Writer: 'SATC sequel will be very different'

Michael Patrick King has hinted that the proposed follow-up to Sex And The City: The Movie will be very different to the original film.

The writer and director revealed that although he has not yet written the script, he knows what route the sequel will not be taking.

"In the last movie, I thought [the fans] wanted to see an epic and violently tragic love story, and drama, but I don’t think you go to that candy store twice," he told reporters at a WGA discussion in Los Angeles.

"You can’t try to do what you did already, so you come up with a different tone that you like."

King also admitted that he had to fight for Jennifer Hudson to be cast as Carrie Bradshaw's (Sarah Jessica Parker) assistant Louise in the hit film.

"It was originally supposed to be Isla Fisher, but I didn't agree with that at all," he said. "It can’t be called Sex And The City without a little colour - it’s just wrong.

"Women are very nice when they figure out who I am. And the only negative comment I ever got about the series was every now and then, some woman of colour - whether it’d be Latina or an African-American - they’d stop and say, 'Where are the sisters?’ in my ear, and I was like, ‘Yeah, where are they?’"