Ew, remember Failure to Launch, The Family Stone, and Smart People, those horrific Sarah Jessica Parker movies? The first took in $88m domestically, while the second grossed $60m, and the third, uh, just $10m. Not terrible sums (minus the last one), but definitely regrettable roles. Then along came Sex and the City, racketing up $134m so far and landing Parker back in the hearts of single gals everywhere. And now that Parker has found her stride again &mdash that is, resurrected the role that squarely put her on the map — it looks like she's going to stick with what she knows best in the near future.

Her next project is The Ivy Chronicles. Tell us if the description sounds familiar: a dramedy about a single gal making her way in New York.

By all accounts, it follows in the vein of The Devil Wears Prada, The Nanny Diaries, and The Starter Wife: "It centers on Ivy Ames, an Upper East Side woman who, after losing her high-powered job and getting divorced, starts over again in a less ritzy downtown apartment. After pulling her children from private school, Ames starts a business to help upper-middle-class women get their children into elite kindergartens."

It's like she combined Carrie, Miranda, Samantha, and Charlotte into a solo role. And she'll make out handsomely.

[THR]