The Truth About the Sex And The City Prequel

Will there be a Sex & The City prequel? The answer to that question is a NO....and a YES.

Here are the facts:

1. News about a Sex & The City prequel or a third Sex &The City film, which will be about the girls in their 20's, first appeared in a British online tabloid, saying these girls are going to be the ones playing Samantha, Charlotte, Miranda & Carrie, respectively:

2. Michael Patrick King, who created the series for HBO based on Candace Bushnell's books, and who also wrote the first two movies, denied this is happening. He has announced during Television Critics Association panel yesterday that he is not writing a movie prequel for SATC.

"I'm not working on any 'Sex and the City' prequel at all. My Carrie Bradshaw started at 33 and I took her to 43 ... the idea of going backward, making her less evolved, is something that I can't even imagine doing. I have no connection."

3. There is NO prequel MOVIE.

4. But there IS a prequel TV SERIES which HBO is planning to produce and may be aired in a network other than HBO.

5. The first SATC productions for both TV and movies were from HBO & Warner Bros. The rumored prequel will be from HBO & New Line. Different studios, different people, different productions.

6. The TV show will be based on "The Carrie Diaries", which is another book written by Candace Bushnell. It's basically Carrie in High School.

7. The information about the TV Show prequel comes from this LA Times article which says ---

"Any new "SATC"-related property would come up against skepticism from some of those involved with the original."

It's because the original players aren't involved anymore. It's a totally different production. So they wouldn't know anything.

Clear?

How this TV show is going to develop or sell, or even make it to a pilot episode for test viewing is now the next question. It may not even happen in the next three years.

I think I'm going to love HOMELAND!

I love psychological thrillers.

I love political drama. I am intrigued by conspiracy theories (who isn't?) I may not understand what is really going on at times, but watching characters getting intoxicated with power is fascinating.

I think any kind of war is stupid, and yet I'd be the first one to watch any kind of story about the war.  Sidebar: have you seen "The Boy in Striped Pajamas"??

I love Damien Lewis. I first loved him when he did a TV series about the war ("Band of Brothers").

I love the guys who did "24". They went over the top with some of the story lines on that show. But boy, they do know the kind of hero we want. (I MISS JACK BAUER!!).

Given all that, I think this show, which premieres in the fall, is going to be something I'll love.

Here's the teaser to "Homeland":

First Thoughts: Against The Wall...otherwise known as SHOW WITH FULL OF HOT MEN!

Lifetime's newest TV Show Against The Wall premiered earlier to what I thought was an unimpressive start. I could be wrong. Ratings may have picked up. (But I wouldn't know for now, since the data would be out a few more hours after this post is published.)

But I say it was unimpressive because --- it was more of a chick show than a cop show. And I don't want my cop shows like that.

To be fair, this series airs on the cable channel Lifetime, whose target audience is 90% women. I shouldn't have expected Against The Wall to be my next Chicago Code.

I should've taken the hint after seeing the lead female character's three brothers.

They look as if they're molded from pages of GQ Magazine and then brought to life by good fairies who know the world needs to be populated with gorgeous men:

These photos don't do justice. You've got to see them move, emote and act on this show to see why I say they're very GQ-esque. Men in uniform...YUM.

How can a sister be so lucky? The chick's got three good-looking brothers, I mean for cops.  And being the only girl in the family, she's actually the ugliest:

Well, okay...not really.

Everyone's been calling her television's Meg Ryan, specifically her Sweetheart Personality. She is Australia's Rachel Carpani and on Against The Wall, she plays Abby, a detective who works for the Internal Affairs.

To cops, the Internal Affairs is the enemy. Which poses a huge issue for Abby's family because her father and three brothers (yes, those men up there) all work for the force.

If casting for this show's been spiced with men with good genes, as a television series, Against The Wall is actually, well... quite bland. I was disappointed. Again, I say this because I have a huge bias. The last cop show I saw that was set in Chicago was really well-written and captivating (The Chicago Code).

Against The Wall goes by a lot of cliches - from props, to the background, to the dialogues and even to the background music. (Cue Adele's "Make Me Feel My Love". Great song but so not right for the show!)

I didn't enjoy the show's premise...it was really bordering on stupid.

On the other hand, there's all that eye candy and more. So, what's a girl gotta do --- except keep on watching, huh?

To find out who the men are, check Against The Wall on IMDb.