The Devil Wears Prada 2: Release date, cast and plot details for sequel

With filming now underway, the long-awaited sequel to The Devil Wears Prada is finally coming to life – with Streep, Hathaway, Blunt and Stanley Tucci reprising their roles in the cast, alongside a recently confirmed line-up of newcomers.

Behind the camera, David Frankel, who directed the original is also back at the helm, alongside screenwriter Aline Brosh McKenna who penned the original. So after nearly two decades, the fashion-forward follow-up is officially on the move.

Read on for everything you need to know about the upcoming sequel.

Will there be a sequel to The Devil Wears Prada?

Yes – it has now been confirmed that Devil Wears Prada 2 is in the works.

The sequel has now entered production – with 20th Century Studios confirming in late June that filming was taking place. The studio posted the news on Instagram alongside a teaser showing a pair of red shoes with devils' pitchforks as the heels.

The Devil Wears Prada 2 release date

While it’s still early days, the sequel is already scheduled for release on Friday 1st May 2026 in the UK.

That was the date which was originally earmarked for Avengers: Doomsday – which has now moved to December of that year – meaning that the sequel will be arriving almost exactly 20 years after the first, which was released back in June 2006.

The Devil Wears Prada 2 cast: who's returning from the original film?

Good news for fans of the original – all the big names from the first film are now confirmed to return for the sequel, including Meryl Streep in her first film role for five years.

We can also expect to see more of Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt and Stanley Tucci, all of whom will be back to reprise their roles. It's especially good news given that Hathaway has previously been sceptical about the possibility of a sequel, telling E! News back in March: "I don't think a continuation of that story is probably ever gonna happen."

In a similar vein, when asked about whether a sequel could be on the cards on American talk show The View back in 2022, she responded: "I don’t know if there can be [a sequel]. I just think that movie was in a different era. Now everything’s gone so digital and that movie is centred around the concept of producing a physical thing and it’s just, it’s just very different."

However, despite those returnees, there is one star from the original who won't be back – with Entertainment Weekly reporting that Adrien Grenier won't reprise his role as Nate Cooper.

As for new faces, one of the biggest additions to the cast is Kenneth Branagh, with the actor and director recruited to play Miranda Presley's husband – although no further details have been given about the character at this time.

Also joining the returning cast are Lucy Liu (Charlie's Angels), Pauline Chalamet (Sex Lives of College Girls), Justin Theroux (The Leftovers), BJ Novak (The Office), and Simone Ashley (Bridgerton) in undisclosed roles, we'll be keeping our eyes peeled for any updates.

The Devil Wears Prada 2: What will it be about?

Officially, plot details about the new film are still under wraps – but we already have plenty of information to go on while we wait for confirmed details to arrive.

Back when stories of the sequel were first circulating, Puck reported that the sequel will follow Streep’s Miranda Priestley "at the end of her career, facing the decline of traditional magazine publishing".

Blunt, meanwhile, who portrayed Miranda’s assistant Emily Charlton, is now an executive "at a Kering or LVMH-style luxury group, whose advertising dollars Priestly desperately needs".

Of course, there is also every possibility that the film could potentially be following the plot of either Revenge Wears Prada, the 2013 sequel novel to Lauren Weisberger's book on which The Devil Wears Prada was based, or the third book in the series, When Life Gives You Lululemons, which was released in 2018.

When any official information comes to light, we'll keep you updated.

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