Breaking -- AbFab Comes Stateside in a New Version From Fox
And this may or may not be a good idea.
This is the thing I was sitting on days and days ago, and I didn't dare post because it came from a very inside source. I'm not here to break news, folks, I'm here to pontificate.
Christine Zander ("Saturday Night Live") is set to write the script and will exec produce along with the BBC's Ian Moffet and original series creator Saunders. Fox has given Sony a script order with hefty penalty attached.
The latest attempt at a U.S. rendition of "Ab Fab" will be transplanted to L.A. but retain the basic template of the original, revolving around the friendship of two boozy, over-40 best friends who are desperate to stay hip and youthful and who carry on under the disapproving eye of Edina's teenage daughter, Saffy.
More than a decade ago, Roseanne Barr worked on developing a U.S. version of the show with Carrie Fisher for ABC. CBS' 1995-98 Cybill Shepherd comedy "Cybill" had an "Ab Fab" flavor to it. Another short-lived 1995 sitcom, CBS' "High Society," starring Jean Smart and Mary McDonnell, was a thinly veiled imitation.
It's the last show mentioned, High Society, that I was referring to that starred a multi-Emmy winner (Smart) and a woman who played the president (McDonnell).
I am accepting casting suggestions in the comments section.
