Back in October, production finally started on the long-awaitedAbsolutely Fabulous: The Movie, with thefirst photoreleased from the set featuring originalAbsolutely FabulousstarsJennifer Saundersand Joanna Lumley reprising their roles as the iconic Edina and Patsy. Today,Fox Searchlight Pictureshas released the first international trailer, which shows that Edina and Patsy are still living a life of luxury. The studio will release this comedy in U.K. and U.S. theaters July 1.
Absolutely Fabulous: The MoviereunitesJennifer Saundersand Joanna Lumley along with the rest of the original cast that includes Julia Sawalha as Saffy, Jane Horrocks as Bubble and June Whitfield as Mother. The award-winning team behind the camera includes Mandie Fletcher (Blackadder,Absolutely Fabulous) directing from a script byJennifer Saunders, producers Jon Plowman (Absolutely Fabulous, The Vicar of Dibley) and Damian Jones (The Iron Lady,Belle, Dad’s Army) with Steve Milne, Christian Eisenbeiss, Christine Langan, Nichola Martin,Jennifer Saunders, Dawn French and Maureen Vincent serving as executive producers.
Appropriate for their big screen debut, Edina and Patsy are still oozing glitz and glamour, living the high life they are accustomed to; shopping, drinking and clubbing their way around London’s trendiest hotspots. Blamed for a major incident at an uber fashionable launch party, they become entangled in a media storm and are relentlessly pursued by the paparazzi. Fleeing penniless to the glamorous playground of the super-rich, the French Riviera, they hatch a plan to make their escape permanent and live the high life forever more!
In true Ab Fab style, thecastwill be joined by a host of A-list stars from the acting, music and fashion worlds.DanTram Nguyen, Vice President of Production andKatie Goodson-Thomas, Director of Production will oversee the project for Fox Searchlight Pictures.Absolutely Fabulousoriginated as aTV series, which ran sporadically for six seasons between 1992 and 2012. The series aired in the U.K. on BBC, with American networks such as Comedy Central, BBC America, Oxygen and Logo also running episodes at various points in time.
Absolutely Fabulous: The Moviewill be going up against DreamWorks’The BFG, Warner Bros.‘The Legend of Tarzanand Universal’sThe Purge: Election Year. It isn’t known how wide a releaseAbsolutely Fabulous: The Moviewill get, but given the show’s rabid fan base, it wouldn’t be surprising if this fared well at thebox office. In the meantime, take a look at the new trailer, and stay tuned for more onAbsolutely Fabulous: The Movie.
