Princess Diaries 3 Lands Joy Ride Adele Lim as Director

Disney is returning to Genovia.

Studio launches new installment of coming-of-age film series The princess’s diary, hire Adele Lim, a scribe who worked on Rich and crazy Asians And Tower of joyto direct the feature film.

Anne Hathaway, who became a star thanks to the surprise hit 2001 and its 2004 sequel, will star and produce. “The fairy tale continues,” the star wrote on Instagram on Friday.

The studio plans to shoot the feature film next year.

“As a die-hard fan of the original Princess DiariesI am beyond excited to help bring the third iteration of this beloved franchise to life,” Lim said in a statement. “We look forward to celebrating its key pillars of female power, joy and mentorship to audiences around the world.” »

Gary Marshall directed the original, which adapted the book by Meg Cabot and tells the story of a teenager named Mia Thermopolis who discovers that she is the heir to the throne of a European nation named Genovia. It falls to her mannered and very regal grandmother, played by supercalifragilist Julie Andrews, to prepare the teenager for her duty. The cast included Mandy Moore, Heather Matarazzo and Hector Elizondo, among others.

Debra Martin Chase, one of the producers of the original, is returning to produce. Naia Cucukov, who is Lim’s producing partner, serves as executive producer, as does Melissa Stack. Flora Greeson (2020s) High rating) wrote the last script.

Lim was already in the Disney fold thanks to his work on the 2021 animated feature Raya and the Last Dragon. The scribe cut her teeth as a television writer, working on shows ranging from A tree hill And Life on Mars has Reign And Deadly weaponbut caused a sensation as one of the authors of Rich and crazy Asiansthe pop culture sensation who grossed nearly $175 million domestically in 2018.

She made her directorial debut with Tower of joya road trip comedy starring Ashley Park and Stephanie Hsu, was produced by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg’s Point Gray Pictures, and which was released by Lionsgate in 2023.

Lim is replaced by Paradigm and Ginsburg Daniels.

October 4, 4:38 p.m. Updated to note that Hathaway is confirmed to star in and produce the film.