‘Princess surprise’: Disney develops a third film in the saga and wants to have Anne Hathaway

“I want to do it, Julie Andrews wants to do it, and Debra Martin Chase, our producer, wants to do it too. We all really want it to happen, but we don’t want to go through with it unless it’s perfect.”. This is how Anne Hathaway explained a couple of years ago where Disney was regarding a possible continuation of ‘Princess by Surprise’. Now the House of Mouse seems to have found the moment why I’m already developing a script to bring us back to Genoa.

The Hollywood Reporter tells it exclusively, assuring that, although Hathaway has not yet signed, The intention of the studio is to make a third installment that continues what was seen in the first two films, for which it would need the return of its star.. The truth is that despite the fact that said actress has not yet spoken out on this new information, she has done so on numerous occasions, always in favor of returning to the franchise. “who started thousands of sleepovers”, and whose 20th anniversary was celebrated with great affection. So, Disney, after those rumors pointing to the development of a possible spin-off, opted for ‘Surprise Princess 3’.

The aforementioned North American medium assures that Martin Chase has already jumped on the bandwagon. The veteran producer, who handled this task on the first two films, is reportedly collaborating with Aadrita Mukerji, who is already writing the screenplay. This director thus makes the leap into feature film after being responsible for the scripts for series such as ‘Reacher’ or ‘Supergirl’. At the moment nothing else is known about the project, although THR sources underline that the idea is not to make a reboot and that we are trying to tell a new chapter in the life of Amelia Mignonette Thermopólis Renaldi, queen of Genoa.

The love of the fans

21 years ago the theatrical release of ‘A Surprise Princess’, a film directed by the late Garry Marshall (‘Pretty Woman’, ‘Runaway Bride’) based on the work of Meg Cabot. The film version, very close to the books, features an American teenager who turns out to be the sole heir to the throne of a small European country. This is how Mia Thermopólis goes from a discreet life in San Francisco to having to take over the reins of Genovia under the watchful eye of his grandmother, Queen Clarisse Renaldi, played by Andrews.

The film became a moderate box office success, earning $165.3 million worldwide, a figure that was not kept for the second installment. ‘Princess by surprise 2’ has collected 134.7 million, not reaching the data of the original despite having a powerful new addition: Chris Pine as the love interest of Hathaway’s character. However, apart from the said ‘lowering’ of economic attractiveness, fans of the saga have always been excited about a possible return which, coupled with the warmth of Hathaway herself, could have ended up deciding Disney.