The Devil Wears Prada 2 Is Ripped Straight From the Headlines—Except When It Comes to Its Fantastical Ending

Slate·May 2

The Devil Wears Prada 2 Is Ripped Straight From the Headlines—Except When It Comes to Its Fantastical Ending

Movies The Devil Wears Prada 2 Spins a Media Fantasy The sequel captures just how much the world of Runway and Vogue has changed in the past 20 years—except when it comes to its fantastical ending. May 02, 20265:50 AM 20th Century Studios The Devil Wears Prada 2 opens with a scene that will be painfully familiar to anyone who has suffered the indignities of working in the media industry: Andrea “Andy” Sachs (Anne Hathaway) gets laid off from her newsroom via text message, moments before winning a journalism award. When I saw this, I relived my own similar experience of losing my job at BuzzFeed News in 2023 through email, nearly a decade after my career there began. (This is embarrassing to admit now, but on my first day at BuzzFeed, I made a Devil Wears Prada joke on social media, sharing a photo of my outfit with a caption that referenced Andy’s first day as an assistant at Runway magazine in the original film, when she wore a hideously plain outfit with that cerulean sweater.) It’s a brutal way to kick off the long-anticipated sequel to the 2006 film, but one that effectively captures how much the world

Salon·May 1

"The Devil Wears Prada 2" weighs the cost of fighting for our passions

commentary In a legacy sequel done right, Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway warn that the demise of media affects us all Senior Writer Published May 1, 2026 12:00PM (EDT) Anne Hathaway as Andy Sachs, Meryl Streep as Miranda Priestly and Stanley Tucci as Nigel Kipling in "The Devil Wears Prada 2" (Macall Polay/20th Century Studios) “The Devil Wears Prada” was never meant to be a franchise. Despite its pivotal role in the 2006 summer blockbuster season, where it raked in enough cash and glowing word-of-mouth praise to become the 10th most successful film of the season — the only title in the top 10 with a woman at top billing — the movie’s ending didn’t exactly scream sequel. “The Devil Wears Prada” was and is the perfect example of a self-contained story, built by the studio machine but never intended to keep the apparatus running. It’s economical and clever, with deceptively intricate character writing, striking costume design, a uniquely memorable score and soundtrack, loads of witty banter, a distinctly sleek aesthetic, and it’s one of the only films that has ever made multiple montage sequences feel earned. But look past all that technical prowess, and you’ll find a remarkably introspective

Reason·May 1

Is ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ the great millennial journalism movie?

Normally, I am against content labels for media, but I might have to make an exception for The Devil Wears Prada 2. This movie should come with a trigger warning, at least for millennial journalists. The fizzy, frothy comedy is also a jewel-box encapsulation of a generation's broken dreams, told through the decline of magazine journalism. The film opens at a journalistic awards ceremony, one of those rubber chicken dinners where journalists give each other plastic trophies to honor worthy (but often little-read) work. Just as our heroine, Andy Sachs (a perky, perfectly neurotic Anne Hathaway), accepts the top honor, she receives a text. Everyone at her table has been fired as part of a corporate cost-cutting deal. Andy makes tearful remarks and goes off to mourn her job and the industry. At the same time, Andy's old nemesis, the fearsome Miranda Priestly—the formidable editor of the (former) fashion powerhouse Runway—is facing a scandal for running a puff piece about a dicey fast fashion company. Runway's owner sees Andy's speech, which has gone viral, and offers her a job as the magazine's features editor in an attempt to revitalize the publication's journalistic credibility. The setup is somewhat strained, but the