It’s time to brush up on the Genovian national anthem and practice your “Thank you for being here today” wave – there’s a Princess Diaries 3 happening!
No, Mia Thermopolis, we will not shut up. This is big. Not only is this the movie where pre-Hatha-hate Anne Hathaway took a giant leap into Hollywood, but it also gave us hope that maybe our grandmothers were royalty and if so, taught us how to be a princess IRL. Plus, who doesn’t love a good makeover sequence?
It’s been 11 years since the sequel, Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement, and 14 years since the original. This new film is planned as a “reboot” for the franchise entirely, possibly meaning a whole new princess? After all, Meg Cabot’s Princess Diaries book series that inspired the films is vast – Cabot also just released the first adult installment of her series, The Princess Diaries, Volume XI: Royal Wedding. The movie’s plot is being kept “tight under lock and key,” so we’ll have to just make guesses until then…which we happily will.
Here’s some things we are hands-clasped-together-eyes-shut praying happen with this Disney threequel:
1. Cast an unknown!
There’s something magical about being blown away by an actor that you have to look up their name when the film is over. We need new faces on the scene, and Disney has proven their ability to pick winners. Besides, look how it turned out for a young Anne Hathaway.
2. Anne Hathaway cameo needs to happen.
Is it really a Princess Diaries film without Mia? We know Anne is super busy winning Oscars nowadays, but hopefully she can pay a little tribute to her Hollywood beginnings by resurrecting the character and giving us a glimpse of how the Princess of Genovia turned out.
3. Julie. Freaking. Andrews.
The mega-class act that is Julie Andrews playing a queen is just natural. HuffPost does note that Queen Clarisse has previously said she would “never say no” to taking up her role again. So you’re saying there’s a chance…
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