Ready for royalty

Anne Hathaway, Gary Marshall planning ‘Princess Diaries 3’

LOS ANGELES: Fans of Meg Cabot’s acclaimed 2000 novel and its namesake film The Princess Diaries can rejoice! Hollywood beauty Anne Hathaway and director Garry Marshall – who brought the story to life back in 2001 – are planning to make a third installment of the successful franchise. “I was with Anne Hathaway a couple of weeks ago,” Marshall was quoted as saying. “It looks like we both want to do Princess Diaries 3 in Manhattan,” he added.

The book follows the story of a young girl named Mia Thermopolis, whose life goes for a toss after she discovers that she is the heir to the throne of a fictional kingdom. The first film came out in 2001, followed by the sequel Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement in 2004.

There is still, however, a long wait before the third chapter can become a reality. “Anne is very pregnant right now,” said Marshall. “So we have to wait until she has the baby and then, I think, we are going to do it.” When asked if the film will include a role for the Royal Engagement star Chris Pine, the director did not reveal much. “Maybe,” he hinted. “Chris it quite big now, you know.”



The Princess Diaries franchise also stars legendary British singer and actor Julie Andrews as Mia’s grandmother Queen Clarisse and Hector Elizondo as Mia’s bodyguard Joe. 

Published in The Express Tribune, March 17^th, 2016.

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