The Devil Wears Prada 2 Is a Razor-Sharp Successor to the Original but Some Big Changes to Legacy Characters Might Frustrate Longtime Fans
Andy returns to Runway after a fast-fashion scandal drives away advertisers and forces the magazine to cut costs, the review says.
- Recently, Andy Sachs returned to Runway as features editor, summoned by publisher Irv Ravitz to address a scandal involving a fast-fashion company revealed as a sweatshop operation.
- Financial trouble followed Runway's glowing profile of Speed Fash, a company exposed as operating a sweatshop, which triggered severe budget cuts and advertiser flight.
- Editor-in-Chief Miranda Priestly, now older and softer, struggles to maintain Runway; the September issue is "so thin you could floss with it" as readership plummets.
- Miranda acknowledges that Andy's "real" journalism skills are essential to stabilize the brand, as the former rivals realize they need each other navigating the changing media landscape.
- The film depicts a grim 2026 publishing reality where magazines struggle to survive, suggesting billionaire owners are currently the only hope for print-based media outlets.
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When “The Devil Wears Prada” premiered in 2006, neither Vogue nor the fashion industry would touch the film with a fire tongs. Reportedly, everyone was afraid of Vogue editor Anna Wintour’s reaction to being...
Miranda (Meryl Streep), the "devil" who has returned after 20 years, is no longer a devil. The editor-in-chief who used to throw her coat onto her secretary's desk is gone. Now, she hurriedly hangs it on the hanger herself. This is because complaints have been filed with HR. High-handed, venomous remarks that freeze meetings are also forbidden. If she is about to make a sarcastic remark, the secretary standing next to her stops her with a cough.…
'The Devil Wears Prada 2' Is Darker Than Its Predecessor. And That Makes It Better
Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep, and Stanley Tucci return to their Runway Magazine characters after 20 years. —Courtesy of 20th Century StudiosIn 2026, if your dream is to work for a big print fashion magazine based in New York City, you’ll need more than talent, drive, or even a trust fund: a time machine is pretty much the only thing that will get you there. There are still a small number of U.S. fashion titles with print editions, but the influen…
In The Devil Wears Prada 2, time has not stood still. Both the cutthroat fashion world and Meryl Streep’s influential fashionista Miranda suddenly appear strikingly fragile. The long-awaited sequel therefore does not rely solely on nostalgia, and that is quite rare in today’s safe Hollywood.
The Devil Wears Prada 2 Is a Razor-Sharp Successor to the Original but Some Big Changes to Legacy Characters Might Frustrate Longtime Fans
There’s a scene about halfway through The Devil Wears Prada 2 where we see Miranda Priestly – the ruthless, commanding, and visionary Editor-in-Chief of Runway magazine; unapologetic badass and chief antagonist of the first movie – flying coach. The humiliating circumstance is played for laughs but also serves as an emblem for the movie as a whole. Here is an iconic, cunning individual, inordinately famous in both her own world and ours, reduced…
Meryl Streep only realized how quickly time had passed since one of her most famous film successes when filming began for the sequel. "I was trying to remember when we filmed 'The Devil Wears Prada.' I thought it must have been five or six years ago," the three-time Oscar winner told the German Press Agency in London. "My children said to me, 'Mom, that was 20 years ago!' Oh, my God!"
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