The current US TV season already includes American remakes of international series Kath & Kim and Eleventh Hour, and now another much-loved TV show has been targeted for adaptation: Absolutely Fabulous.
According to Variety, US network Fox is attempting to remake the classic Britcom with Arrested Development creator Mitch Hurwitz acting as co-executive producer.
The planned adaptation will relocate the series to Los Angeles but keep the basic plot of the original series, which revolved around narcissistic PR executive Edina Moon (Jennifer Saunders, who also created and wrote the series), her boozy best friend Patsy Stone (Joanna Lumley) and long-suffering daughter Saffy (Julia Sawalha).
Saturday Night Live writer Christine Zander will pen the pilot's script, while Saunders is also attached to the project as co-executive producer.
It's not the first time that the US has attempted to do Ab Fab: in the mid-'90s comedienne Roseanne Barr developed a spin-off with Carrie Fisher, which ultimately never went to air. The sitcom Cybill was also loosely inspired by the British comedy.
The series premiered in 1992 but has returned to the airwaves in recent years with new seasons and special episodes.
Absolutely Fabulous airs in Australia on the Comedy Channel.
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