Kenneth Branagh is joining the original cast of The Devil Wears Prada for the much-anticipated sequel which begins filming this week.<\/p>\n
The actor-writer-director will play the husband of Meryl Streep\u2019s vicious fashion magazine editor Miranda Priestly. Streep returns along with Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt and Stanley Tucci<\/a>.<\/p>\n News of the production was announced<\/a> on Instagram with a teaser featuring lines from the original.<\/p>\n The sequel, again directed by David Frankel, will reportedly see Priestly dealing with the collapse of the magazine industry, now forced to build bridges with her one-time assistant Emily (Blunt) who is the head of a luxury brand and its advertising spend.<\/p>\n \u201cWhy are Meryl and I so mean to each other in every movie we do?\u201d Blunt recently said<\/a> when talking about the film. \u201cWe always have beef with each other. I don\u2019t know what it is. Let\u2019s hope we remedy it. I\u2019m not sure.\u201d<\/p>\n Blunt will soon be seen alongside Dwayne Johnson in the fact-based UFC drama The Smashing Machine and leading Steven Spielberg\u2019s untitled thriller out next summer.<\/p>\n The film will mark Streep\u2019s first film role since 2021\u2019s Don\u2019t Look Up.<\/p>\n The original 2006 comedy, based on the novel by Lauren Weisberger, made over $326m at the global box office and scored Streep a best actress nomination. Weisberger wrote a sequel novel, Revenge Wears Prada, in 2013 and the film was turned into a stage musical, premiering<\/a> on the West End in 2024 to middling reviews.<\/p>\n Branagh was last seen in the Agatha Christie adaptation A Haunting in Venice. Last year, he finished production on the psychological thriller The Last Disturbance of Madeline Hynde, a film he is directing with Jodie Comer starring.<\/p>\n The Devil Wears Prada 2 is set for release in summer 2026.<\/p>\n