After two years of uncertainty for whether she’d return to the franchise, Anne Hathaway is officially coming back forThe Princess Diaries 3. Development on a third installment in the coming-of-age comedy movie series was first announced in late 2022 as Disney was moving forward withReacher’s Aadrita Mukerji initially writing the screenplay. Throughout the past two years, original star Julie Andrews has expressed uncertainty about her potential return, whileHathaway’s talks forPrincess Diaries 3were said to be underway in April 2024.
Hathawaytook to her Instagram toconfirm her return forThe Princess Diaries 3with a video post. As seen below, the Oscar winner can be seen counting up from one to three, interspliced with clips from the previous movies of her and Julie Andrews' characters exclaiming “Shut up!”, before getting 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 she would be back for the threequel, as it not only celebrated that “miracles happen”, butexpressed her gratitude to be going “Back to Genovia"with Lim, Disney and Somewhere Pictures, her production company, confirming that in addition to starring, she will be producing the film. Check out Hathaway’s post below:
What This Means For Princess Diaries 3
Hathaway May Be The Key To More Returns
Beyond just finally confirming that the franchise’s original lead star is coming back,Hathaway’s return forThe Princess Diaries 3is great news for rounding out the movie’s cast. As previously noted, Andrews, who played Hathaway’s grandmother, Clarisse in the original movies, previously expressed her doubt about returning for the threequel, citing in part the death of original franchise director Garry Marshall in 2016, as well as the long wait to make the third movie.
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That being said, with Hathaway not only onboard as a star, but also a producer,she could be the key to convincing Andrews to come back forThe Princess Diaries 3. Considering Hathaway’s confirmation took this long, it could point towards the star wanting to wait to make sure that the movie would be worth the wait. This could, in turn, mean that the script, now written byThe High Note’s Flora Greeson, is good enough to sell Andrews andother key figures like Chris Pine, to whom Hathaway’s Mia was married at the end of the previous installment, and Héctor Elizondo on coming back.
Our Take On Hathaway’s Princess Diaries 3 Return
The Movie Was Never Going To Work Without Her
Though it did always seem unlikely that they wouldn’t move forward without her, the confirmation thatThe Princess Diaries 3is bringing back Hathaway is a great relief for the movie. Even if she weren’t to be the main focus of the film, with a new young woman learning she is actually a long-lost princess, the absence ofHathaway’s Miawould still certainly be felt, especially if there were not at least a cameo for her to pass the torch on to a new young star to carry the franchise forward.
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The Princess Diaries 3
The Princess Diaries 3 is the sequel to The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement and was announced to be in development back in 2022. Anne Hathaway has expressed interest in returning to the role of Queen of Genovia, but casting has yet to be officially announced.
