Inspiration and Notes for Showrunner
DIRECTOR WISH LIST
Nisha Ganatra — The Highnote with Dakota Johnson & Traci Ellis Ross
Sofia Coppola — Lost In Translation and Marie Antoinette
Gracie Otto — The Other Guy (Hulu) + Heartbreak High (Netflix) + shorts for Vogue
Zoe R. Cassavetes — The Sex Lives of College Girls and Emily in Paris
Max Barbakow — Palm Springs with Andy Samberg & Cristin Milioti
Olivia Wilde — Booksmart and Don’t Worry Darling
Catalina Aguilar Mastretta — Everybody Loves Somebody and Vida
Alice Wu — The Half of It with Leah Lewis & Daniel Diemer
Jeff Chan — Plus One with Maya Erskine & Jack Quaid
Karen Maine — Starstruck with Rose Matafeo & Nikesh Patel
Lorene Scafaria — Succession and New Girl
Lulu Wang — The Farewell with Shuzhen Zhao & Awkwafina
Nahnatchka Khan — Always Be My Maybe and Young Rock (also a top showrunner)
CASTING IDEAS
SIDNEY
Vanessa Hudgens — tick, tick…BOOM, The Princess Switch, Bad Boys for Life
Christine Ko — Dave, Handmaid’s Tale
Kristin Kreuk — Reacher, Smallville
Chloe Bennet — Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Valley Girl
VICTORIA
Jackie Cruz — Orange is the New Black, A Nice Girl Like You
Aubrey Plaza — Parks and Rec, Best Sellers
HIMASA
Yara Shahidi — The Sun Is Also a Star, Black-ish
Logan Browning — The Perfection, Powers
Shaunette Renée Wilson — Black Panther, The Resident
NIKHIL
Ramy Youssef — Ramy, Mr. Robot
Suraj Sharma —The Wedding Season, How I Met Your Father
Niv Nissim — Sublet
Kumail Nanjiani — The Big Sick, Eternals
Hasan Minhaj — The Daily Show, The Morning Show
JARED
Harry Styles — Eternals, Dunkirk
Nicholas Galatzine — Purple Hearts, Cinderella
ANDERS
Björn Mosten — Love & Anarchy
Nicholas Galatzine — Purple Hearts, Cinderella
BEN
Bradley James — Merlin, Liberator
Theo James — Divergent, Allegiant
MISCELLANEOUS
Rose Matafeo — Starstruck, Golden Boy
Nathalie Emmanuel — Game of Thrones, Fast & Furious 7
Zazie Beetz — Atlanta, Deadpool 2
Alexandra Shipp — X-Men Apocalypse, tick, tick…BOOM
Logan Browning — The Perfection, Powers
Samantha Logan — All American, The Empty Man, 13 Reasons Why
Style & Wardrobe
The unique fashion/wardrobe of Sex & The City was a big factor in the show becoming iconic and the characters memorable. Our show has that potential, too. Whereas SATC focused on haute couture for NYC, our show has a chance to create iconic looks for a more laid back West Coast style. Sarah Clary, stylist to Jenna Lyons who put JCrew on the map, is the perfect stylist to help us create a distinct look for our unique characters. She’s a rising star who has yet to style characters in TV, but is sure to be nabbed to do so soon. Like Patricia Fielding who also hadn’t styled for TV before SATC, Sarah has an effortless way of creating unorthodox styles and is highly collaborative. If we end up with a lead like Vanessa Hudgens, she, like Sara Jessica Parker, is known for her love of fashion. Like Patricia Fielding collaborated closely with Sara Jessica Parker, I see Sarah Clary doing so with Vanessa. The videos here give a glimpse of how she works.
Ideas for opening songs.
Book of Love by The Magnetic Fields for opening brawl in desert.
I’m on Fire—Original is by Bruce Springsteen. There’s a great cover by Cassandra Violet. I imagine us getting someone like Camille Cabello or an Asian artist to sing it.
The Hour by Valerie June.