Sex and the City author Candace Bushnell's upcoming book, Is There Still Sex in the City?, is set to be made into a TV series.
Following the phenomenal success of the original TV show and big screen spin-offs, the new series will focus on love and dating after the age of 50.
US entertainment trade website Deadline, which first reported the story, says Paramount Television and entertainment company Anonymous Content have bought the rights to the book, with Bushnell set to write the script for the pilot episode and serve as an executive producer.
‘A piercing, sly and sometimes heartbreaking look at sex, dating and friendship in your fifties,’ my new book Is There Still Sex in the City has just been sold To Paramount TV. So excited! #istherestillsex #amwriting @candacebushnell https://t.co/RziThFrWJr
— CANDACE BUSHNELL (@CandaceBushnell) March 27, 2019
Bushnell's book Is There Still Sex in the City? is due to be published in August.
"At one time, fifty-something meant the beginning of retirement - working less, spending more time on your hobbies, with your friends, who like you were sliding into a more leisurely lifestyle," said the author.
"In short, retirement age folks weren't meant to do much of anything but get older and a bit heavier. They weren't expected to exercise, start new business ventures, move to a different state, have casual sex with strangers, and start all over again.
"But this is exactly what the lives of a lot of fifty- and sixty-something women look like today and I'm thrilled to be reflecting the rich, complexity of their reality on the page and now on the screen."
