I cannot contain my excitement! Fox Searchlight and BBC Films have released the first image from “Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie,” which has started shooting in the U.K. and the South of France. Principal photography is epected to last for seven weeks.
The film reunites Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley as Edina and Patsy, along with the rest of the original cast, which includes Julia Sawalha as Saffy, Jane Horrocks as Bubble and June Whitfield as Mother.
In the movie, which is adapted from the iconic BBC TV series, Edina and Patsy are still living the high life: 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 playground of the super-rich, the French Riviera, they hatch a plan to make their escape permanent, and live a life of luxury forever.
“We’re so happy to join Jennifer, Joanna and the Absolutely Fabulous team on their latest and greatest adventures!” Claudia Lewis, president of production at Fox Searchlight Pictures, said in a statement.
“Ab Fab on the big screen is a treat we’ve been hotly anticipating at BBC Films and we’re very proud to join Jennifer and her terrific team for this delicious reunion,” Christine Langan, head of BBC Films, added.
Breaking out the Bolly already! Cheers, sweetie, darling…Woo-hoo!
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