Filming starts on The Devil Wears Prada 2, Entertainment News
The 2006 film — which is based on the semi-autobiographical novel by Lauren Weisberger — followed Anne Hathaway as an aspiring journalist who starts working for formidable Runway magazine boss Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep), and now the cast have reportedly started work on the sequel.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the movie is now "heading into production" with filming planned in New York and Italy, and Emily Blunt and Stanley Tucci have also returned to their roles as Emily Charlton and Nigel respectively.
What's more, the outlet also claims that Kenneth Branagh has been added to the cast.
The news comes just weeks after Emily — who played an overly ambitious employee at the fictional fashion magazine — teased that filming would commence in July and that there could be some "beef" between her alter-ego and Meryl's character.
She told Entertainment Tonight: "[Meryl and I are] so mean to each other in every movie [they] do".
"We always have beef with each other. I don't know what it is. Let's hope we remedy it. I'm not sure!"
But in reality, she admitted that she has no clue what her character is up to now as she remained coy about giving away any plot details.
She said: "I don't know. Where is Emily? I don't know
"Can you tell I'm skirting the issue? Can you tell I'm not telling you anything?"
She also noted that she had no idea that she would ever return to the role that started her career almost 20 years ago.
She said: "No. Twenty years ago, in a blink, it's gone by."
The Devil Wears Prada 2 is set for release on July 1, 2026.
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