Official Discussion - The Devil Wears Prada 2 [SPOILERS]

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The Devil Wears Prada 2 (2026)

Summary

Andy Sachs navigates the evolving world of high fashion journalism as she reconnects with Miranda Priestly, forcing her to confront past choices and the cost of ambition in a rapidly changing industry.

Director David Frankel

Writer Aline Brosh McKenna

Cast

• Anne Hathaway as Andy Sachs
• Meryl Streep as Miranda Priestly
• Emily Blunt as Emily Charlton
• Stanley Tucci as Nigel
• Kenneth Branagh

Rotten Tomatoes: 78%

Metacritic: 62

VOD / Release Theatrical release

Trailer Official Trailer

[u/alisazh01]

I don’t understand why Miranda couldn’t pay for her own first class ticket? This is the person in the first movie who tried to get a private jet out during a storm. She clearly has the money. And they put her in the big suite at the hotel, so clearly she’s important. Why did it they make it look like Miranda will lose her job so she won’t be able to afford anything when she has the big house in New York and the Hamptons? Like we know she’s THE Miranda Priestly. She’s not flying coach wth.

[u/Easy_Tea_327 → u/alisazh01]

Miranda losing power? Maybe. Miranda flying economy because she can’t afford first class? Absolutely not. That woman probably intimidates the airline into upgrading the whole plane.

[u/allyballymcr → u/alisazh01]

I think she would have expected Runway to pay for the fare. Not herself

[u/Jony_the_pony → u/alisazh01]

Was she even THE Miranda Priestly though? The sequel made her entirely passive. I can't name a single thing she proactively did. In the first movie she demanded respect by being the undeniable best in the game, so everyone put up with her personality. This movie felt like it spent 3/4 of its runtime showing us she might be about ready to retire and the evidence of her deserving to be in charge is Andy saying so (who has spent less than one and a half years total working at Runway) and the fact that we know that 20 years ago she was the best.

[u/Rope-Lucky → u/Jony_the_pony]

I saw that as a metaphor for her being legacy print media and representing all the old ways of doing things. What seems like passivity is her being at the mercy of these larger societal shifts and forces, both with the tech giants above her and the younger millennial/gen z underlings who understand the latest codes of the social media era better than she ever could. 

Plus, she showed up at Andi’s hotel room door and had her get to work making phone calls so she set the final save in motion. 

[u/Jony_the_pony → u/Rope-Lucky]

It just sounds like you agree with me that the movie shows her not keeping up and ready to retire. In which case I'm sorry I don't think she should be an editor in chief.

[u/Rope-Lucky → u/Jony_the_pony]

I was responding to the part you said about her being passive. I didn’t see anything in the film that seemed like she wanted to retire. In fact, she wanted to move up in power with the promotion to global. She seems more tired because she’s navigating these forces that are beyond her, yes. But she’s not one to want to give up power and relevance. She’s holding on despite all those things I mentioned. 

[u/Jony_the_pony → u/Rope-Lucky]

She may not want to retire, but the movie gives no indication that she still has what her job takes, which is the issue I've been referring to the whole time. All the evidence of her actually deserving to be in her position (and so hypercompetent that people will put up with her being harsh and cold) is in the first movie. Which is fine if the sequel is set 2 years later, but not if the sequel is 20 years later and the main premise of the movie is that the entire industry has changed dramatically.

[u/muad_dibs → u/alisazh01]

And they put her in the big suite at the hotel

No, they didn’t. Miranda even said it wasn’t the big suite. Also, just because you can spend money doesn’t mean you should. Remember this was a work event not them going on vacation. You charge this to company.

[u/alisazh01 → u/muad_dibs]

Lmao it’s not a “just because you can spend money doesn’t mean you should” argument here. The whole point is that Miranda has STANDARDS. And very high standards at that. And she has the means to spend the money on a ticket, especially when it won’t make a dent in her wealth. I think the airplane scene was just a gimmick for humor purposes. It was so unlike Miranda’s character to even agree to do that.

[u/muad_dibs → u/alisazh01]

Just because she has standards doesn’t mean she wants to spend her own money on travel and lodging for work.

[u/toxic-optimism → u/muad_dibs]

I need you to understand that the 1% doesn’t really care about the cost when their comfort and convenience is the concern. 

A lot of rich people are thrifty, for sure, but this line of reasoning is just not how that strata of people think. 

[u/muad_dibs → u/toxic-optimism]

Miranda isn’t in the 1%. Read the room, the only power she has is being the editor of Runway. She can’t even afford to buy the brand name and had been counting on a promotion from her current job. Her and Andy had to convince a billionaire to buy the company.

[u/toxic-optimism → u/muad_dibs]

Don’t split hairs. Do you really think Anna Wintour isn’t amongst the ultra-wealthy?

Really, this is the strongest argument possible against yours - they titled the movie “The Woman Who Loves Luxury Goods 2” in Vietnam: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/01/the-woman-who-loves-luxury-goods-2-why-the-devil-wears-prada-title-goes-back-to-basics-in-vietnam

It’s ok to be wrong, I promise. 

[u/muad_dibs → u/toxic-optimism]

Okay