In the past few months, rumors have flown regarding whether or not Candace Bushnell’s young adult novel The Carrie Diaries — set in the ’80s — will be a feature film. Some reports claimed that King was behind the project. Yesterday, King denied involvement and insisted he is not interested:
“I took [Sarah Jessica Parker’s] Carrie Bradshaw from 33 to 43,” says King. “That’s what interested me, her growth in those years.
I didn’t even want to know who were her parents were. To me, she could have just materialized at 33. So I have no interest whatever in a prequel.”
So… No Blake Lively as Samantha? Thank God.
‘Sex and the City’ Writer Michael Patrick King Says He Has ‘No Interest Whatsoever’ In Story Prequel [NYDN]