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Anne Hathaway (Anne Hathaway) feels fans’ anticipation for the next show princess diaries Movie!
The 40-year-old Oscar-winning star opened up the long-awaited third film in the series during his appearance at the Sundance Film Festival over the weekend.
While she didn’t reveal much about the upcoming movie, which is reportedly in development, she did admit that “the level of excitement to see it” is “thrilling.”
“We feel exactly the same way, and I know it can be very frustrating,” she said of the nearly two-year wait for another sequel. “It’s a process that takes patience, so everyone should see themselves as part of the film industry right now, because that’s how long it actually takes to make a film.”
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November, hollywood reporter Citing sources, The Wrap says Disney is working on a third princess diaries movie, though Hathaway hasn’t signed on yet.
Disney did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment, which was reportedly written by Aadrita Mukerji.
Hathaway promotes her latest project at the festival Erinrelated to the potential next chapter princess diaries Franchised for several years.
Before release in 2016 Mother’s Day, director Garry Marshall told PEOPLE that he and the actress have been discussing another cast for the film, in which she will reprise her role as Mia Thumpolis. Marshall passed away in July 2016.
“It looks like we want to princess diaries 3 In Manhattan,” Marshall told PEOPLE before his death. “Anne Hathaway is pregnant, so we have to wait until she has a baby, and then I think we’ll do it. “
Marshall also explained at the time that Chris Pine Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement Not entirely without problems. royal engagement, This marks Pine’s feature film debut, which premiered in 2004.
“Maybe,” Marshall said at the time. “He’s big now, you know.”
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Movie Store/Shutterstock Julie Andrews and Anne Hathaway in princess diaries (2001)
Julie Andrews seems unlikely to return for the film, she tells into hollywood In December, the chances of becoming Queen Clarisse Renaldi again are slim.
“I think we know it’s probably not going to be possible,” said Andrews, 87. “It was not long before the [the second sequel] came out, but how many years has it been now? I am much older than her, and Princess Anne, or the Queen, is also much older. And I’m not sure where it floats or runs. “
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Still, Hathaway always knew the original 2001 film would be a hit. As she told People magazine in January 2019, “When I got the script, that was the feeling … I touched it and it was electric.”
“In order to be successful and be on set every day, I have to hug Julie Andrews every day,” Hathaway added. “That part is also very, very, very magical.”
“Then it came out and it was accepted. That part was even magical, by the way,” she said.