Sex And The City stars will make more than $1 MILLION per episode as HBO Max revival is confirmed

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The stars of Sex and the City are in for a bumper pay day when they return for the HBO Max revival.

A report on Monday claims Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon and Kristin Davis will be earning over $1 million per episode for the 10 episode series.

The actresses will be returning to star in the series, titled And Just Like That… as well as executive produce the reboot, Variety reports.

Not returning to the show is Kim Cattrall as Parker confirmed on social media that the Samantha Jones character will not be part of the revival.

The HBO Max series will follow the trio as they navigate love and friendship in their 50s.

Each episode will be 30 minutes in duration and production is set to begin in late spring.

Meanwhile, Parker has revealed that Cattrall’s role in Sex and the City won’t be recast in the upcoming HBO Max revival of the show.

The leading lady, replied to a fan on social media.

When a fan suggested Samantha Jones, who was originally played by Cattrall, should be recast as Jennifer Coolidge, Parker, 55, who plays Carrie Bradshaw in the series, told the follower the sex-crazed character’s story ‘isn’t part’ of the new series. 

The comments come amid Parker and Cattrall’s long-running feud, which the former has denied despite the latter fanning the flames for many years – even calling Parker ‘toxic and cruel’ following the conclusion of the show and its subsequent movies. 

Sex And The City fans were left brimming with joy on Sunday night, when it was revealed Carrie, Miranda and Charlotte are returning to the Big Apple for the revival., in news confirmed by Parker in a teasing Instagram post.

The actress will reunite with co-stars Nixon and Davis, but not Cattrall for the hugely anticipated revival series at HBO Max.

Parker, 55, took to Instagram Sunday with a teaser for the new series, writing: ‘I couldn’t help but wonder… where are they now? X, SJ’. 

Cattrall, 64, frequently stole the show as sex symbol and publicist to the stars Samantha, but she will not be returning for the new installment. 

Naturally, tongues were wagging, leading to one fan claiming she won’t return because Parker didn’t like her – but she denied a feud.

Parker made her feelings very clear, as she replied back: ‘No, I don’t dislike her. I’ve never said that. Never would. Samantha isn’t part of this story. But she will always be part of us. No matter where we are or what we do. X (sic)’

And another follower admitted she would miss Cattrall and her character, which Parker agreed. She replied: ‘We will too, we loved her so.’

Despite Parker’s statements, Cattrall first publicly spoke of her feud with Parker three years ago, when she insisted she wasn’t ‘friends’ with any of her Sex and the City co-stars, including Davis and Nixon.

She said at the time: ‘We’ve never been friends. We’ve been colleagues and, in some ways, it’s a very healthy place to be.’

Cattrall then said she didn’t know what Sarah Jessica’s ‘problem’ was, before later slamming her as ‘toxic’ and ‘cruel’. She also blasted Parker for reaching out to her following the death of her brother Chris Cattrall, who died in February 2018. 

DailyMail.com reported in September of 2017 that a third movie was axed, after Cattrall demanded that Warner Bros produce other movies she had in development, and they refused.

After years of the cast playing coy about rumors of a hostile set, she told Piers Morgan that October that she and her co-stars had ‘never been friends.’ 

She added: ‘This is really where I take to task the people from Sex and the City, and specifically Sarah Jessica Parker. I think she could’ve been nicer. I really think she could’ve been nicer. I don’t know what her issue is.’

Although a subsequent New York Post article detailed some ‘mean girl’ behavior toward Cattrall from the other three, Parker maintained that she was ‘heartbroken’ by the falling out, telling pal Andy Cohen: ‘I found it very upsetting because that’s not the way I recall our experience.’

The foursome starred in the HBO series based on Candace Bushnell’s 1996 book, which ran for six seasons from 1998 to 2004, before returning for two theatrical-released films in 2008 and 2010. 

Parker starred in the original series as sex columnist Carrie, alongside Nixon, 54, as career-driven attorney Miranda Hobbes, and Davis, 55, as marriage and family-oriented gallery director Charlotte York. 

In Sunday’s announcement post, sights and sounds of the city are framed with images of a computer screen, as Parker’s leading lady Carrie types away.

‘And just like that…’ she writes, referencing a frequent preface used by Carrie in the show’s narration, before typing: ‘The story continues…’ 

Michael Patrick King joins Parker, Nixon and Davis as executive producers on the 10-episode limited series, which is titled And Just Like That…, kicking off production in late spring in New York City.

The half-hour series sees the familiar faces navigating life, love and friendship in their 50s, which proves to be even more complicated than it was in their 30s. 

Sarah Aubrey, Head of Original Content, HBO Max said: ‘I grew up with these characters, and I can’t wait to see how their story has evolved in this new chapter, with the honesty, poignancy, humor and the beloved city that has always defined them.’ 

Although the iconic HBO series and its subsequent spinoffs have been beloved by fans for decades, some of its material hasn’t aged well.

Parker addressed the show’s mostly white cast to The Hollywood Reporter in September of 2018: ‘You couldn’t make it today because of the lack of diversity on screen. I personally think it would feel bizarre.’

She said of a potential reboot with a new cast: ‘It wouldn’t be a reboot as I understand it. If you came back and did six episodes, you’d have to acknowledge the city is not hospitable to those same ideas. 

‘You’d look like you were generationally removed from reality, but it would be certainly interesting to see four diverse women experiencing NYC their way… It would be interesting and very worthwhile exploring, but it couldn’t be the same.’