'Devil Wears Prada 2' reunites original cast for long-awaited sequel

Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt and Stanley Tucci are back on screen together in "The Devil Wears Prada 2," the long-awaited sequel now playing in theaters nationwide, with the original director and screenwriter also returning to the project.

The sequel reunites director David Frankel and screenwriter Aline Brosh McKenna, the team behind the 2006 original that became a cultural touchstone for fashion, ambition and workplace identity. For Southern California audiences, the film arrives with bigger fashion moments, new storylines and a cast whose real-life ties run as deep as their on-screen chemistry.

Frankel and McKenna both return from the original film to direct and write the sequel, according to ABC7 Los Angeles. The pair said they set out to expand on the original's themes of fashion, flash and emotion — this time with two additional decades of perspective behind the camera.

Streep and Hathaway said the screenplay was the script they had been waiting for before agreeing to reprise their roles as Miranda Priestly and Andy Sachs, ABC7 reported. Cast members described a family-like bond that has deepened over 20 years of friendship.

That bond is literal for at least two of the stars: Tucci, who plays the flamboyant Nigel, married Blunt's sister in real life, making the two co-stars genuine in-laws off screen as well.

Three newcomers join the Runway Magazine staff for the sequel. Caleb Hearon, Helen J. Shen and Simone Ashley play a fresh generation of assistants navigating the high-fashion world first depicted in 2006, according to ABC7 Los Angeles.

On the costume front, Molly Rogers steps in as designer, bringing continuity to the film's visual language. Rogers previously worked alongside Patricia Field, whose wardrobe choices defined the look of the original, ABC7 reported. Scenes for the sequel were filmed on location in Italy.

Two decades after "Gird your loins" became a pop-culture shorthand for high-stakes fashion drama, "The Devil Wears Prada 2" is now playing in theaters. The sequel arrives with the full original team intact and, by all accounts, a story its cast believes was worth the wait.