, and are eyeing the chance to make The Devil Wears Prada into a trilogy amid box office success.
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Devil Wears Prada Stars Push for Third Film
Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway and Emily Blunt are eyeing the chance to make The Devil Wears Prada into a trilogy amid box office success.Two decades after the ori...
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Two decades after the original movie was released and just a couple of days after the sequel premiered in theaters, the leading stars are already expressing enthusiasm about working together again.
When asked about what it would take for there to be a third movie to follow up their newly released sequel film, the trio seemed open to the idea, even though in early reviews.
Streep, 76, said that 'the script' would be important for her to sign on for a triquel.
'A good script. It's all about the script,' Blunt, 43, added in agreement in a joint interview with People that was published on Sunday.
'And then, everybody has to say yes,' Hathaway, 43, chimed in.
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The leading ladies of The Devil Wears Prada 1 and 2 are reportedly open to making a third movie
Amid box office success, Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway and Emily Blunt shared enthusiasm about reprising their roles again already and working together to make The Devil Wears Prada into a trilogy; pictured in April
'It's got to be the core four,' Blunt concurred, referring to the three of them plus returning cast member Stanley Tucci, who is married to Blunt's older sister, literary agent Felicity Blunt.
Streep jokingly added: 'They have to be alive.'
The new sequel sees Streep, Hathaway and Blunt reprise their iconic roles in the cult classic dramedy.
Streep said that for a third movie to happen, that would count on 'the script'; pictured in The Devil Wears Prada 2
Hathaway said that she would need to see everyone 'say yes' while Blunt agreed that the 'core four' would need to sign on for the third movie to happen, referring to Stanley Tucci; pictured in April
'I'm really lucky. I found someone that I love so much,' she added while referring to her husband, Adam Shulman. 'We've been married for 17 years. We've got two kids.'
Streep returned as editor-in-chief Miranda Priestly and reunited with Hathaway's Andy Sachs, who is now working Runway's newly appointed features editor in the time since the first film
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In the sequel, Priestly's former assistant Emily Charlton (Blunt) is now running Dior's US operations
The duo must team up to woo Emily Charlton to garner ad revenue to save the future of Runway magazine
The Devil Wears Prada 2 debuted with a $233 million global opening.
By comparison, the first movie's summer 2006 release grossed $27.5 million domestically over its opening weekend.
The Devil Wears Prada earned $125 million domestically by the end of its theatrical run.
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The Devil Wears Prada 2 is in theaters now.
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