Anne Hathaway feels anticipation from fans surrounding next princess diaries movie!
The 40-year-old Oscar-winning star opened up to PEOPLE about the long-awaited third installment of the franchise when he appeared at the Sundance Film Festival over the weekend.
And while she didn’t reveal much about her next film, which is reportedly in development, she admitted it was “thrilling” to “see the level of excitement about it.”
“We feel exactly the same way. I think it’s probably very frustrating,” she says of waiting nearly 20 years for the next sequel. It’s a process, and everyone should consider it part of the movie business, given how long it takes to actually make a thing.”
in November, hollywood reporter The Wrap cited a source saying Disney was working on a third. princess diaries movie, but Hathaway has yet to sign on.
The script was reportedly written by Adrita Mukerji, and Disney did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment at the time.
Hathaway was at a festival to promote her latest project Eileentied to a potential next chapter princess diaries A few years into the franchise.
Before launch in 2016 Mother’s Day, director Garry Marshall told PEOPLE that he and the actress were discussing another run on the film. She will once again play the role of Mia Thermopolis Marshall, who died in July 2016.
“It seems like you want to princess diary 3 Marshall told PEOPLE before his death, “Anne Hathaway is very pregnant and we have to wait until she has her baby.
Marshall also explained that Chris Pine has reprized his role. Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement Nor was it entirely out of the question. royal engagement, Pine’s film debut, which premiered in 2004.
“Maybe,” Marshall said then. “He’s pretty big now, isn’t he?”
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One name that seems unlikely to return to cinema is Julie Andrews. Access to Hollywood In December, it may be difficult to transform into Queen Clarisse Renaldi once again.
“I think you probably know it’s impossible,” said Andrews, 87. [the second sequel] came out, but how many years has it been since then? And I’m much older, and Princess, or Queen Annie, much older. And I don’t know where it floats or runs. ”
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Still, Hathaway always knew the original 2001 film was going to be a hit.As she told PEOPLE back in January 2019, “Once I got the script, I had that feeling… I touched it and it was electric.”
“I had to be successful and be on set every day and hug Julie Andrews every day,” Hathaway added. “That part was also very, very, very magical. ”
“Then I came out and received it. By the way, even that part was magical,” she noted.
