DreamWorks has fashioned a first-look deal for “Sex and the City” writer-director-producer Michael Patrick King.
The deal gives the studio first-look at King’s next film project.
The pact comes as King makes his feature directorial debut on the long awaited feature spinoff of the signature HBO series that he shepherded through six seasons.
“(King) writes for audiences that are hungry for real characters and human stories,” said DreamWorks Studios co-chair and CEO Stacey Snider.
King is in the outline stage on the next project he’ll write to direct.
“It’s a romantic comedy, but a deconstructed version,” he said. “I want to write bigger stories about love and what it all means. The great thing about having your first movie be ‘Sex and the City’ is the audience was accustomed to complicated storytelling. Stacey and I had a great talk, and I’m going to show her the script and DreamWorks will have first jump at it.”
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King’s not thinking about a “Sex and the City” sequel, but it sounds like he won’t kick it out of bed.
“I wrote that movie with a beginning, middle and end because I didn’t want to leave the audience unfulfilled,” he said. “The actresses are great, and if the gods smile and people are still interested, why not?”