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SOLVED!

UPDATED!

[Blind Gossip] This film franchise is allegedly stalled out over one cast member’s reluctance to do another installment.

However, don’t believe what you are hearing that the franchise is done!

The potential payday is too good for ANY of them to pass up. They just have long-simmering conflicts over money, creative control, and personal relationships, so it’s going to take a while longer to smooth things over.

In the meantime, let’s share a little story about how a personal conflict played out in one of the installments!

Do you remember that really short birthday scene? Completely unnecessary and didn’t serve the narrative at all. The reason they put it in there is because [Older Actress] is sensitive about her age and [Younger Actress] wanted to take a slap at her. She wanted to emphasize how much older [Older Actress] is than everyone else in the cast. [Older Actress] is no dummy. She knew exactly what it was about, but she had no creative control and could not veto the scene. She was plenty pissed about it, though. I heard she called it the Happy Fucking Birthday scene.

Similar: Birthday As A Plot Line

Franchise:

Younger Actress:

Older Actress:

[Optional] Do you want to see another installment of this franchise?

SOLVED!

Franchise: Sex and the City

Younger Actress: Sarah Jessica Parker

Older Actress: Kim Cattrall

As if they first two Sex and the City movies weren’t insufferable enough, they were planning to do a Sex and the City 3. The hold up? Kim Cattrall.

On SATC, Carrie and Samantha are best friends.

In real life, Sarah Jessica Parker HATES Kim Cattrall.

Catrall is 61 years old. All the other women on the series are approximately ten years younger. During the TV series and the films, Parker formed a little Mean Girls Club to exclude Cattrall from socializing activities with her and the two other female principals on the TV series.

As a producer, SJP also encouraged the writers to exclude, takes digs at, and play with the mortality of Cattrall’s character, Samantha Jones, whenever possible.

They gave Samantha Jones breast cancer, put her through menopause, moved her to the West coast, had her gain weight, and highlighted the fact that she was ten years older than the other characters at a 50th birthday party.

The latter is the plot line referenced in the original blind item.

These events were more about SJP exerting a nasty dominance over Kim Cattrall than they were about serving a plot line.

Understandably, Cattrall is now reluctant to do another film. And Parker is now blaming Cattrall for being a diva and making ridiculous demands and preventing everyone else from making money on a new project.

A couple of days after we ran our blind item, other media sources validated that part of this battle was about the way Catrall’s character was being humiliated in the series.

From People:

Why the Fight Over Sex and the City 3 Exploded as Studio ‘Pulled the Plug’ on Sequel

…Cattrall wanted her character treated better.

“She was willing to have a conversation, but she needed to hear something she hasn’t heard before — namely, that they would treat her character with some dignity and respect — and they wouldn’t even engage in that sort of discussion,” the source says.

The source says that Cattrall’s Samantha had “one humiliating plot line after another” in the two movies made after the series wrapped. In the first, Samantha ends up gaining weight after distracting herself with food to avoid cheating on her boyfriend, who she eventually breaks up with. She ends the film turning 50. (Both Samantha and Cattrall, now 61, are the oldest of the SATC leads.) In the second movie, Samantha was going through menopause and experiencing hot flashes.

“And yet she never wanted to derail things and she’s never demanded story approval and she’s never tried to meddle with what the screenwriters and show creators thought was best,” the source says.

Money, of course, was also an issue. While Parker and series creator Michael Patrick King were producers on the lucrative movies and TV series, Cattrall and the other stars weren’t.  “Kim’s not the only one who got left out of a lot of money to be earned back when the show was on the air. Let’s just say unless you had had a first, middle and last name listed in the credits, you were not seeing any SATC money beyond your episode salary,” the source says.

Sarah Jessica Parker is now making noise about eliminating/killing off “Samantha” and bringing in a replacement as the fourth female character. It’s sort of a “I hate your guts, but you’d better get back here and work with me… and if you don’t, I’ll eviscerate you in the media… and then I’ll replace you!” threat.

Kim Cattrall, to her credit, is not taking the bait. She is playing right along… and saying that it would be fabulous to make the new fourth a black or Hispanic woman!

This battle is not over.

Congratulations to Copssister for being first with the correct guess!

UPDATE!

The battle continues!

