At some point recently I saw online that a sequel to the movie, “The Devil Wears Prada” is actually going to happen. The movie is based on a book and the book does have a sequel (two actually). This week I’ve been seeing a lot of things online related to part 2 of this movie. I follow Stanley Tucci on Instagram and watched a video he posted where he was talking about a simple meal he had made and was eating because he was procrastinating on packing for his flight to the U.S. where he was about to start filming the movie. I also saw some videos and photos that people had taken of the filming taking place in New York City.
I have seen this movie more times than I can count. No exaggeration. I love this movie. But I really don’t think I will watch the sequel. That’s not just because these trends of making sequels and reboots to movies 20 and 30-40 years after the original is such a trend right now and the quality of the new movies is pretty hit or miss.
I won’t watch the sequel because the ending of the first movie had such a profound effect on me. I wrote about it in this post. Basically, Andy’s relationship with Miranda—her terrible boss—mirrored the one I had with my “mentor”. For many years, I longed to walk away like Andy did at the end of the movie. When I finally did, I cried the next time I watched the ending. I had finally gotten the ending I deserved and had wanted for so long. I want to remember the story that way.
Given that there’s a sequel with the same characters from the original—minus Nate, the controversial boyfriend who the internet deemed to be the real villain of the story—I just don’t want to see a world where Andy has to go back and interact with Miranda. I don’t know the plot of the new movie. Does she end up working for Miranda again? I think in the book she and Emily team up and work together against Miranda? I don’t know. But in the ending I got, when I walked away at the end, I cut off communication with my “Miranda”. I never saw her or talked to her again. And I want to keep it that way.
I don’t want to take the chance that whatever happens in the sequel will take away the meaning that the first movie had for me.
With all of that said, I realize it is just a movie. But for someone like me who has a heart deeply affected by what I see and hear, this means something. So now that I’ve shared that, when the movie is released (May 1, 2026 according to Google), dear readers, you’ll have to come back and let me know if I should see it.
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