20 years because the final movie within the franchise, The Princess Diaries is lastly getting a brand new sequel.
The Princess Diaries 3 — which was first reported to be in improvement again in 2022 — now has a director. It’s Adele Lim, who wrote Raya and the Final Dragon, and just lately directed the comedy Pleasure Journey. Each of the sooner Princess Diaries films had been directed by Garry Marshall, who handed away in 2016.
The movies adopted an unusual American teenager who discovers she is a princess — and the inheritor to the throne of an obscure European nation. (I hate when that occurs.) Each films starred Anne Hathaway because the princess with Julie Andrews as her grandmother.
Anne Hathaway and Julie Andrews in The Princess Diaries
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Each 2001’s The Princess Diaries and 2004’s The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement had been huge field workplace hits, every grossing over $100 million. And each helped launch Hathaway as a serious new star.
Again in 2022, when she was requested in regards to the potential for a 3rd Princess Diaries, Hathaway mentioned “I might greater than entertain it, I’m pulling for it. If there’s any strategy to get Julie Andrews concerned, I believe we might make it work.”
Right here’s what Lim advised Deadline in regards to the information.
As a diehard fan of the unique Princess Diaries, I’m past excited to be part of bringing the third iteration of this beloved franchise to life. We stay up for celebrating its core tenants of feminine energy, pleasure and mentorship with audiences worldwide.
The primary two Princess Diaries films are at present streaming on Disney+.
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