Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway have reunited in the first teaser trailer for the much-anticipated follow-up to The Devil Wears Prada.
The Oscar-winning actors are reprising their antagonistic roles for The Devil Wears Prada 2 which is set for release next summer.
Streep, who was Oscar-nominated for her role of tyrannical magazine editor Miranda Priestly in the original, has not appeared in a film since 2021’s Don’t Look Up. She also recently signed on to star next to Sigourney Weaver in thriller Useful Idiots.
The pair will be joined by returning cast members Emily Blunt and Stanley Tucci with Kenneth Branagh joining the cast as Priestly’s new husband. The film will also feature Simone Ashley, Rachel Bloom and Lucy Liu and reported cameos from Lady Gaga and Sydney Sweeney.
The sequel, again directed by David Frankel, will see Priestly dealing with the collapse of the magazine industry, now forced to build bridges with her one-time assistant Emily (Blunt) who is the head of a luxury brand and its advertising spend.
The original 2006 comedy, based on the novel by Lauren Weisberger, made over $326m at the global box office. It later spawned a West End musical.
“When we made the first movie, none of us expected the meteoric life that it would have and the impact it would have on people,” Blunt said back in September. She added that it also “has deep emotional roots” for her and Tucci who later became her brother-in-law.
Priestly has been widely perceived to be inspired by Anna Wintour, the outgoing editor-in-chief of Vogue. Wintour recently spoke about the original film and Streep’s performance, saying it “had a lot of humour to it. It had a lot of wit. It had Meryl Streep. I mean, it was Emily Blunt, [and] they were all amazing. In the end, I thought it was a fair shot.”
The shoot has attracted the attention of photographers and fans across the globe with locations ranging from Brooklyn to Milan.
The film also marks a major year for Hathaway who will also appear opposite Michaela Coel in David Lowery’s pop star drama Mother Mary, a film with original music from Charli xcx. The year will also see her star in Colleen Hoover adaptation Verity with Dakota Johnson, sci-fi thriller Flowervale Street with Ewan McGregor and Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey alongside Tom Holland and Zendaya.
The Devil Wears Prada 2 will be released in a summer filled with sequels including Scary Movie 6, Toy Story 5, Minions 3 and Spider-Man: Brand New Day.
