The Devil Wears Prada 2 arrives with behind-the-scenes production secrets
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Updated · BuzzFeed · May 5
The Devil Wears Prada 2 arrives with behind-the-scenes production secrets
11 articles · Updated · BuzzFeed · May 5
Nearly 20 years after the original, the sequel was revived after a 2024 SAG reunion, with Meryl Streep agreeing in spring 2024 and filming starting within a year.
Production notes say Anne Hathaway had 47 costume changes, Streep 28, and the enlarged Runway office drew on Vogue's bullpen, while Milan scenes used major Italian fashion houses.
The film does not adapt Lauren Weisberger's sequel novel and instead explores Miranda Priestly facing digital media's disruption, a shift filmmakers said finally made a follow-up story worth telling.
Twenty years later, does the sequel reveal a diminished Miranda Priestly, or is her power simply in a new disguise?
How can a film satirizing corporate greed simultaneously function as a massive, multi-brand advertisement?