Miranda, Andy, Emily and Nigel return to the fashionable streets of New York City and the sleek offices of Runway Magazine. A film by David Frankel, starring Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt, Justin Theroux, Lucy Liu, Kenneth Branagh, Stanley Tucci, B.J. Novak, Simone Ashley, Tracie Thoms, Tibor Feldman, Patrick Brammall, Caleb Hearon, Helen J. Shen, Rachel Bloom, Larry Mitchell, George C. Wolfe, Daniel Liu, Pauline Chalamet, Bria Condon, Esco Jouléy, Rishi Mukherjee, Wes McGee, Eloise Ro, Tanya Hutchison, Briga Heelan, Julia Ty Goldberg, Avery Bederman, Colleen Dengel, Suzanne Dengel, Walter Belenky, Hillary Carrigan, Kendi Milan Nichols, Elizabeth Lim-Dutton, Devin Moore, Maureen McDermott, Milly Tamarez, Catherine Cohen, Elizabeth Holder, Amanda Morrow, Kennedy Walsh, Medora Groff, Kiara Gomez Glad Bak, Anne Cebula, Donatella Versace, Marc Jacobs, Brunello Cucinelli, Domenico Dolce, Stefano Gabbana, Jon Batiste, Suleika Jaouad, Rory McIlroy, Erica McIlroy, Law Roach, Heidi Klum, Amelia Dimoldenberg, Karl-Anthony Towns, Kara Swisher, Tina Brown, Jenna Bush Hager, Ronny Chieng, Tomi Adeyemi, Winnie Harlow, Calum Harper, Jia Tolentino, Molly Jong-Fast, Brigitte Lacombe, Ashley Graham, Karolina Kurkova, Ciara, Amelia Gray Hamlin, Anok Yai, Hannah Berner, Paige DeSorbo, Vanessa Friedman, Wisdom Kaye, Camilla Cucinelli, Carolina Cucinelli, Edward Enninful, Naomi Campbell, Sarah Tanno, Frederic Aspiras, Marc Glimcher, Richard Kirshenbaum, Adam Pendleton, and Lady Gaga.
The DEVIL wears PRADA 2
David Frankel
(2026)
At the New York Press Club (NYPC) journalism award ceremony, Mack (Larry Mitchell) wins an award for the second year in a row. The announcer (Walter Belenky) then moves on to “The Golden Keyboard,” a category for outstanding enterprise or investigative reporting.
New York Vanguard reporter Andy Sachs (Anne Hathaway) is nominated for her piece, “Hearts of the City: Stories of Resilience.” However, just as the category is introduced, everyone at the Vanguard table receives a text message that leaves them visibly frustrated.
Moments later, the announcer names Andy as the winner. She steps onto the stage to accept the award, but as she begins her thank-you speech, she stammers. Gathering herself, she reveals to the crowd that she and her entire team were just fired from the paper by text, sharing her devastation that their parent company is taking a $500 million write-down.
Later at Lily’s apartment, Andy vents about the sudden layoffs at the paper. She feels awful for her coworkers, mentioning that John’s wife is expecting their second baby and Allison just bought a house. She also points out how completely unfair it is that their CEO pocketed $11 million just last year. Lily (Tracie Thoms) invites Andy to come work at her gallery for the time being, claiming she needs someone to write good copy. Andy politely turns the offer down, deciding it is not the right move for her right now.
Meanwhile, Nigel (Stanley Tucci) delivers disastrous news to Miranda (Meryl Streep). A clothing brand called SpeedFash that Runway just praised in a glowing article has been exposed as a sweatshop. The story has already gone viral after The Business of Fashion published a piece holding Miranda personally responsible for betraying her readers.
Later, Miranda vents to her husband, Stuart (Kenneth Branagh). She complains that SpeedFash lied about their working conditions and tricked her reporter, leaving Runway accused of promoting a sweatshop.
