Just when you thought it was safe to wear polyester, The Devil Wears Prada is back. Nearly two decades after the original film first strutted into theaters, a sequel is finally in the works, even if Anne Hathaway once completely swore off the possibility. (She said in 2022, “There’s not going to be a sequel. It’s not gonna happen. We can’t do it.”)
The follow-up has been a topic of discussion for years now—really, since the original came out in the mid-aughts—and has received varying degrees of excitement from its stars. But in 2024, a sequel was finally confirmed, and it has now officially begun production. Hathaway and co-star Stanley Tucci posted the official announcement on Instagram on June 30, in a clip memorializing some of the original film’s most quotable lines.
Here, everything to know about The Devil Wears Prada 2:
What is The Devil Wears Prada 2 about?
It’s an understatement to say a lot has changed in the magazine industry since 2006—the days of expense accounts and black cars are long gone. The Devil Wears Prada 2 will certainly lean into that difference, and is reportedly led by a wiser (and older) Miranda as she finds herself in the cutthroat world of modern, digital media towards the tail end of her career.
According to Variety, the sequel “follows Priestly as she navigates her career amid the decline of traditional magazine publishing and as she faces off against Blunt’s character, now a high-powered executive for a luxury group with advertising dollars that Priestly desperately needs.”
This would seemingly diverge from Revenge Wears Prada: The Devil Returns, Lauren Weisberger’s sequel to the original novel. That story revolves around the wedding of Andy Sachs, who is now the EIC of a bridal magazine.
Given that Anna Wintour, whom Priestly has always been rumored to be based on, just stepped down from her role as Editor in Chief of American Vogue after 37 years (though not from Vogue entirely), the timing of the film couldn’t be better.
Are Anne Hathaway and Meryl Streep returning?
Yes. Sources have confirmed that Hathaway and Streep (plus Blunt and Tucci) will return for The Devil Wears Prada 2.
Streep has been having fun with the news, sharing clips of Miranda Priestly’s most withering moments on Instagram:
Will Adrian Grenier return as Nate?
No, Grenier will not be returning as Andy’s college boyfriend, sous-chef Nate Cooper, Entertainment Weekly confirmed. Even though the original film ends with Hathaway’s Andy choosing her personal life over work as she chucks her work phone into a fountain in Paris (and then has breakfast with Nate, who says he’ll be pursuing his dream of becoming a chef in Boston), it’s still hard to imagine she and Nate would have stayed together forever.
And though Nate was originally received as a victim of Andy’s ambition, that reading of the film hasn’t aged well, and both fans and Grenier himself have since agreed that Nate, with his insecure neediness, was the actual villain of the film.
In a previous interview with EW, Grenier said, “When that whole thing [about Nate being the ‘real villain’ of the film] first came out, I couldn’t get my head around it. I didn’t understand it. Perhaps it was because I wasn’t mature as a man, just as Nate probably could’ve used a little growing up. I was just as immature as him at the time, so I couldn’t see his shortcomings, but, after taking time to reflect and much deliberation online, I can realize the truth in that perspective.”
He added, “Nate hadn't grown up, but Andy had.... she needed more out of life, and she was achieving it. He couldn't support her like she needed because he was a fragile, wounded boy…. on behalf of all the Nates out there: Come on! Step it up!”
This shouldn’t be much of a surprise. Years ago, screenwriter Aline Brosh McKenna, who is returning for the sequel, said she imagined Andy and Nate would have long ago broken up should there ever be another film.
Who else is in The Devil Wears Prada 2 cast?
Emily Blunt coyly confirmed her involvement in the sequel in June 2025, telling Entertainment Weekly, “Why are Meryl and I so mean to each other in every movie we’re in?” When asked when production starts, she simply replied, “July.”
Stanley Tucci, who played art director Nigel Kipling, also officially signed on. Oscar winner Kenneth Branagh will play Priestly’s husband.
On July 8, Deadline announced that Bridgerton fan-favorite Simone Ashley would be joining the cast in an as-yet undisclosed role.
A slew of other cast members were confirmed, including Lucy Liu, Justin Theroux, B.J. Novak, and Pauline Chalamet. Broadway stars Helen J. Shen (“Maybe Happy Ending”), Conrad Ricamora (“Oh, Mary!”), and comedian Caleb Hearon will also join the call sheet.
Two other characters will be returning, too: Tracie Thoms will reprise her role as Andy’s best friend, Lily, and Tibor Feldman, who played the chairman of Runway’s parent company, will also be back.
When will The Devil Wears Prada 2 be released?
The Devil Wears Prada 2 hits theaters May 1, 2026.
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