Anne Hathaway’s Princess Diaries 3 return finally confirmed after director hiring

After two years of uncertainty about whether she would return to the franchise, Anne Hathaway is officially coming back for The Princess Diaries 3. The development of a third installment in the coming-of-age comedy movie series was first announced in late 2022 as Disney went ahead with RicherS Aadrita Mukerji initially wrote the screenplay. Over the past two years, original star Julie Andrews has expressed uncertainty about her potential return, while Hathaway’s talks for Princess Diaries 3 are said to be underway in April 2024.

Hathaway Took to her Instagram to Verify your return for The Princess Diaries 3 With a video post. As shown below, the Oscar winner can be seen counting up from one to three, interspersed with clips from previous movies of her and Julie Andrews’ characters exclaiming “Shut up!“, before she gets to three, in which she says it herself and cuts to a screenshot of the announcement that Adele Lim would be directing.

Hathaway’s caption further cemented the fact that she would be back for the Drakequel, as it not only celebrated that “Miracles happen“, however expressed her gratitude to go”Back to Genovia“ With Lim, Disney and Anywhere Pictures, her production company, confirm that in addition to acting, she will produce the film. Check out Hathaway’s post below:

What this means for Princess Diaries 3

Hathaway could be the key to more returns

After finally confirming that the original main star of the franchise is coming back, Hathaway’s return for The Princess Diaries 3 is great news for rounding out the film’s cast. As previously noted, Andrews, who played Hathaway’s grandmother, Clarisse in the original movies, previously expressed her doubts about returning for the Drakequel, citing in part the death of original franchise director Garry Marshall in 2016, as well as the long wait to make the third Movie.

That being said, with Hathaway not only onboard as a star, but also a producer, She may be the key to convincing Andrews to come back for The Princess Diaries 3. Considering Hathaway’s confirmation took so long, it could indicate that the star wants to wait to make sure the movie would be worth the wait. This may, in turn, mean that the script, now written by The high comments Flora Grayson, is good enough to sell Andrews and other key figures like Chris Pine, to whom Hathaway’s Mia was married at the end of the previous installment, and Héctor Elizondo on come back.

Our take on Hathaway’s Princess Diaries 3 return

The movie was never going to work without her

Although it has always been unlikely that they will not move forward without you, the confirmation that The Princess Diaries 3 Bringing back Hathaway is a big relief for the movie. Even if she wasn’t the main focus of the film, with a new young woman learning that she’s actually a long-lost princess, the absence of Hathaway’s Mia would still certainly be felt, especially if it wasn’t at least a Camo. For you to pass the torch to a new young star to lead the franchise forward.

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