Overview
- Meryl Streep, who visited The Late Show on Wednesday, wore a cerulean sweater that nodded to Anne Hathaway’s Andy Sachs and said of the sequel’s budget, “This one, honey, they spent the money.”
- Ancestry disclosed on Thursday that Streep and former Vogue editor Anna Wintour are sixth cousins who share fifth great-grandparents from Bucks County, Pennsylvania, a finding reported by multiple outlets.
- Early industry tracking published Thursday projects about $55 million for the film’s opening weekend, with 20th Century Studios set to release it in theaters on May 1.
- The sequel reunites Streep, Hathaway, Emily Blunt and Stanley Tucci and adds Kenneth Branagh, Simone Ashley, Justin Theroux and Lucy Liu, as the cast continues a global press tour.
- Streep contrasted the first film’s “chick flick” label and lean funding with today’s larger spend, and the marketing leans on nostalgia like the cerulean motif to energize longtime fans and fresh audiences.