Cattrall to produce and star in new show

Sex And The City’s Kim Cattrall has bought the rights to the 1950 play The Country Girl and will produce and star in a new, made-for-television version of it, reveals the Hollywood Reporter.

The actress, who recently landed her fourth Emmy nomination for her role as the bed-hopping Samantha Jones in the hit series, will play the title role of The Country Girl, made famous on the big screen by Grace Kelly in 1954.

Her character is a loyal wife of a washed up, self destructive actor who is offered the chance of a comeback with the lead role in a stage musical.

It is one of two projects Cattrall currently has in the works with the HBO network, with produces Sex And The City.

The other is Sexual Intelligence, a feature-length documentary which she will co-produce and host later this year.