‘Princess Diaries 3' team has been ‘castle shopping' in Europe
Disney's 'The Princess Diaries 3' is full steam ahead, The Post has learned. The creative team recently jetted to the Czech Republic to scout locations.
'Castle shopping,' a source close to the production said.
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4 Anne Hathaway is returning to the 'Princess Diaries' film series after a 20-year break.
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4 Hathaway's breakout role was as Princess Mia in 'The Princess Diaries.'
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Plans for the sequel to 2004's 'The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement' were first revealed by The Hollywood Reporter in 2022.
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The romantic-comedy series began in 2001, when Anne Hathaway, now an Oscar winner, broke out as Mia Thermopolis Renaldi, an unassuming San Francisco teen who learns she's the heiress to the throne of a fictional country called Genovia.
Her grandmother, the elegant queen dowager, was played by Julie Andrews.
In the second film, Mia went on the hunt for a husband.
Hathaway, 42, announced on Instagram last year that she'd return for the third entry in the franchise, which will be directed by Adele Lim, the co-writer of 'Crazy Rich Asians.'
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But news has been quiet since.
The Post has reached out to Disney for comment.
4 It's unclear if Julie Andrews will return as the queen.
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It's unclear if Andrews, 89, will don the crown jewels again. Back in 2023, she told Forbes she's 'pretty much retired' from acting.
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In the 21 years since 'Royal Engagement,' the 'Sound of Music' legend has mostly performed voiceover parts in films such as 'Shrek Forever After' and the 'Despicable Me' series and the Netflix TV show 'Bridgerton' as Lady Whistledown.
Chris Pine, who played Mia's love interest Nicholas in the second flick, has said he has no clue if he'll be involved or not.
'The first time I heard about it was on the internet when someone sent me a screenshot,' he admitted last year on 'The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.'
4 The palace used in 'Royal Engagement' was Longford Castle in England.
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Shooting on '3' in the Czech Republic would kick Genovia about 900 miles west. The stand-in palace used for 'Royal Engagement' was Longford Castle in Wiltshire, England.
The family movie's release date is still unknown, but miracles will happen again soon.
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