UPDATE: 10/4/24 at 4:50 PM ET

Hathaway announced Friday that she is officially on board to reprise her role as Mia Thermopolis in Princess Diaries 3.

“Miracles happen ✨👑 Back to Genovia with @adeleblim @disney @somewherepictures,” the actress wrote via Instagram. “The fairytale continues ❤️‍🔥.”

Hathaway also shared a video of Mia saying, “Shut up!” The Princess Diaries followed by Andrews saying the iconic line The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement. Then the camera turned to Hathaway, who held up three fingers to confirm the third film. “Keep your mouth shut!” she screamed.

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The citizens are happy because Disney is taking Us back to Genovia with one Princess Diaries 3.

Adele Lim was hired to direct the upcoming film, deadline reported on Friday, October 4, marking the first real step forward for the rumored third installment. The Princess Diaries premiered in 2001 and the sequel, The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagementcame out three years later.

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After two successful “Princess Diaries” films, enthusiastic fans have been demanding more – but does the tiara still fit? “There is a script for the third film. There’s a script,” Anne Hathaway, who played Princess Mia Thermopolis in the 2001 flick, revealed during a January 2019 appearance on Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen. “I (…)

“As a die-hard fan of the original Princess diaries“I’m thrilled to be part of bringing the third installment of this beloved franchise to life,” Lim told the outlet in a statement. “We look forward to celebrating its core values ​​of female power, joy and mentorship with audiences around the world.”

The studio plans to begin filming in 2025 Anne Hathaway Return expected. Hathaway, who played Mia Thermopolis in the first two films, has not yet signed a contract The Hollywood Reporter. (Hours later, Hathaway confirmed her participation.)

Debra Martin Chase will reportedly produce the third film and also be Lim’s producing partner Naia Cucukov will be one of the executive producers. Melissa Stack has signed on as second executive producer, per deadline.

Rumbling one Princess Diaries 3 began in January 2019, when Hathaway, 41, revealed during an event, “There is a script for the third film.” Watch what happens live with Andy Cohen Look.

“I want to do it. Julie (Andrews) wants to do it. Debra Martin Chase, our producer, wants to do it. We all really want it to happen,” Hathaway said at the time.

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It’s been more than 20 years since The Princess Diaries hit theaters, but fans never tire of the Disney film’s regal charm. In August 2001, Anne Hathaway made her film debut as Mia Thermopolis, a San Francisco teenager who discovers she is a princess of the fictional country of Genovia. Julie Andrews (…)

Alongside Hathaway’s Mia, who in the original film discovers that she is the princess of a country called Genovia, Andrews, 89, played Mia’s grandmother and Queen of Genovia, Clarisse Renaldi.

The late one Garry Marshall was the director and adapted for the first two projects Meg Cabotis the best-selling novels of the same name for the big screen.

Andrews, for her part, has gone back and forth about whether she believes a third film will actually happen Jimmy Fallon in June 2022 that she would be “thrilled” if it came to fruition.

In December of this year, Andrews told Access Hollywood“I very much doubt” that she and Hathaway could reprise their roles so long after the first two films.

When we last saw Mia, she had ascended the throne and taken control of Genovia for her grandmother. Mia also dated Nicholas Deveraux, played by Chris Pinewhile Clarisse eventually married her long-time bodyguard Joe, played by Hector Elizondo.

Hathaway has been optimistic about the future for years. “We’re in a good place,” she teased in April v Magazine. “That’s all I can say. There is nothing to announce yet. But we’re in a good place.”

While fans hope for the return of Hathaway and Andrews, Lim will bring new blood to the team Princess diaries Universe. However, she is very familiar with the way Disney works, having written the films for the studio Raya and the Last Dragon. Lim made her directorial debut with 2023 Joyride and previously gained recognition for writing the blockbuster hit Crazy rich Asians.