Absolutely fabulous! It's Edina and Patsy the Movie

Edina and Patsy look set for a big-screen outing after Jennifer Saunders confirmed she is writing an Absolutely Fabulous movie.

Saunders plans to begin work the script next year. There are also three BBC TV specials in production, which will once again star Saunders as PR agent Edina Monsoon and Joanna Lumley as her chain-smoking best friend Patsy Stone.

"I want to write Ab Fab: The Movie. We'd have so much fun, and I've thought of a really nice idea," Saunders told The Times. "We thought it would be hilarious if [Edina and Patsy] went to a party on an oligarch's yacht, got drunk, fell asleep and woke up in the middle of the ocean … Everyone else has left, and the ship has been moved on."

Christine Langan, head of BBC Films, appeared to confirm the film deal after telling Deadline: "I think [Jennifer's] a genius. I can't imagine anything more exciting than working with her."

The BBC press release for the specials reads: "Eddy PR'd things. She was into every new fad and fashion imaginable and was often to be found at the bottom of a champagne glass, actually more likely a bottle. Not much has changed. Her best friend Patsy worked in magazines and lived the high life. She still does."