The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004) (2024)

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Are they making a Princess Diaries 2? ›

The film grossed over $134 million worldwide and received mixed reviews from critics. A sequel is currently in development.

Disney signed on for a Princess Diaries 3 in 2022.

TV writer Aadrita Mukerji (Reacher, Supergirl) is penning the script. The film will be a continuation of the Princess Diaries story rather than a reboot.

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Both brother and sister Spencer and Abigail Breslin have roles in this film, Spencer as Prince Jacques and Abigail as the orphan girl Carolina from the parade.

Together, they pick through potential husbands. Mia eventually chooses Andrew Jacoby (Callum Blue), Duke of Kenilworth and days later they are engaged.

But we're in a good place.” Hathaway would return as down-to-earth royal Mia Thermopolis in “The Princess Diaries 3.” It appears to be the sequel she is most interested in seeing through, as she doesn't see a feasible way to bring another one of her popular classics, “The Devil Wears Prada,” back to life.

Genovia isn't a real country, but if it were, it'd be in Europe. In the film, Mia's family rules in the country of Genovia. Although the country isn't real, in the movie's universe, Genovia is a European country.

Whenever someone says Anne Hathaway, chances are people automatically think of 'The Princess Diaries. ' The Disney film was released in 2001, when Hathaway was just 18 years of age.

However, by the time the second film was heading into production, Schwartzman was unavailable to reprise his role as Michael because he was on tour with his real-life band, Rooney. Therefore, Michael was written out of Royal Engagement, with the explanation that his band was on tour.

Mia was crowned Queen of Genovia in The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (August 2004). In the first film, Anne Hathaway and Mia Thermopolis are 18 and 15 years old respectively, but by the sequel, they are both 21 years old.

Is Princess Diaries 1 or 2 better? ›

Basically, both films have a charm, but the first is better balanced, and critics appear to be more impressed with the coming-of-age story of the original than the marriage plot of the sequel.

Mia (Anne Hathaway), still coming to terms with her life as a princess, graduates from Princeton. She returns to Genovia, and her best friend, Lilly (Heather Matarazzo), goes with her. When they arrive, Mia's grandmother (Julie Andrews) informs her that Mia cannot become queen unless she is married within 30 days. Nicholas Devereaux (Chris Pine) is one of her top suitors, though he is more interested in the crown than Mia. But when Nicholas realizes he loves Mia, he decides not to pursue her.

The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement / Film synopsis

It's been 18 years since The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement came out. At the end of The Princess Diaries 2, Mia is no longer a Disney Princess - she ascends to the throne of Genovia to rule in her own right. Andrews was 69 years old when that film was released and is currently 87.

Marshall had a number of meetings with Stan Lee's POW! Entertainment about developing some of Stan's non-Marvel properties in the early 2000s. The two became friends and when Marshall was shooting The Princess Diaries 2, he asked Stan if he would like a small part in the movie. Boy, did he!

He and Mia share a common royal ancestor, King Chevalier. Nicholas is the great-great-great-grandson of the king. This means that Nicholas and Mia are something akin to 4th cousins. Viscount Mabry states that his wife, is the sister of Nicholas's mother.