Is Blake Lively Taking Over as Carrie Bradshaw?

By Kelly Fisher Posted Feb 8th 2011 06:35AM

For fashionistas and television fans alike, there is nothing more sacred than 'Sex and the City.' Now, new rumors are swirling that the smash HBO show and movie franchise could be hitting the big screen again -- as a prequel starring Blake Lively.

Grazia magazine reports that 'SATC' creator Michael Patrick King has expressed interest in bringing Candace Bushnell's Carrie Bradshaw-centered prequels to life. The books focus on Carrie's teenage years in 'The Carrie Diaries' and her move from Connecticut to NYC in 'Summer and the City.'

Though images of Sarah Jessica Parker & Co. gallavanting around Manhattan may be ingrained in our minds, studio execs are eyeing 'Gossip Girl' star Lively to fill a younger Carrie's Manolos. No word yet on who they are looking at for the rest of the gang.

"There are no plans to bring SJP and the other girls back together in the old format," said an insider close to the project. "The prequel is about breathing new life into the story and exploring Carrie's first few months in NYC and the beginning of her relationship with an older man."

However, the project and casting are just rumors -- for now.

What do you think? Would Lively make a good Carrie Bradshaw? Or should Hollywood leave the 'Sex and the City' franchise alone?

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Tuesday 08 February

By Exion

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Dont Dont Dont do it BLAKE.
How could you want your career identified to the horse face, beard who takes Diaz and Annistons scraps. BAD MOVE. fire your agent quick, you have potential.

By kphoto3

Yuck...bad bad bad idea....let it be already.

By TwilightRose1018

Sounds like they're desperate to make money off a finished series. The premise doesn't sound that interesting, and I don't see Blake Lively as Carrie.

By Sage

~Could be cool. I like the idea. Blake is a great choice, and wears the clothes well. I hope it happens!

Wednesday 09 February

By Malik

I think Blake is an amazing choice. I love the idea of the movie. I hope this is true

By Brat

While she does look nice in a dress and a pair of heels they should at least pick an actress who can make facial expressions other then shock and awe.

Thursday 17 February

By SJP Fan

HHMMM, ok, first, on the surface, she would be great to play that kind of character, "Trendy, successful, New Yorker". She basically does it in Gossip Girl. But can she pull it off? That is the question. Not to put her down, but she does tend to mumble, in everything she's done, as little work as she has done, she is a mumbler, sorry, but it's the truth. Also another point, SJP as Carrie worked because I feel that a lot of (I REALLY DON'T MEAN TO PUT SJP DOWN FOR HER LOOKS)fans identified with the character because casting chose an actress that would be very identifiable,I mean let's face it, we're all not perfect, you know? All we want is to find love and a good man. And Blake next to SJP is symmetrically more "beautiful". Therefore, she won't be a good choice. SJP was RELATABLE because she's like you and me, and that's what the whole Sex and the City show WAS ABOUT. Blake can't do that as an actress. Blake needs to stop trying to make herself look "perfect". She already messed up by getting breast implants and a nose job. She needs to figure out what kind of actress she wants to be. It's a bad idea all the way around to even make the movie.

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