Chris Noth will return as Mr. Big

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"Sex and the City" director says Chris Noth will return as Mr. Big in movie

Noth played Sarah Jessica Parker's love interest in long-running TV show

Film scheduled to start shooting in September

Noth currently stars on "Law & Order: Criminal Intent"


NEW YORK (AP) -- Mr. Big and Carrie Bradshaw will be together again, this time on the big screen.


Actor Chris Noth will return as Sarah Jessica Parker's love interest when "Sex and the City" goes to the big screen.

Chris Noth, who played Sarah Jessica Parker's love interest on HBO's "Sex and the City," is slated to reprise his role in a feature film spun from the long-running TV series.

Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis and Cynthia Nixon will also reprise their roles for the romantic comedy, to be distributed by New Line Cinema in association with HBO.

"There is no need for funeral arrangements," said Michael Patrick King, who will direct the film. "I assure you that Mr. Big is a very 'big' part of the 'Sex and the City' movie."

"While I have not spoken to him myself, Chris Noth assures me that Mr. Big is alive and well and ready to report to the set in September," King said in a statement Wednesday.

King was one of the executive producers of the TV series, which ended in 2004.

Noth, 50, plays police Detective Mike Logan on NBC's "Law & Order: Criminal Intent."

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