Overview
- Anne Hathaway grew emotional at a large fan event during Friday’s Shanghai stop, telling the crowd she was “overwhelmed” by the turnout.
- Red-carpet looks in Shanghai doubled as knowing callbacks to the 2006 film, with Hathaway in a ruffled Susan Fang dress and clear slingbacks and Streep in a deep-blue Saint Laurent look that nodded to the famous “cerulean” speech.
- Meryl Streep, speaking at a Japan press conference earlier this week, said she is happy to represent older women in a major role and noted that women over 50 often see their views devalued.
- The final trailer, released April 6, shows Andy returning to Runway to help during a scandal, with the sequel reuniting director David Frankel and writer Aline Brosh McKenna and adding new cast members including Kenneth Branagh, Simone Ashley, Justin Theroux and Lucy Liu.
- The film opens May 1 from 20th Century and Disney to launch the summer box office after a global tour through Mexico City, Tokyo, Seoul and Shanghai that has blended fan moments with viral fashion clips.