HBO What's next for women after series?



Where will a movie script take the women?
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NEW YORK -- With a Big ending like that, what's next?
That's the postcoital question on the minds of prominent "Sex and the City" devotees, who are fantasizing about the big-screen adventures of Carrie and her ever-maturing pals.
"As time goes on, I think all the women will do their own thing and drift apart, so the movie should depict them having a reunion a few years later," avowed fan Cher said when we caught up with her Monday on -- jogger Charlotte York would be proud -- a treadmill.
"Then they can review what happened to each of them after their lives have taken different turns and they've been separated for a while," said Cher, who has always been strong enough to manage single life.
Plans are on track for "Sex" executive producer Michael Patrick King to complete a script by May. HBO confirms talks are ongoing for Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon, Kristin Davis and Kim Cattrall to reprise their roles.
Speculating on what's next
Meanwhile, watercooler chat in town revolved around just where a movie script might take the women.
"I'd love to see the girls in Phase Two of their settling down," said Tina Brown, who hosts the CNBC program "Topic A With Tina Brown."
Brown would like to see Miranda grappling with jealous "beta guys" in the boardroom and being a "true power woman."
"And I'd like to see Samantha dealing with the reality of a younger husband and feeling old next to his friends," Brown said. Others wondered how Charlotte may manage motherhood.
"I really want to know what's going to happen with Charlotte and the baby she's adopting," said Sydney Barrows, who as the one-time Mayflower Madam had a line on sex in this city.
Big-gest question
The most important question the movie must explore, though, concerns the fate of Carrie and her beloved Big, last seen promising, or threatening, to return to New York from Napa, Calif.
What will happen to them? And perhaps more important, what was up with that name?
"They couldn't have done better than 'John'?" Barrows asked. "It's so dull and boring and generic. I think they should've just left it as Big."