The fallout hits a boiling point when Elias-Clark Chairman Irv Ravitz (Tibor Feldman) calls demanding answers. Furious over threats from ad buyers at Tiffany, Fendi, and Bvlgari to pull out, Irv refuses to listen to Miranda’s assurances that she is already handling the advertisers. He tells her he will fix the crisis himself, while blaming her for the disaster.
Irv struggles to figure out how to salvage Elias-Clark Publishing’s reputation. The tide turns when his son, Jay (bj-novak), shows him a viral Instagram clip from the New York Mirror. The video features Andy’s angry acceptance speech at the NYPC awards.
Her fierce declaration that journalism matters more than money impresses the crowd of journalists and catches Irv’s attention. Realizing he has found the solution to the company’s crisis, Irv calls Andy. He offers her a job as a features editor at Runway, doubling her previous salary and promising her a real budget to tell meaningful stories.
Later, Andy meets up with her former colleagues Mack, Talia (Rachel Bloom), and Jenny (Esco Jouléy) at a local bar called Bubby’s. She shares her frustration at the very thought of going back to work at Runway. However, when she reveals she is being offered twice her Vanguard salary and the power to bring on her own writers, Mack jokes that she should take the job just to hire them.
Talia chimes in with a different angle, suggesting that if Andy accepts, she could write a book serving as the definitive Miranda Priestly exposé. Andy quickly shoots the idea down, saying it would destroy her own career.
Curious, Talia texts her current boss to ask what an advance for that kind of book would look like. She reads the reply aloud to the group, revealing that a well-written proposal could fetch $100,000.
Despite the temptation, Andy remains hopeful about the features editor role, reminding her friends that Runway does have a history of publishing great writing.
The following morning, Miranda waits in her office after receiving a message from Irv stating he fixed the crisis and instructing her to be ready at 9:00 a.m. She is startled when her assistant Amari (Simone Ashley) brings in her appointment, who turns out to be Andy.
While Andy is initially happy to see Miranda and Nigel, things quickly turn awkward. Miranda insists she has no idea who Andy is, despite Nigel assuring her that Andy was once one of her “Emilys.”
Frustrated and shocked, Andy realizes Irv hired her for the features editor role behind Miranda’s back. She had completely assumed Miranda approved the decision and actually wanted her there.
Completely unbothered by the confusion, Miranda instructs Amari to get the current features editor, Ashley, on the phone. Without hesitation, Miranda fires Ashley on the spot and replaces her with Andy.
Left with no other options, Miranda brings Andy and Nigel along to a meeting with Dior. As the leading sponsor of the magazine’s lavish special events, Dior constitutes 16% of Runway’s entire designer ad spend. The viral SpeedFash exposé has just handed advertisers massive leverage, and they know exactly how desperately Runway needs their continued support. Anticipating a brutal negotiation, Nigel expects Dior to demand free ad space and targeted editorial pieces just to stay on board.
Arriving at Dior, Andy is surprised to encounter her former Runway colleague Emily Charlton (Emily Blunt). Emily now runs retail for Dior and has her own frantic assistants, India (Amanda Morrow) and Izzy (Kennedy Walsh), trailing closely behind her. The surprise is mutual when Emily sees Andy walking in with Miranda and Nigel, especially after learning Andy is now a senior editor.
Once the meeting begins, Emily cuts right to the chase, reminding them that without advertisers, Runway will cease to exist. Because of the magazine’s massive lapse in judgment, Emily demands ad credit and a six-page spread covering Dior’s new flagship store. Nigel attempts to negotiate the feature down to three pages but eventually compromises at five. Miranda flatly agrees and accepts the terms.
Afterward, a confused Andy asks Miranda why she just allowed Dior to boss her around. Miranda coldly clarifies that Andy did not earn this job since the CEO hired Andy behind her back, and now she is just biding her time until Andy inevitably fails.
The secrets. The scandals. The style.
