BREAKING MOVIE/TV NEWS

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Hahn and Johnston Are "Ab Fab"...

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Actresses Kathryn Hahn and Kristen Johnston have been cast to play 'Eddie' and 'Patsy' in the US TV version of UK comedy series "Ab Fab", for Sony, BBC Worldwide and Tantamount.

The new show will be based on the original, following the party-girl exploits of mature fashion publicist 'Edina', editor 'Patsy' and Edina’s 'square' daughter 'Saffron'.

Creator Jennifer Saunders, who wrote/starred in the original series is executive producer on the US version, joined by writer Christine Zander, who is co-scripting the new version. Executive producers are Ian Moffitt, Mitch Hurwitz, Eric Tannenbaum and Kim Tannenbaum...

The hilarious cult phenomenon "Ab Fab" ran 36 episodes in the UK and in the US on Comedy Central, PBS and Oxygen.

The new version will be set in LA...