‘Princess Diaries 3’ Director Says Fans ‘Can Look Forward to a Lot of Fun Returns’ From the Original Cast: ‘We Just Want to Make the Story Right’

May 10, 2026 11:42am PT ‘Princess Diaries 3’ Director Says Fans ‘Can Look Forward to a Lot of Fun Returns’ From the Original Cast: ‘We Just Want to Make the Story Right’

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After reprising Andy Sachs in “The Devil Wears Prada 2,” Anne Hathaway will soon bring another one of her iconic characters, Mia Thermopolis, to the big screen.

Adele Lim, who is set to direct “Princess Diaries 3”, told Variety at the Gold Gala carpet on Saturday that the highly anticipated installment is “going well.”

“We just want to make the story right because it is a franchise that is so beloved by so many people,” said Lim, who noted that some of the fans from the 2001 original movie are mothers now, including herself. She explained that motherhood informed her filmmaking as she shifted the narrative from being about a young girl to a more mature woman. “There are so many movies that are wish fulfilment for princesses, we don’t have a lot of wish fulfilment movies for queens. That’s what we are setting out to do here, to show a woman in her full power.”

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