Disney must not make a dumb ‘Devil Wears Prada’ sequel
nypost.comaccording to Puck News, is a black hole of fun: Glossy fashion mags are crumbling in the 2020s (true!) and Runway editor Miranda Priestly is desperate for advertising dollars.So she’s pitted against her former assistant Emily (Blunt), who controls the ad spend for a luxury brand firm.That dreary plot makes MSNBC look like a fizzy escape to forget all your troubles.It’s understandable why “Devil” Deux is so tantalizing for the House of Mouse.
The original, which it acquired with the purchase of 20th Century Fox, is one of the most rewatchable comedies of the past two decades.
Streep, who was Oscar-nominated for the part, is a smash in the title role.A new chapter means box office revenue, streams, licensing opportunities, Disney+ subscriptions and, in a refreshing change, no $100 million special effects budget.Another draw surely is that Priestly is, of course, based on Vogue’s Anna Wintour.
The feared editor is not only still lording over the mag — she’s far more powerful than she was in 2006. Wintour is now all of Condé Nast’s artistic director and global chief content director.No doubt some overeager Disney executive is insisting in meetings that there are still more stories to tell.The reality, though, is that the high-flying, sexy world of media and power-brokers that made “The Devil Wears Prada” so intoxicating in 2006 is long dead.
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