One other Oscar winner becoming a member of “The Devil Wears Prada” cinematic universe? Groundbreaking.
Kenneth Branagh is about to be part of the unique forged members Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt, and Stanley Tucci for “The Devil Wears Prada 2.” twentieth Century Studios introduced that the movie was going into manufacturing June 30. Deadline reported Branagh’s casting. IndieWire has reached out for remark.
Per Deadline, Branagh will play Streep’s onscreen husband, or quite, the fourth Mr. Miranda Priestly.
The “Devil Wears Prada” sequel was first rumored in 2024, with the movie’s authentic screenwriter Aline Brosh McKenna said to be in talks to pen the script. Wendy Finerman was listed as producing.
The announcement of filming commencing is the primary affirmation that the sequel exists. The plot is believed to give attention to Streep’s Priestly, who remains to be the pinnacle of Runway, as she struggles to hold the journal worthwhile. Blunt’s assistant character will “now be an government at a luxurious model conglomerate that advertises with Runway,” as THR said.
Nonetheless, the forged has stayed coy about any specifics of the movie. Tucci instructed Vanity Fair that “can’t reply” whether or not or not the function is in the works, and if he can be returning. “Nobody will let me reply that,” Tucci stated. “I feel they need it to occur, I’d think about. However I can’t actually communicate to it as a result of it won’t occur. I don’t know.”
Tucci additionally instructed Entertainment Tonight that he has mentioned the sequel with Blunt, who’s now additionally his sister-in-law — Tucci is married to Blunt’s sister, who he met on the “Devil Wears Prada” set.
“Now Emily is my sister-in-law so it’ll be a really completely different dynamic. We now have talked about it,” Tucci stated, including that he has to be “very cagey” when discussing the doable sequel.
“I can’t reply these questions on the grounds that they are going to incriminate everybody,” he stated. “All I do know is my fingers are crossed that it truly does occur, as a result of we all know how films go. It could be nice. It was an unbelievable expertise, and I like these three ladies.”
“The Devil Wears Prada” was launched in 2006 as an adaptation of former Vogue staffer Lauren Weisberger’s 2003 novel. The movie earned almost $326 million worldwide on the field workplace in opposition to only a $35 million funds, touchdown an Oscar nomination for Streep.
