Devil Wears Prada sequel to explore the desiccated husk of modern journalism

After nearly 20 years, Miranda Priestly is pivoting to video

By Matt Schimkowitz  |  July 9, 2024 | 12:40am
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Devil Wears Prada sequel to explore the desiccated husk of modern journalism
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The Devil Wears Prada is returning for another round of assistant abuse, per Variety, via a legacy sequel set in this golden age of modern publishing. Disney is in talks with the original screenwriter, Aline Brosh McKenna, but no cast has been announced. Thus far, we also haven’t heard what form the sequel will take—if we had to guess: 10-episode limited series on Disney+.

Unfortunately, the long-awaited legacy sequel to the 2006 fashion magazine hit has taken so long to come to fruition that the magazine industry barely exists anymore. But, of course, the devil is in the details. This new Devil Wears Prada will see Miranda Priestly (presumably played by Meryl Streep) navigating the wiles of modern media, presumably offering her beleaguered staff such genius ideas as pivoting to video, pivoting to Facebook, pivoting back to video, pivoting to crypto, pivoting to NFT, pivoting to AI, and, finally, pivoting to layoffs.

The next chapter in the Devil Wears Prada saga pits Miranda against her old assistant, Emily (played by Emily Blunt), now a high-powered ad executive whose ad dollars Miranda needs. We look forward to the scene when Miranda abuses a lowly Runway staffer into producing a 42-page SEO-laced slideshow about the top-rated tops on Temu. The enshittifcaiton of Runway magazine will be swift and merciless.

 
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