They stayed together more than a decade, but these things never last. After twelve years, Sex and The City are breaking up. The Daily Mail is reporting that plans for a third Sex and the City movie have been permanently shelved. The decision seems a little surprising, since Sex and the City 2 got horrible reviews but performed decently at the box office. Moreover, the cast and everyone else involved in the project was assuming the movies would form a trilogy, with some overall narrative arc and a reasonably solid conclusion like the original television series. The news was particularly unwelcome for the women who have devoted a decade of their lives to playing these characters:

Grazia reports that plans for a third movie have now been shelved, with the news coming as a blow to actresses Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis and Cynthia Nixon. Parker, in particular, is distraught by the decision. An insider said: ‘SJP did not see this coming. She has been in tears about it all.’ She previously said that she hoped ‘Carrie will live on.’”

Cheer up, Carrie/SJP. It could be worse. Dying in development is the fictive Hollywood character equivalent of passing away peacefully in your sleep. At least Carrie was spared a more grisly fate. Something like… I dunno, Sex and the City 3: The Full Sequence, where Carrie divorces Mr. Big and hooks up on CraigsList with Dr. Heiter from Human Centipede. As a result, Carrie and her friends become more inseparable than ever before…. Actually, the more I think about that, the more I hope Tom Six doesn’t read this blog.