The news has been reporting that a third Princess Diaries movie might come in our way, and while we’re SO excited for it, let’s put together everything we know so far about the rumoured sequel.
There’s already a scipt
Author of The Princess Diaries book series, Meg Cabot, told Entertainment Weekly that a script exists. She also said that if the film gets made, it’ll happen “kind of as a tribute” to Garry Marshall, director of the first two movies, who sadly passed away in 2016. But Cabot refused to reveal any further details, apart from saying that the film would likely deviate from the book series. She said, “I think of them as two different universes.”
Garry Marshall was planning the third instalment before he died
Last year, before his passing, Garry Marshall talked to People magazine about this time placing Princess Mia Thermopolis in Manhatthan. “I was with Anne Hathaway a couple weeks ago, it looks like we want to do Princess Diaries 3 in Manhattan. Anne is very pregnant, so we have to wait until she has the baby and then I think we’re going to do it.” Maybe they still follow his idea, as part of the tribute.
Anne Hathaway has an idea for the sequel
Julie Andrews, who plays Queen Clarisse Renaldi in the movies, told Buzzfeed in February 2017, “Annie [Hathaway] had an idea that she wanted to pursue about it, and I’m all for it, so if she’d like to… I would very willingly and happily do it.”
Chris Pine is open to it.
The most important thing of all this discussion is: will Nicholas Devereaux back on this 3rd movie? If Chris Pine has a voice on it, the answer is yes. In January 2016, during a fan Q&A for Entertainment Weekly, Pine was asked “Don’t you pray every night for a Princess Diaries 3?” to which he replied, “Have you been reading my diary?”
Mandy Moore would consider a cameo
In July 2017, Moore told ELLE.com, “If I’m going to be involved, I would be down for a cameo—maybe she could make amends with Mia and apologise for being a bully when she was younger. She was insecure, going through a difficult time in her life and [has now] reflected on why that wasn’t okay.”
Princess Mia’s best friend Lilly Moscovitz would come back
In July 2016, Heather Matarazzo, who played Princess Mia’s best friend Lilly Moscovitz, told Cosmopolitan that she would definitely return for another sequel. She said, “If Annie and Julie are down, of course.”
We’re ready!
During CBS Films’ presentation at Deadline’s the Contenders today, audience members were given an exclusive look at the chilling and emotive new trailer for Patriots Day. Star Mark Wahlberg and director Peter Berg were on hand at the DGA for a panel discussion led by Deadline’s Dominic Patten about the Boston Marathon bombing movie.
On the film’s premise and its relevance to today’s society, Foster said: “There’s a lot of suffering out there, and the next few days are going to indicate the future of that. To keep it out of the political swamp that we’re all sitting in with bated breath, I’d like to celebrate Taylor [Sheridan] and David’s ability to touch on things that are touching all of us in the country. It ain’t going away soon. What’s most interesting is it’s presented emotionally about love and how do we love the ones we love and how do we take care of the people that are closest to us when and what would you do or the person you love the dearest. That’s where the lines get blurred in terms of ethics.”
