# Would it be better to remake the Devil wears Prada, or sequel it. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 15, 2018, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-better-to-remake-the-devil-wears-prada-or-sequel-it/822998 "2018-10-15T21:37:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Declan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Declan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declan)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2018, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-better-to-remake-the-devil-wears-prada-or-sequel-it/822998/1 "2018-10-15T21:37:40Z")
Was just watching it last night again, and the movie had me falling down laughing at times. But time has moved on from the 2000’s, what has time done for Andy. I don’t know if Anne Hathaway would be of an age to be senior editor of Runway, or if Merryl Streep is still holding on til the end. And who you see being the new Andy. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2018, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-better-to-remake-the-devil-wears-prada-or-sequel-it/822998/2 "2018-10-15T21:43:29Z")
I see it as being a reasonably self-contained story, with no need for either. At best, they could do another story about how Hathaway’s character maintains her relationship with her boyfriend who just moved to another city, and perhaps she’s telecommuting or traveling for work, but the magazine she was working for in the first movie is out of the story. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2018, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-better-to-remake-the-devil-wears-prada-or-sequel-it/822998/3 "2018-10-16T00:04:32Z")
Why do either? It’s a good movie already; a remake or sequel is unlikely to be as good. ---
**Author:** ![FordPrefect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@FordPrefect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordPrefect)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2018, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-better-to-remake-the-devil-wears-prada-or-sequel-it/822998/4 "2018-10-16T02:35:29Z")
Perhaps a spin-off that consists of Emily Blunt being snotty and snobby. That would be fun. ---
**Author:** ![Declan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Declan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declan)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2018, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-better-to-remake-the-devil-wears-prada-or-sequel-it/822998/5 "2018-10-16T22:13:45Z")
Thanks for the replies folks ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2018, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-better-to-remake-the-devil-wears-prada-or-sequel-it/822998/6 "2018-10-16T22:35:11Z")
How about a sequel in which the fashion magazine featured in the first film is failing but the Anne Hathaway character (who was an assistant in the first film) is running a successful fashion website? Sort of a role reversal. ---
**Author:** ![Declan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Declan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declan)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2018, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-better-to-remake-the-devil-wears-prada-or-sequel-it/822998/7 "2018-10-17T22:56:51Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > How about a sequel in which the fashion magazine featured in the first film is failing but the Anne Hathaway character (who was an assistant in the first film) is running a successful fashion website? Sort of a role reversal. I just had the image of Emily Blunt taking over the Streep role, and after watching Magnum PI on monday, I want to see Perdita Weaks playing the original Emily Blunt role. Now we just gotta find someone to take over the Hathaway role. So far, the fastasy casting comes down to Poppy Drayton or Stella Maeve. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2026, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-better-to-remake-the-devil-wears-prada-or-sequel-it/822998/8 "2026-02-04T02:09:35Z")
It will be a sequel: > **[Meryl Streep is as withering as ever in first full-length trailer for Devil...](https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/feb/02/meryl-streep-is-as-withering-as-ever-in-first-full-length-trailer-for-devil-wears-prada-2)** > > Promo for the much-anticipated sequel, in which Streep is reunited with Stanley Tucci, Anne Hathaway and Emily Blunt, clocks up 2.8m views in nine hours > The sequel to the 2006 hit will be released in Australia on 30 April, and the UK and US on 1 May. Trailer: > **[The Devil Wears Prada 2 | Official Trailer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9HXmMnUEdE%2F)** > > Everybody wants this. Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt, and Stanley Tucci return in The Devil Wears Prada 2, in theaters May 1. Watch the full traile...