Kim Cattrall is clapping back at Sarah Jessica Parker’s public condolences following the passing of Cattrall’s brother.

‘Dearest Kim, my love and condolences to you and yours and Godspeed to your beloved brother. Xx’.

Dearest? Love? Xx Kisses? Ha!

We told you months ago that Sarah Jessica Parker bullied and excluded Cattrall for YEARS when they worked together on Sex And The City. That’s why Cattrall did not appreciate the hypocrisy of Parker’s overly familiar and treacly public message. Cattrall quickly responded on Instagram:

kimcattrall My Mom asked me today “When will that @sarahjessicaparker, that hypocrite, leave you alone?” Your continuous reaching out is a painful reminder of how cruel you really were then and now. Let me make this VERY clear. (If I haven’t already) You are not my family. You are not my friend. So I’m writing to tell you one last time to stop exploiting our tragedy in order to restore your ‘nice girl’ persona.

In direct contrast, here is Cattrall’s response to SATC costar Cynthia Nixon:

Cynthia, hearing your voice meant so much to me. Thank you for reaching out. Love Kim #SexandtheCity.

That tells you everything you need to know about how Cattrall really feels about Sarah Jessica Parker!

Cattrall said recently that she and Parker have “never been friends.” Parker said earlier this week that she was “heartbroken” by those remarks.

I found it very upsetting because that’s not the way I recall our experience, so it’s sad, but I’m kind of — I always think that what ties us together is this singular experience. It was a professional experience, but it became personal because it was years and years of our lives, so I’m hoping that that sort of eclipses anything that’s been recently spoken.

Of course, all of Parker’s New York buddies (e.g. Andy Cohen, Kelly Ripa, Anderson Cooper, Bethenny Frankel) are jumping in to extol Parker’s virtues and declare Cattrall a bad and ungrateful person.

Make no mistake about it: SJP has a squad… and their job is to push her “nice girl” persona.

How will this affect the SATC franchise? SJP better start lining up those black and Hispanic actresses!

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  1. Franchise: Sex in the City

    Younger Actress: Sarah Jessica Parker

    Older Actress: Kim Catrall

    [Optional] Do you want to see another installment of this franchise? Only if they wait until they’re all senior citizens so we could recreate the Golden Girls!

    • This. The joke is on SJP though, as she looks terrible and Kim Catrall is still gorgeous at age 61. Being a * who fakes a happy marriage takes a toll on one’s looks, it would appear.

    • THIS. TOTALLY team Kim. I have always loved her acting on the show, and I have never understood SJP’s status; she’s boring as hell and completely overrated. I also always wondered why Kim was always naked on the show, and SJP never was. Bullying and Meangirl tactics are nasty and unacceptable, period.

    • I have to say this makes me really dislike SJP! I loved the first one, hated the 2nd and really hope they don’t make a 3rd. That said, if Samantha isn’t in it, no chance in hell it will do well at the box office! We SATC loyalists won’t have it!

    • This was solved but I MUST POST. SJP get over yourself! At 61 Kim is STILL hotter than you and always will be. Must be your petty horse face jealousy. She is a stunner with class, an amazing bod, AND has endured so much as an actress and character by way of YOUR BULLYING. GTH over yourself at least as a tribute to SATC fans if you can’t act dignified yourself.

    • When I originally saw the first “Sex and the City” film I knew that 50th Birthday Scene was a slap in the face. The 2nd movie was TERRIBLE. It worse film of the year. I never have watched it again and never will. I do want a 3rd film. I want to see these ladies again one last time.

    • Wow just lost all my respect for SJP, what a huge b*! Kim doesn’t deserve the humiliation she received in the 2nd movie but she acted BEAUTIFULLY! I love Samantha Jones and won’t watch SATC if Kim doesn’t come back!

  3. Sex and the City

    Older: Kim Catrell
    Younger: Sarah Jessica Parker

    Optional: No. The last one was terrible, give the crown to someone else. Let’s have a Buffy movie or Gossip Girl.

  5. Franchise: Sex and the City

    Younger Actress: Sarah Jessica Parker

    Older Actress: Kim Cattrall

    [Optional] Do you want to see another installment of this franchise? Didn’t want to see the 1st one! Highly overrated show about a group of sl*tty, insecure women.

    • I for one, never saw the appeal of this movie or the characters, I guess that’s why I never saw any of them.

