Audiences should dust off their knowledge of cerulean: the Devil Wears Prada sequel is officially happening.
The film is heading into production this week two decades after the beloved movie hit theaters, with it set to shoot in New York and Italy. Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt and Stanley Tucci are set for the follow-up film, which is adding Kenneth Branagh to the cast, sources tell The Hollywood Reporter.
The 2006 film based on the book of the same name follows Andy (Hathaway), a recent college journalism graduate as she lands one of the most coveted jobs in publishing as the assistant to Anna Wintour stand-in Miranda Priestly (Streep). Andy dives into the world of magazines and high fashion thanks to her fellow assistant (Blunt). The film grossed a massive $326 million at the worldwide box office and earned Streep an Oscar nomination.
As previously reported, the sequel will have Priestly, still the head of Runway, contending with the headwinds of publishing, with the magazine now in a diminished state. Blunt’s one-time assistant will now be an executive at a luxury brand conglomerate that advertises with Runway.
Branagh will be playing Priestly’s husband, while Tucci will return as Nigel Kipling, who served as the art director of Runway in the first film.
The new film was announced on social media, in a video featuring some of the film’s more iconic lines. See the announcement of the Devil Wears Prada sequel below.
