“(NewsNation) — “The Devil Wears Prada 2” is officially in production, 20th Century Studios announced on Instagram Monday.
Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Stanley Tucci and Emily Blunt will return for the sequel to the original 2006 film, according to Deadline and Variety. The post from 20th Century Studios read, “The Devil Wears Prada 2. Now in production. 👠👠”
According to People, Kenneth Branagh will also be joining the cast as the husband of Miranda Priestly, who is played by Streep. The original film was created from Lauren Weisberger’s book of the same name, with Streep winning an Oscar nomination for her part in the film.
NEW YORK – JUNE 19: (L-R) Actors Stanley Tucci, Meryl Streep, Adrian Grenier, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt and Daniel Sunjata attend the 20th Century Fox premiere of The Devil Wears Prada at the Loews Lincoln Center Theatre on June 19, 2006 in New York City. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Getty Images) 
VENICE, ITALY – SEPTEMBER 07: Actors Meryl Streep, Stanley Tucci and Anne Hathaway attend the premiere of the film ‘Devil Wears Prada’ during the ninth day of the 63rd Venice Film Festival on September 7, 2006 in Venice, Italy. (Photo by MJ Kim/Getty Images) 
NEW YORK – OCTOBER 21: Lauren Weisberger, author of “The Devil Wears Prada”, poses for a photograph at DTUT cafe, where she used to do a lot of her writing on October 21, 2005 in New York City. (Photo by Marvi Lacar/Getty Images) 
BEVERLY HILLS, CA – JANUARY 15: Actress Meryl Street poses with her Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy award for “The Devil Wears Prada” backstage during the 64th Annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton on January 15, 2007 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images) 
DEAUVILLE, FRANCE – SEPTEMBER 09: Meryl Streep (L) and Anne Hathaway pose at the photocall for The devil wears Prada at the 32nd Deauville Festival Of American Film on September 9, 2006 in Deauville, France. (Photo by Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images) 
This undated file photo provided by 20th Century Fox, shows Meryl Streep, playing Miranda Priestly, a capricious and fear-inspiring fashion editor, in the new film,”The Devil Wears Prada.” Streep, a chameleon whose face transforms from movie to movie, has worked with the same makeup artist and hair stylist, J. Roy Helland, on every one of her films since the early ’80s, when she snagged an Oscar for “Sophie’s Choice.” Their professional pairing is the kind most actors can only covet. (AP Photo/20th Century Fox, Barry Wetcher)
Variety reported that the sequel will follow Streep’s character as she “navigates her career amid the decline of traditional magazine publishing and as she faces off against Blunt’s character, now a high-powered executive for a luxury group with advertising dollars that Priestly desperately needs.”
Earlier this month, Blunt told Entertainment Tonight that she hasn’t read the script just yet, but did ask, “Why are Meryl and I so mean to each other in every movie we do?” She added, “We always have beef with each other. I don’t know what it is. Let’s hope we remedy it. I’m not sure.”
Rumors of a sequel have been swirling since February 2024, when fans were excited to see Streep, Hathaway and Blunt reunite at the 30th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards. But then, in April 2024, Hathaway said she “wouldn’t hold out too much hope” for a sequel.
Then, in October 2024, Tucci told People, “If it does happen, I can only say that I’ll be happy.” The sequel is set to be released on May 1, 2026, according to media outlets.