Editing Absolutely Fabulous (section)

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In 2011, before the release of the new episodes for 2011/2012, ''[[Deadline Hollywood]]'' reported that Saunders planned to begin writing a script for a film of ''Absolutely Fabulous'' in 2012. The film would begin with Edina and Patsy waking up on an oligarch's deserted yacht, drifting in the ocean.<ref name="DL 2011">{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2011/11/jennifer-saunders-to-pen-absolutely-fabulous-movie-192506/ |title=Jennifer Saunders To Pen ''Absolutely Fabulous'' Movie |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |first=Tim |last=Adler |date=8 November 2011 |access-date=19 October 2015}}</ref> Saunders later said that the film would be set on the French Riviera.<ref>{{cite web |first=Kera |last=Bolonik |url=https://nymag.com/arts/tv/features/jennifer-saunders-2012-1/ |title=Still ''Ab Fab'': Jennifer Saunders |work=[[New York (magazine)|New York]] |date=29 December 2011|access-date=19 October 2015}}</ref> In March 2012, Saunders confirmed that she was working on the script.<ref name="independent.ie">{{cite news| url=http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/film-cinema/saunders-excited-about-ab-fab-film-3061084.html | work=Irish Independent | title=Saunders excited about Ab Fab film | date=26 March 2012}}</ref> She said of the film's plotline:
{{Blockquote|Eddy and Patsy are looking for what they imagine glamorous life should be. They're constantly searching for that perfect place to sit or that perfect pair of sunglasses. It's Shangri-La and it just might be round the next corner. In the meantime, they decide to take Saffy's (Julia Sawalha) daughter off her – she calls her Jane, I call her Lola – but then they lose her.<ref name="independent.ie"/>}}

Saunders also stated that now that she had announced plans for a feature, there was no going back. She would do it for no reason other than having her alter-ego and Patsy walk down the red carpet at the film's premiere.<ref name="independent.ie"/> In April 2013, Saunders said on the ''Alan Carr Chatty Man'' show that she had doubts about the film as she felt the cast was "too old". She felt pressure to write it and did not want to commit herself to it at this early stage.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/joanna-lumley-absolutely-dragulous-star-6648067|title=Joanna Lumley is Absolutely DRAGULOUS in shooting new Ab Fab movie|last=Boyle|first=Simon|date=17 October 2015|newspaper=mirror|access-date=10 January 2017}}</ref>

On 4 January 2014 whilst appearing on ''[[The Jonathan Ross Show]]'', Saunders officially confirmed that the movie will definitely be happening, as she felt obliged to write a script for a film adaptation after threatening it for so long.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/news/a541514/jennifer-saunders-will-write-absolutely-fabulous-movie.html|title=Jennifer Saunders will write Absolutely Fabulous movie|last=Martin|first=Liam|work=Digital Spy|publisher=4 January 2014|access-date=10 January 2014}}</ref> Saunders was quoted as saying: "[[Joanna Lumley]] kept announcing it and saying, 'Yes she's going to do it,' and then [[Dawn French]] on our radio show at Christmas said, 'I bet £100,000 that you don't write it,' so now I have to write it, otherwise I have to pay her £100,000'".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2014-01-04/jennifer-saunders-absolutely-fabulous-the-movie-is-happening|title=Jennifer Saunders: Absolutely Fabulous the movie is happening|last=Daly|first=Emma|work=[[Radio Times]]|publisher=4 January 2014|access-date=10 January 2014}}</ref> In April 2014, Saunders again confirmed on BBC Breakfast that she was in the process of writing the film, and gave a prospective release date of sometime during 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=844528262227980|title=BBC Breakfast - Facebook|website=[[Facebook]]}}</ref>

[[Principal photography]] on the film began on 12 October 2015 in the [[south of France]]<ref>{{cite news|title=On the Set for 10/16/15: ''Ab Fab: The Movie'' & ''Planet of the Apes'' Sequel Start Shooting While ''Star Trek Beyond'' Wraps|url=http://www.ssninsider.com/on-the-set-for-101615-ab-fab-the-movie-planet-of-the-apes-sequel-start-shooting-while-star-trek-beyond-wraps/|access-date=19 October 2015|work=SSN Insider|date=16 October 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170613192307/http://www.ssninsider.com/on-the-set-for-101615-ab-fab-the-movie-planet-of-the-apes-sequel-start-shooting-while-star-trek-beyond-wraps/|archive-date=13 June 2017}}</ref><ref name=Oct2015Deadline>{{cite news|last1=Jaafar|first1=Ali|title=First Look: ''Absolutely Fabulous'' Feature Film Starts Shooting|url=https://deadline.com/2015/10/first-look-absolutely-fabulous-joanna-lumley-jennifer-saunders-fox-edina-patsy-riviera-1201587558/|access-date=19 October 2015|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=19 October 2015}}</ref> and it premiered in London on 29 June 2016.