The Princess Diaries 3 will provide "wish fulfilment for queens", according to director Adele Lim.
The Devil Wears Prada 2 star Anne Hathaway - who played Mia Thermopolis in the first two films alongside Dame Julie Andrews as Queen Clarisse Renaldi - is returning to the role for a third film and now Adele - who is onboard to direct - has given an update revealing the next installment will focus on an older audience as fans of the 2001 original The Princess Diaries and 2004 sequel The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement have all grown up.
Adele told Variety: "We just want to make the story right because it is a franchise that is so beloved by so many people.
"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."
She went on to add: "If you were a fan of the original first two movies, I think you can look forward to a lot of fun returns. We’re going to be able to shoot in Europe and really show the audience Genovia in its full glory."
Anne recently declared she wants The Princess Diaries 3 to be her next project after finishing work promoting The Devil Wears Prada 2 because the fashion-based film "took over" her schedule.
The actress told Entertainment Weekly she's working hard to get the project moving forward, saying: "One hundred per cent, we’re constantly working on it. [The Devil Wears Prada 2] cropped up unexpectedly and took over the space ... it became impossible to focus on both at the same time."
Anne insisted The Princess Diaries 3 is "not greenlit or confirmed yet" but they are "chipping away at the script" and she wants to move ahead with it, adding: "The intention is to make Princess Diaries hopefully next."
She went on to say "If I learned anything from [Devil Wears Prada 2], it’s that expectations are very, very high, and if you’re going to do it, you have to knock it out of the park."
