‘The Devil Wears Prada' Screenwriter Aline Brosh McKenna Doesn't Mind Those Viral Sequel Set Photos

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Are you looking at 'The Devil Wears Prada' sequel set photos? Yeah, we are — and screenwriter Aline Brosh McKenna approves.
While fans are clamoring for a peek at Anne Hathaway back as Andy Sachs and Meryl Streep reprising her Oscar-nominated role of Miranda Priestly (allegedly inspired by Anna Wintour), 'The Devil Wears Prada 2' photos have already ignited a viral storm: Are the images spoiling the fashion? Or perhaps even the plot?
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McKenna disagrees. In fact, she welcomes the online discord and can even relate to the excitement.
'People will stand outside just for a glimpse of these actors and these characters that they love because seeing them in wardrobe has really excited people, especially since it's a fashion movie,' McKenna told IndieWire while on set filming on the Met steps. 'We knew there would be a lot of interest. I personally hadn't experienced this level of people coming out [to the set], but it's the world we live in. In many ways, we're speaking to a different world than we did in 2006. … It stems from like a legitimate desire to see these characters again. As long as everyone's safe, what an honor that people are still interested.'
'The Devil Wears Prada' hit theaters in 2006, with its sequel now set for a release in 2026 in time for the 20th anniversary. Hathaway returns to lead the film as journalist Andy, who was last seen quitting fashion magazine Runway and still landing a heartwarming referral letter from her former boss, editor-in-chief Miranda (Streep). Emily Blunt plays Andy's former colleague Emily Charlton, with Stanley Tucci as Runway's creative director Nigel.
The sequel plot has been kept under wraps; along with McKenna and the core cast, David Frankel is back directing, with the below-the-line crew of producers, DPs, production designers, and costumers (Patricia Field did the costume designs for the first film) returning too.
And as McKenna said, 'The Devil Wears Prada' is inherently a film that puts fashion at the forefront. 'I got a little squeal when I saw them in costume the first time,' McKenna admitted of witnessing Streep, Hathaway, Blunt, and Tucci back in character. 'I was like, 'Oh my God!' It was like my son's bar mitzvah or something. I felt like I wanted to take pictures!'
McKenna continued, 'I'm a fan of these actors, and I just have to pinch myself frequently. The heart and soul of this are the people. It's been really amazing to see these people again.'
The highly publicized shoot is all just part of the celebration. 'I think that people really, really crave in-person experiences and common experiences, and they'll seek them out,' McKenna said, citing the recent sold-out 'The Summer I Turned Pretty' Bryant Park outdoor fan screening as a prime example of the clamoring for communal cinematic events. 'The most wonderful thing about ['The Devil Wears Prada'] is what it means to people. When you tell them you're doing it, it really means something because it seems like [the original] marked some sort of important moments in their own life, and that's tremendously gratifying and thrilling.'
McKenna is looking to include fans' love of 'The Devil Wears Prada' in the making of the sequel. 'We've all known each other for 20 years, so it reflects our own evolutions and relationships, and that's been really cool, reconnecting to people who shared this experience with you the first time,' McKenna said of working again with the original cast and crew. 'We're also experiencing our own sense of nostalgia and revisiting this in the best way. It's a true reunion, and that's what we're hoping to do for an audience: to give them that feeling of a reunion, too.'
'The Devil Wears Prada 2' is expected to be in theaters in 2026.
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