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It’s happening – after countless years of endless speculation, The Devil Wears Prada sequel is well on its way, with Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt and Stanley Tucci all strutting back to Runway exactly two decades on.
Joining them is the original film’s screenwriter Aline Brosh McKenna, who has penned the next chapter, as well as its director David Frankel, and producer Wendy Finerman. The storyline will follow “Miranda Priestly as she navigates her career amid the decline of traditional magazine publishing and faces off against Blunt’s character, Emily Charlton, now a high-powered executive for a luxury group with advertising dollars that Priestly desperately needs”.
Meanwhile, there is a new “Mr Priestly” – Kenneth Branagh – plus other cast newcomers including Simone Ashley, Justin Theroux, Lucy Liu, Patrick Brammall, Pauline Chalamet, BJ Novak, comedian Caleb Hearon, and Broadway stars Helen J Shen and Conrad Ricamora. And as for a few more returning favourites? Tracie Thoms, aka Andy’s gallerist friend Lily, and Tibor Feldman, who played Elias-Clark chairman Irv Ravitz (“tiny man, huge ego”), will both be back – and thankfully, Adrian Grenier’s Nate will not.
Three trailers have so far been released, with the latest packed with throwbacks to the original film, plus a greater insight into why exactly our heroine has returned to her former stomping ground. (“You could write a book,” a friend tells Andy. “The definitive Miranda Priestly exposé.”) Watch them all, below.
You’ll be able to catch the film in cinemas sooner than you might think: on 1 May. In time for spring and just days ahead of the Met Gala? Groundbreaking.
This article was originally published on British Vogue.
Frequently Asked Questions
The Devil Wears Prada 2 releases in cinemas on May 1, arriving in time for spring and just days ahead of the Met Gala.
The sequel follows Miranda Priestly navigating her career amid the decline of traditional magazine publishing, while facing off against Emily Charlton, now a high-powered luxury-group executive controlling advertising dollars Priestly needs.
Kenneth Branagh has been cast as the new “Mr. Priestly” in The Devil Wears Prada 2, joining other newcomers including Simone Ashley, Justin Theroux, and Lucy Liu.
No, Adrian Grenier’s character Nate will not be returning in the sequel, though other original cast members including Tracie Thoms and Tibor Feldman are back in their roles.
The sequel was written by original screenwriter Aline Brosh McKenna, directed by David Frankel, and produced by Wendy Finerman, all returning from the first film.
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Radhika Seth
Radhika Seth is a film and culture editor at British Vogue. Prior to this role, she held editorial positions at several publications including Condé Nast Traveler. She holds a Bachelor's degree from the University of Oxford where she studied English language and literature.