Prepare your ball gowns and rehearse your curtsies, ladies. Princess Amelia Mignonette Grimaldi Thermopolis Renaldo, or mostly adored as the quirky princess-turned-queen of Genovia, Mia, is coming back for the third sequel of childhood favorite movie, Princess Diaries.
Princess Diaries’ fans were delighted to hear last week from Princess Mia herself, Anne Hathaway, that Princess Diaries 3 is on its way. On her Watch What Happens Live guesting, Anne confirmed that the third installment to the movie is actually happening, and even the Queen, Julie Andrews, wants to do it.
“There is a script for the third movie… There is a script,” Anne broke the news on her interview, “I want to do it. Julie wants to do it. Debra Martin Chase, our producer, wants to do it. We all really want it to happen.”
But the princess explained, “It’s just we don’t want to unless it’s perfect because we love it just as much as you guys love it.” She went on, relating to the fans of the film, “It’s as important to us as it is to you, and we don’t want to deliver anything until it’s ready, but we’re working on it.”
Even with just those words, fans were still blissful to hear that Princess Mia is actually returning to Genovia.
This just rose up the hopes of the fans patiently waiting for nearly 15 years. On 2017, Julie told on her Buzzfeed interview that both her and Anne were actually willing to do it, “There’s a talk about it. And [Hathaway]’s very keen to do it. I would be very willingly and happily do it.”
She even mentioned about doing the third sequel in honor of the late director of the first two films, Garry Marshall, who died in 2016.
The first movie revolved around how Mia found out about her true identity as a daughter of a prince of a kingdom far away, from San Francisco, Genovia. Her grandmother, the queen, did everything to reconnect to her, and eventually tried to make her a princess that she has always been since her birth. At the end of the film, she wholly accepted her crown and flew all the way to her own kingdom.
While on Princess Diaries 2: The Royal Engagement, Princess Mia is bound to be crowned as the Queen of Genovia. But in order to claim the throne, she has to marry an eligible prince. Things got complicated, though, when in the middle of trying to fall in love with Duke of Kenilworth, Andrew Jacoby, Lord Nicholas Deveraux, another heir to the Genovian throne, came into the picture. Suddenly, Princess Mia found herself falling for Nicholas instead.
And the last thing we heard about the princess? She’s been crowned as the new Queen of Genovia, even without getting married.
Now, everyone’s still curious to know what’s next for our favorite royalty. Would there be another story, another man in Mia’s life? Or would Lord Nicholas still be there by her side?
Another source of hope of the fans is The Princess Diaries’ book series author, Meg Cabot, who told Entertainment Weekly that a script to the movie actually exists. But there were no hints from the author regarding the story of the third movie, if ever.
However, Meg’s recent installment to the book series, The Princess Diaries, Volume XI: Royal Wedding could be a good thinking on what to expect on the next film.
As much as Anne and Julie were excited and very interested in stepping in their royal shoes again, other actors were also open in fitting theirs, too.
Chris Pine, who played as the love interest of Anne on the 2004 movie, jokingly answered the question if he was ever praying for Princess Diaries 3 in a Q&A for Entertainment Weekly with “Have you been reading my diary?”
Also, Heather Matarrazzo, who played as Princess Mia’s best friend, said that she would definitely return for the movie, saying, “If Annie and Julie are down, of course!”
A lot are positive about the idea of Princess Diaries 3, but who is not thrilled to see Princess—Queen Mia, rather, again anyway?