“Real cinema is back”: Fans celebrate Anne Hathaway’s return for The Princess Diaries 3
Anne Hathaway is set to reprise one of her most iconic roles – and fans are gagging. Since bursting onto the scene in 1999, the beloved talent has curated an incredible filmography with career-defining performances in Les Misérables, The Dark Knight Rises, and Brokeback Mountain.
However, one of Hathaway’s biggest and most memorable films is The Princess Diaries. Released in 2001 and based on Meg Cabot’s novel of the same name, the movie follows Mia Thermopolis, a high school student who discovers that she’s the sole heir to the throne of Genovia, a European kingdom.
Dame Julie Andrews co-starred as Mia’s grandmother, Clarisse Renaldi, the reigning queen of Genovia. The film received positive reviews from critics, grossing over $165 million worldwide, and received a sequel in 2003 called Royal Engagement, which was also a success at the box office.
Over the last 20 years, fans have called on Disney to continue The Princess Diaries story with a third film. In 2019, Hathaway revealed that she was open to the idea when appearing on Andy Cohen’s Watch What Happens Live. “I wanna do it, Julie [Andrews] wants to do it, Debra Martin Chase our producer wants to do it,” she said. “We all really want it to happen, it’s just we don’t wanna do it unless it’s perfect because we love it just as much as you guys love it, and it’s as important to us as it is to you.
