{"id":14391,"date":"2026-05-02T00:05:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T04:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/?p=14391"},"modified":"2026-05-02T00:05:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T04:05:15","slug":"the-devil-wears-prada-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/2026\/05\/02\/the-devil-wears-prada-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Devil Wears Prada 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"The Devil Wears Prada 2<\/strong> (2026)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 20th<\/sup> Century\/Comedy-Drama\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 RT: 119 minutes\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Rated PG-13 (strong language and some suggestive references)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Director: David Frankel\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Screenplay: Aline Brosh McKenna\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Music: Theodore Shapiro\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cinematography: Florian Ballhaus\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Release date: May 1, 2026 (US)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cast: Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt, Stanley Tucci, Justin Theroux, Simone Ashley, Kenneth Branagh, Lucy Liu, Tracie Thoms, Caleb Hearon, B.J. Novak, Tibor Feldman, Patrick Brammall, Helen J. Shen, Larry Mitchell, Pauline Chalamet.<\/p>\n

Rating<\/strong>: ***<\/p>\n

\u00a0And the summer movie race is off and running! First out of the gate is The Devil Wears Prada 2<\/strong>, the sequel to the 2006 comedy starring Meryl Streep (Death Becomes Her) as the boss from hell and Anne Hathaway (The Princess Diaries) as her awkward but plucky new second assistant. They\u2019re both back along with Emily Blunt (A Quiet Place), Stanley Tucci (Julie & Julia), writer Aline Brosh McKenna (27 Dresses) and director David Frankel (Marley & Me). It\u2019s a family reunion so to speak.<\/p>\n

\u00a0I know it\u2019s trite to start off this way, but it\u2019s the best way to put it. If you liked the first Devil, there\u2019s no reason you won\u2019t like The Devil Wears Prada 2<\/strong>. It\u2019s a little different in that it doesn\u2019t tell the story of a young, fresh-faced woman looking to become a legitimate journalist. Andy Sachs (Hathaway) already achieved her dream and more. She\u2019s one of the most respected people in her profession. That doesn\u2019t matter to the hot shots who just bought the publication where she\u2019s been working for the past two decades. She and her staff are notified via text of their immediate terminations during a prestigious awards ceremony. It puts a real damper on the evening.<\/p>\n

\u00a0As luck would have it, Andi gets a new job almost immediately. It seems her old boss, Runaway editor-in-chief Miranda Priestly (Streep), is in a bit of hot water after failing to fully vet a puff piece about a brand that uses sweatshop labor. It causes quite the scandal. The owner of the magazine (Feldman) reaches out to Andi to return to where she started out, this time as the new features editor. Needless to say, Miranda isn\u2019t happy to see her again. In fact, she barely even remembers her.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Andi\u2019s main job is to fix the damage. She starts off by writing a mea culpa to the readers and follows it up with serious articles that nobody actually reads. This just aggravates Miranda more. It\u2019s not all Andi though. She\u2019s frustrated because she doesn\u2019t get all this social media stuff. People aren\u2019t buying hard copies anymore. They read it online. It\u2019s less about journalism than content. Could it be that Miranda is becoming obsolete? Perish the thought.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Andi finally gets something right when she manages to secure a sit-down interview with Sasha Barnes (Liu, Kill Bill: Vol. 1), a wealthy divorcee looking to do something positive with her money after ending her marriage to douchey tech dude Benji Barnes (Theroux, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice). The article is a hit and all is right with the world again, but only briefly. Tragedy strikes and Runaway falls into the hands of the owner\u2019s disinterested son (Novak, Inglorious Basterds). He has plans for the magazine and they\u2019re not good.<\/p>\n

\u00a0So what are the others up to these days? Miranda\u2019s right-hand guy Nigel (Tucci) hasn\u2019t gone anywhere. He\u2019s still on hand to offer up fashion tips and snappy insults. Emily (Blunt), formerly first assistant to Miranda, now works for Dior. She says retail is a better fit for her. She clearly still holds a grudge against her old boss. New additions to TDWP family include Kenneth Branagh (Henry V) as Miranda\u2019s new husband, Patrick Brammall (Colin from Accounts) as Andi\u2019s new love interest, Simone Ashley (Bridgerton) as Miranda\u2019s current first assistant and theater actress Helen J. Shen as Andi\u2019s resourceful assistant. Unfortunately, they\u2019re all thinly drawn. Frankel could have put them to better use had McKenna fleshed them out a bit more.<\/p>\n

\u00a0What surprises me the most about The Devil Wears Prada 2<\/strong> is that it\u2019s not as superficial as the world in which it\u2019s set. It has something to say about the changing face of journalism in the social media age. Print is all but dead with most people preferring to scroll than turn pages. The public wants content and clickbait not legit reporting. Soulless companies buy up publications and dismantle them by bringing in people more interested in keeping costs down than good writing. It\u2019s a sad world we writers live in.<\/p>\n

\u00a0It would be one thing if Streep merely reprised her character and collected her paycheck. She doesn\u2019t. Miranda has evolved somewhat. In the first movie, she was the boss from hell who treated everybody with equal disdain and indifference. Times have changed since 2006. HR doesn\u2019t allow bosses like Miranda to get away with the stuff they used to. Her assistant has to constantly stay on top of her at staff meetings, signaling her if she\u2019s about to cross a line. Miranda still struggles to adjust to this new world order. Streep brings out the character\u2019s vulnerable side without softening her edge. It\u2019s a tricky balancing act, but she deftly pulls it off.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Hathaway is also very good as Andi, a not-so-young woman thrown back into the role of employee trying to please an impossible-to-please boss. She\u2019s smart, but imperfect. Hathaway doesn\u2019t play her as saintly or somebody who believes she\u2019s above it all. Blunt is pitch-perfect as snotty Emily, a woman who still knows nothing about humility. Tucci gets the best lines as Nigel. The sparks still fly between Streep and Hathaway, but the chemistry between all four principals is solid. I can\u2019t think of better casting. And Liu is the MVP here. She only has a couple of scenes, but she brings extra girl power to the table.<\/p>\n

\u00a0I know nothing about fashion. I can\u2019t tell the difference between Dior and Versace. I don\u2019t know most of the famous people that come from that world even though many faces familiar to fans pop up throughout. I recognized Donatella Versace, Heidi Klum and Lady Gaga. That\u2019s it. To me, it\u2019s an alien world. I can see the appeal though with all the glitz and glam. Milan Fashion Week, the setting for the finale, looks kind of exciting if you like that sort of thing. The point I\u2019m trying to make is that The Devil Wears Prada 2<\/strong> is an enjoyable movie. It\u2019s funny and likable. It also has a point or two to make. It\u2019s not a bad way to start the summer.\"\"<\/p>\n

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