Julie Andrews thinks a third Princess Diaries film may have been “shelved”.
It’s been 20 years since Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement hit theaters and delighted fans and there has long been talk of a third installment in the series.
In fact, rumors of a third installment in the franchise began making the rounds in 2016 and in 2017, Meg Cabot, author of the book the films are based on, gave her blessing for a third film.
But seven years have passed since then and the entertainment industry has faced shutdowns due to the global COVID-19 pandemic and strikes by the WGA and SAG-AFTRA.
During an appearance on Today, the 88-year-old star of The Sound of Music, gave her views on the third film which will certainly disappoint fans: “There was a dialogue about it,” she explained. However, “nothing had been achieved. And I think maybe I’m wrong, but I think that’s been put aside now. I can’t be sure.
Julie Andrews has revealed she’s been asked “so many times” about the fate of the beloved Princess Diaries franchise starring Anne Hathaway, 41.
It’s been 20 years since Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement hit theaters and delighted fans and there has long been talk of a third installment in the series, pictured here in 2011.
Now that so much time has passed since discussions about a third Princess Diaries film began, Julie has expressed some reluctance to return to the franchise in the future.
“It’s been quite a while now since the two journals were finished, and I’m not sure, but sometimes it’s best to leave a good thing alone. I don’t like it when people deal and deal with it and deal with it, you know, ‘until it’s dead,’ she said.
“I would be very happy if we did another one. But I didn’t expect it.
The first film in the franchise debuted in 2001, when Anne Hathaway was 22 and Andrews was 65. Andrews played Queen Clarisse Renaldi while the Devil Wears Prada star played her granddaughter, awkward teenager Mia Thermopolis who didn’t know she was a princess.
In 2019, Hathaway revealed that there was a script for the third film during an appearance on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen.
‘I want to do it. Julie wants to do it. Debra Martin Chase, our producer, wants to do it. We all really want this to happen. It’s just that we don’t want to do it unless it’s perfect because we love it as much as you love it,” Hathaway said at the time.
This isn’t the first time the Chitty Chitty Bang Bang star has spoken about a potential third Princess Diaries movie.
On the red carpet at the 2022 AFI Awards, where Andrews received the Lifetime Achievement Award, she said: “It depends on the story, and if they can come up with something, that would be wonderful.”
In fact, rumors of a third installment in the franchise began circulating in 2016, and in 2017, Meg Cabot, author of the book the films are based on, gave her blessing for a third film.
But seven years have passed since then and the entertainment industry has faced shutdowns due to the global COVID-19 pandemic and strikes by the WGA and SAG-AFTRA.
“There’s been a dialogue about it,” the Sound of Music star, 88, said in an interview on Today. Photographed here in 2023
“Nothing had been achieved. And I think maybe I’m wrong, but I think that’s been put aside now. I can’t be sure,” she said, pictured here in 2004.
Even Chris Pine, who played Hathaway’s nemesis-turned-love interest Nicholas Devereaux, is willing to return under certain conditions.
“If it’s in Los Angeles, I’ll be there…if it’s in Los Angeles, it’s my hometown.” I have a lot of pride,” he said. Additional.
The 2001 film was a huge success, grossing over $185 million worldwide.
The sequel, The Princess Diaries: Royal Engagement, grossed $135.7 million in 2004.