this late in the TCA press tour. (ABC has the bad luck to be up to bat on the final two days of the three-week hype-a-thon.) But give us something legitimate to gripe about — in this case, the decision by Lost's producers to skip the TCA and instead address the game-changing events behind Lost's cliff-hanger at the Comic-Con fan convention in San Diego on Thursday — and you'd better watch out.One reporter even put it this way: “Are we not important enough for you?” At first, McPherson tried to shrug it off with a joke, saying that he has hired Don Imus — fired earlier this year from his radio and TV gigs for a racial slur — to join the show. (This was the closest he or anyone else came to addressing the Isaiah Washington/Grey’s Anatomy debacle during his of...
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Jessica Simpson is at boot camp in Louisiana this week to prepare for her role in the Private Benjamin-esque Major Movie Star.... Also per the New York Daily News, Kim Cattrall is off to London to lens the Sex and the City film.... Per the Reporter, Idol runner-up Katharine McPhee is a pregnant hippie in a feature comedy starring Anna Faris as a Playboy Playmate turned sorority house mom.... Now in production: American Pie: Beta House, starring some Band Camp returnees as well as Bradford Anderson (General Hospital) and Meghan Heffern (Flight 93).... Don Cheadle is a CIA operative working undercover with a terrorist group and Guy Pearce is an FBI agent in the thriller Traitor.
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Sex and the City courtesy HBO/TBS
As first scooped by Ausiello, the big-screen Sex and the City boinkfest is now a go, with leads Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Cynthia Nixon and Kristin Davis all set to reprise their series roles. Cattrall, a long-rumored holdout, was ultimately locked in with the promise of scene input, big bucks and a future HBO series deal, sources tell Variety. That's right, folks — your "Mannequin: The Series" dream is alive.Now that the New Line-produced Sex film is greenlit, the involvement of series faves such as Chris Noth (as Mr. Big/John) will start to get firmed up.POLL: Other than Big, which Sex and the City fella do you hope appears in the film? Vote here.
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Sex and the City courtesy TBS/HBO
It's the climax we were all hoping for: Reliable sources tell me that the long-gestating Sex and the City feature film is at long last a go. According to my spies, New Line Cinema is on the verge of closing a deal to distribute the pic in association with HBO. Shooting is slated to begin in mid-September with Sex symbols Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon, Kristin Davis and, yes, Kim Cattrall, reprising their signature roles. An official announcement could come as early as next week. In the meantime, post your (sure-to-be-orgasmic) reactions below!POLL: Other than (of course) Big, which Sex and the City fella do you most hope to see featured in the movie: Steve, Harry, Smith, Stanford or Anthony? Vote here.
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