Overview

• Principal photography kicked off July 1 in New York and Italy, officially launching production nearly two decades after the 2006 original.
• Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt and Stanley Tucci have all returned, with director David Frankel, screenwriter Aline Brosh McKenna and producer Wendy Finerman rejoining the project.
• Kenneth Branagh has been cast as Miranda Priestly’s husband, offering new insight into the character’s personal life.
• The sequel’s plot will follow Priestly confronting a faltering print magazine while her former assistant leads a luxury brand that holds Runway’s advertising dollars.
• The production announcement coincided with Anna Wintour stepping down as Vogue’s editor-in-chief, reflecting the film’s exploration of upheaval in the fashion publishing world.