One other Oscar winner becoming a member of “The Satan Wears Prada” cinematic universe? Groundbreaking.
Kenneth Branagh is about to affix the unique solid members Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt, and Stanley Tucci for “The Satan 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 somewhat, the fourth Mr. Miranda Priestly.
The “Satan Wears Prada” sequel was first rumored in 2024, with the movie’s authentic screenwriter Aline Brosh McKenna acknowledged 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 maintain the journal worthwhile. Blunt’s assistant character will “now be an government at a luxurious model conglomerate that advertises with Runway,” as THR acknowledged.
Nonetheless, the solid has stayed coy about any specifics of the movie. Tucci informed Vainness Honest that “can’t reply” whether or not or not the function is within the works, and if he could be returning. “Nobody will let me reply that,” Tucci mentioned. “I believe they need it to occur, I might think about. However I can not actually converse to it as a result of it may not occur. I don’t know.”
Tucci additionally informed Leisure 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 “Satan Wears Prada” set.
“Now Emily is my sister-in-law so it’ll be a really completely different dynamic. We’ve got talked about it,” Tucci mentioned, including that he needs to be “very cagey” when discussing the attainable sequel.
“I can not reply these questions on the grounds that they’ll incriminate everybody,” he mentioned. “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 will be nice. It was an unbelievable expertise, and I like these three girls.”
“The Satan 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.