Sex and the City movie deal moves closer

Sex and the City fans may finally get some of their questions answered in a film being spun from the US television series.

Are Carrie and Mr Big still together? Did Charlotte adopt a baby from China? How is Miranda liking motherhood? Is Samantha still keeping things interesting?

Those are some of the questions which may have occupied the minds of Sex and the City fans since the long-running HBO show ended in 2004.

New Line Cinema is close to inking a deal to finance and distribute the film in association with HBO, John Smith, a representative at New Line, confirmed yesterday.

Daily Variety reported the news on Wednesday.

Smith said its report was accurate and did not provide further details.

The four principal actresses – Sarah Jessica Parker (Carrie), Kim Cattrall (Samantha), Kristin Davis (Charlotte) and Cynthia Nixon (Miranda) – will reprise their roles from the series which chronicled the romantic lives of four trendy career women in Manhattan.

It is believed that Michael Patrick King, who executive-produced the series, will direct the film.