Prepare for an entire lot of references to florals for spring, girding your loins, and the colour cerulean (although even we aren’t immune). There are stories {that a} sequel to the cult basic style movie, The Satan Wears Prada, is within the works, and Meryl Streep in addition to Emily Blunt have already signed on.
Puck first introduced the information, which unsurprisingly has the Web in a head spin. It has been reported that Oscar-winning producer Wendy Finerman is behind the venture, and now, with Streep concerned, others are extra keen to signal on, together with the unique movie’s screenwriter, Aline Brosh McKenna. The sequel will apparently observe a extra trendy storyline, with Streep’s hard-edged journal editor Miranda Priestly going through impending retirement and the decline of the journal trade. Blunt’s Emily Charlton, in the meantime, is now an govt at a significant luxurious group (akin to LVMH or Kering), forcing the 2 outdated foes to go head-to-head, as Miranda now wants Emily (and her promoting {dollars}) to maintain the fictional Runway off the bottom.
The information of a sequel actually shouldn’t come as too shocking. The Satan Wears Prada is consistently mentioned and referenced, sure, however there was extra motion across the movie just lately. Earlier this 12 months, Anne Hathaway joined Streep and Blunt on stage on the SAG Awards, the place they quoted the film to the enjoyment of followers in every single place. Final 12 months, too, when Hathaway and Blunt have been paired collectively for Selection’s Actors on Actors, they mentioned their love for the film that helped make them well-known. Then there’s the musical, starring Vanessa Williams as Miranda with music by Elton John, which started previews in Plymouth, England over the weekend earlier than its opening within the West Finish in October. Plus, the movie’s twentieth anniversary is developing in 2026…coincidence?
Emily Blunt, Meryl Streep, and Anne Hathaway on the SAG Awards in February 2024.
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As for Hathaway and the movie’s different actors like Stanley Tucci, there isn’t a strong data relating to their involvement within the reported sequel. In reality, the actress was doubtful when requested about the potential for one other Prada movie just some months in the past, although she did sound within the off likelihood one thing got here collectively. “All of us love one another and if any person may give you a strategy to do it, I believe we’d all be loopy to not,” Hathaway advised V Journal of becoming a member of on to the hypothetical venture in April. Don’t count on Adrian Grenier to return as Andy’s much-maligned boyfriend, nevertheless, as final 12 months screenwriter McKenna herself stated that if she have been to write a sequel, Andy and Nate would positively not nonetheless be collectively.
As of now, Disney has not responded to the stories, so it’s unclear if that is all a pipe dream or one thing extra critical to get enthusiastic about. Till we study extra, that’s all (we advised you we aren’t proof against references).