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A film by David Frankel, starring Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt, Justin Theroux, Lucy Liu, Kenneth Branagh, Stanley Tucci, B.J. Novak, Simone Ashley, Tracie Thoms, Tibor Feldman, Patrick Brammall, Caleb Hearon, Helen J. Shen, Rachel Bloom, Larry Mitchell, George C. Wolfe, Daniel Liu, Pauline Chalamet, Bria Condon, Esco Jouléy, Rishi Mukherjee, Wes McGee, Eloise Ro, Tanya Hutchison, Briga Heelan, Julia Ty Goldberg, Avery Bederman, Colleen Dengel, Suzanne Dengel, Walter Belenky, Hillary Carrigan, Kendi Milan Nichols, Elizabeth Lim-Dutton, Devin Moore, Maureen McDermott, Milly Tamarez, Catherine Cohen, Elizabeth Holder, Amanda Morrow, Kennedy Walsh, Medora Groff, Kiara Gomez Glad Bak, Anne Cebula, Donatella Versace, Marc Jacobs, Brunello Cucinelli, Domenico Dolce, Stefano Gabbana, Jon Batiste, Suleika Jaouad, Rory McIlroy, Erica McIlroy, Law Roach, Heidi Klum, Amelia Dimoldenberg, Karl-Anthony Towns, Kara Swisher, Tina Brown, Jenna Bush Hager, Ronny Chieng, Tomi Adeyemi, Winnie Harlow, Calum Harper, Jia Tolentino, Molly Jong-Fast, Brigitte Lacombe, Ashley Graham, Karolina Kurkova, Ciara, Amelia Gray Hamlin, Anok Yai, Hannah Berner, Paige DeSorbo, Vanessa Friedman, Wisdom Kaye, Camilla Cucinelli, Carolina Cucinelli, Edward Enninful, Naomi Campbell, Sarah Tanno, Frederic Aspiras, Marc Glimcher, Richard Kirshenbaum, Adam Pendleton, and Lady Gaga.
Directed by American filmmaker David Frankel with a screenplay by Aline Brosh McKenna, this is a direct sequel to their 2006 hit, The DEVIL wears PRADA.
Rather than adapting Lauren Weisberger’s 2013 follow-up novel, Revenge Wears Prada, the film drops the classic characters right into today’s rapidly changing fashion world. Now, they have to navigate an industry completely flipped by social media and influencers, all while traditional print magazines fight to survive.
The film is an entertaining watch, packed with stunning fashion, glamorous lifestyles, and a great selection of music, but it brings nothing new to the table. It simply takes the same old characters from the original movie and drops them into a modern, social media-driven landscape.
The first film came out in 2006, before the iPhone even existed. Despite two decades passing, there is a complete lack of character development. They are older but definitely not wiser.
The film leans so heavily on nostalgia that the cast often feels reduced to cartoon characters, exhibiting specific traits solely to remind the audience why they were iconic in the first place. Several scenes exist deliberately to serve this purpose. For instance, Miranda still employs her classic intimidation tactics, feigning total ignorance of Andy and Emily to remind them they are beneath her.
Ironically, she only treats her new assistant better because Human Resources stepped in. After multiple complaints about her throwing coats and bags at the office staff, she is now forced to hang up her own outerwear.
The characters are all thrust into remarkably similar situations. With a secret corporate plot brewing in the background, Irv’s son takes over the company with plans to downsize everything. Andy devises a clever idea to save the magazine by going behind Miranda’s back once again, only to discover that Miranda is already one step ahead of her.
The twist and conclusion feel underwhelming. The film deliberately inserts the famous line from the original movie about a million girls killing for the assistant job, alongside a forced return to the Runway wardrobe storage where Andy once again asks Nigel for styling help.
Another disappointment is the absence of Doug (Rich Sommer) in this sequel. He was arguably one of the most interesting characters from the original film. As a corporate analyst with an unexpected wealth of fashion knowledge, he stood out as the only friend who encouraged her to stick it out at Runway. That crucial piece of advice eventually became the ticket to achieving her dream career in journalism.
The DEVIL wears PRADA 2 premiered in New York on 20 April 2026. The film was theatrically released in the United States on 1 May.
The DEVIL wears PRADA 2 (2026)
The secrets. The scandals. The style.
