The stars of the upcoming “Sex and the City” revival at HBO Max are about to have enough cash to buy cosmopolitans.
According to various sources, Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon and Kristin Davis will have to pay more than $ 1 million per episode for the series of 10 episodes. All three will play in the series, as well as executive producers.
Reps for the three actresses and HBO Max did not immediately respond to Variety’s request for comment.
Given the striking nature of the project, the salary for the three stars is hardly surprising. The price of northern dollars of $ 1 million per episode has become the new top level 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 have recently received such pay days for their roles in major projects on platforms such as Netflix, Hulu and other streamers.
The revival, 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 begins in late spring in New York. Kim Cattrall, who played Samantha Jones in the original series, is not returning. Michael Patrick King will deliver executive production alongside Parker, Nixon and Davis.
“Sex and the City” was created by Darren Star based on Candace Bushnell’s book of the same name from 1997. The original series was on HBO in 1998 and lasted six seasons until 2004.
The influence of the series is still felt in popular culture and in Hollywood writers’ rooms to this day. The series has produced two films (which happen to be currently streaming on Netflix). The 2008 “Sex and the City” feature earned more than $ 418 million worldwide on a reported budget of $ 65 million. The widely acclaimed ‘Sex and the City 2’ has grossed more than $ 290 million worldwide with a reported budget of $ 100 million.
In 2011, Parker teased that a third film section had been written, calling it a ‘small story, but I think it needs to be told. The question is, what is the right time to tell this? ”