Gird Your Loins: A 'Devil Wears Prada' Sequel Is Finally Happening

Nearly two decades after “The Devil Wears Prada” strutted and sashayed its way into theaters, a sequel is officially in the works.

Variety on Monday broke the news that a follow-up to the smash 2006 film, which starred Anne Hathaway and Meryl Streep, is being developed by Disney. A day after Variety’s report, Entertainment Weekly confirmed that both Hathaway and Streep, along with co-stars Emily Blunt and Stanley Tucci, are “in talks” to reprise their roles in the new movie.

Original screenwriter Aline Brosh McKenna is working on the new movie’s screenplay, with director David Frankel also expected to return, according to EW.

Based on Lauren Weisberger’s bestselling 2003 novel, “The Devil Wears Prada” follows aspiring journalist Andy Sachs (played by Hathaway), who lands a job as an assistant to Miranda Priestly (Streep), the ruthlessly demanding editor-in-chief of a high-end fashion magazine.

It’s widely believed that the story is based on Weisberger’s brief stint at Vogue, where she worked under Anna Wintour, the publication’s legendary editor-in-chief. Wintour, for her part, has pointedly described the movie as “fiction.”

“The Devil Wears Prada” was a critical and commercial smash, raking in a reported $326.7 million at the box office worldwide. Streep won a Golden Globe for her portrayal of Miranda, and the film proved a breakout moment for the London-born Blunt, who was until then best known as a British theater actor.

In February, Blunt, Hathaway and Streep reunited on stage at the 2024 Screen Actors Guild Awards.

When asked about the prospect of a sequel just two months later, however, Hathaway appeared skeptical.

“We all love each other and if somebody could come up with a way to do it, I think we’d all be