  7. Sex & the City
    Sarah Jessica Parker
    Kim Cattrall
    Not particularly interested in #3–2nd installment was pretty lame.
    I figured this latest “news” was just a stunt to manipulate Cattrall & throw shade her way, that the film would get made because too much $$$ was at stake.

  9. SEX AND THE CITY
    SARAH JESSICA PARKER
    KIM CATTRALL

    apparently sarah jessica parker wants a huge paycheck for a 3rd movie other blinds have said. why do we care about these old women again???

  10. Sex and the City
    “Younger” SJP
    Older and fabulous: Kim Catrall

    Optional: yes if the writing is good

  11. Ha, I just came to see what the real story was about the third installment of the Sex and the City franchise! Thanks Ace!

    Younger: Sarah Jessica Parker

    Older: Kim Cattrall

  15. Franchise: Sex and the City

    Younger Actress: Sarah Jessica Parker

    Older Actress: Kim Cattral

    Do you want to see another installment of this franchise? Not really. They’re all shacked up and happy now. The whole greatness of the show was that it related to young singles in their 30’s/40’s and the dating horrors that we go through.

    [Optional] Do you want to see another installment of this franchise?

  17. Sex and the City

    I don’t know the names of the actress but the younger actress is the one who was Charlotte and the older actress played Samantha

    • I wanna change half my guess. After googleing the actresses ages…the younger one is Sarah Jessica Parker. I thought she was a year or two older than Kim Catrell, but she is 10 years younger.

    • Wow – 10 years! They look a lot closer in age. Regardless of the number of candles, Kim is so much prettier and sexier than SJP. Kim also seems like a much nicer, more genuine person. Kim, if you don’t need the money, don’t do it.

  19. Franchise: Sex and the City

    Younger Actress: Sarah Jessica Parker

    Older Actress: Kim Cattrall

    Optional: yes!

  22. Sex and the City
    SJP and Kim Cattrall.

    The first film was great. The second was terrible. The third should never be made.

  24. Franchise: Sex and the City

    Younger Actress: Sarah Jessica Parker

    Older Actress: Kim Cattrall

    Yes, I want to see another installment!

  25. Franchise: Sex and the City

    Younger Actress: Sarah Jessica Parker

    Older Actress: Kim Cattrall

    [Optional] Do you want to see another installment of this franchise? NO!

    • Well, who can blame SJP from wanting to point out that KC is older. A desperate attempt at “See??!!! I’m Younger!!!” because SJP LOOKS 10 years older than KC.

  28. This is obviously SATC, the older actress being kim catrall, who’s been holding off a new SATC movie – ostensibly for getting financing for her own projects, but I like to think common sense told her we liked the first one and looked for forks to stab our eyes out with in the second film. Younger actress with the power to dictate scenes has to be SJP

  32. Very interesting!!! I wondered what was going on w/ Kim Cattrall refusing another SATC movie. She sounded “over” the franchise in her interview w/ Piers Morgan, so I’ll be surprised if she participates. After reading this, can you blame her for wanting some control w/ SJP taking swipes? SJP’s all over media blaming Cattrall, the little B. I only want another installment if it’s solid & not the b.s. we endured w/ SATC 2.

  34. Sex and the City

    Sarah Jessica Parker

    Kim Catrall

    I’m a casual fan of the series, but I’ll put it this way: I won’t be paying to see it

  35. Franchise: Sex and the City (the first film ended with Samantha turning 50)
    Younger Actress: Sarah Jessica Parker
    Older Actress: Kim Cattrell
    Optional: Wouldn’t mind one like the first and not like the second

  37. Sex in the City
    Horse Face Sarah Jessica Parker
    Kim Cattrall

    I could care less of seeing another installment. SJP has always been mean to Kim. Of all four girls, I especially admire Kim.

  41. I never saw it but I’m assuming it’s the Dubai sex and the city with SJP being the younger actress and Kim Cattrall being the older.

  49. Franchise: Sex and the City
    Younger Actress: SJP
    Older Actress: Kim Cattrall
    NO I don’t want another movie. The first one was OK. The second one was BAD and borderline offensive

  50. Franchise: “Sex and the City” movies

    Younger Actress: Sarah Jessica Parker

    Older Actress: Kim Catrall