The New Carrie

AnnaSophia Robb has been confirmed as the actress who will play the young Carrie Bradshaw in the highly-anticipated The Carrie Diaries - the prequel to Sex and the City - according to The Hollywood Reporter. The 18-year-old is best known for taking on the role of Violet Beauregarde in Tim Burton's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and was recently cast as Wendy in a new film spin-off of Peter Pan, alongside Terence Stamp and Sean Bean. The new SATC-related television show will focus on Bradshaw's coming of age as a 16 and 17-year-old, from finding her first love to how she originally met Samantha, Charlotte and Miranda.
"So excited for #carriediaries!" Robb tweeted last night. "It was online before I even knew hahahaha oh technology."

Updated Friday January 20, 3.16pm: Following months of speculation, The CW Network has confirmed that it is bringing Carrie Bradshaw back to television screens in a Sex and the City prequel series. Based on SATC creator Candace Bushnell's novel, The Carrie Diaries, the new show will go back to the Eighties to span Bradshaw's teenage high school years. Casting is yet to be confirmed, although Blake Lively, Miley Cyrus and Glee's Dianna Agron have all been linked to the role made famous by Sarah Jessica Parker. Amy B. Harris, who worked on the original HBO series, has been confirmed as the writer.

Updated Monday August 15, 9.28am:Is Sex And The City returning to our television screens? Rumours suggest that rather than another film, a return to the small screen is on the cards.
"Ultimately, Darren Star - the man who created the hit series - will have the overall say, but everyone is agreed a TV show is the direction they want to take the franchise in," a source told the Daily Mail. "Sarah Jessica Parker will be producing. She was worried about doing another film after the bad reaction to the SATC2 movie, but a TV show is definitely something she wants to happen."
Plans were reportedly already at an advanced stage for a film about the early lives of Carrie, Charlotte, Samantha and Miranda - rumoured to be starring Blake Lively in the lead role - but it seems that will now be put on hold in favour of a SATC television return.






ELLA ALEXANDER 28 February 2012
http://www.vogue.co.uk/news/2011/08/15/sex-and-the-city-returns-to-tv---no-film