Get your tiaras ready princesses because Princess Diaries 3 is finally getting made! With it being over a decade since the first one. Disney has announced that is returning to Genovia for a third “Princess Diaries” movie. Details about the movie seem to be kept under lock and key. So let’s all cross our fingers that the main cast will be returning. Hathaway has recently stated that she is interested returning with her on-screen grandmother Julie Andrews, who played the posh and badass Queen Clarisse Renaldi.
Princess Diaries 1 & 2 was based on the novels which was written by Meg Cabot in 2001’s “The Princess Diaries” series which consists of 11 book installments in total. It follows an awkward American teenager who learns she’s the heir to the throne of the European kingdom of Genovia. It then turned into a film which was directed by the late Garry Marshall. The film also featured Mandy Moore as mean girl cheerleader. Lana Thomas and Sandra Oh as vice principal Gupta. It became a box office hit with $165 million in global ticket sales. The follow-up film, which was also directed by Marshall and introduced the world to Chris Pine, which was equally successful in theaters and made $134 million worldwide.
What could the film be about & new book?
Courtesy of Meg Cabot
On Aug. 25, Princess Diaries author Meg Cabot announced that Princess Mia and the citizens of Genovia will be returning in the 12th installment of the book series, “The Quarantine Princess Diaries.” The 300-page novel will be Cabot’s first Princess Diaries release in seven years, preceded by “Royal Wedding: A Princess Diaries Novel” (2015).
The new novel will touch on life in Genovia during the pandemic, power dynamics within the royal family, and a possible case of infidelity that stirs up more drama than expected. Cabot’s official blog post reads: “Get ready to read about Princess Mia’s personal (and political) battles while imposing health restrictions on her small European nation; life during lockdown (even in as idyllic a location such as a palace on the Riviera); a suspected royal affair; the invention (and implementation) of an intranasal vaccine by Michael Moscovitz that could change the course of the pandemic or at least the lives of every citizen in Genovia; and one very demanding royal grandmother.”
Beyond managing political strife and complex family dynamics, Mia might become intertwined in a “suspected royal affair.” For fans of the Disney film series, Mia’s love triangle between Nicholas Devereaux played Chris Pine and Andrew Jacoby played Callum Blue was entrancing enough. But now that Mia has a pandemic to handle and an entire country to run, it sounds like her romantic life might also be in disarray.
The book is said to be released on March 7, 2023. This sounds like this will be the main plot for the movie. You can expect that there will be more new faces added to the mix. Of course this is all speculation at this point but we all can not wait what more announcements will come. We have waited long enough and our dreams just came true.
