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Did Jeff Bezos' rumoured bid for Vogue inspire The Devil Wears Prada 2's billionaire acquisition plot? Writer reveals

Posted on: May 04, 2026 13:40 IST | Posted by: Hindustantimes
Did Jeff Bezos' rumoured bid for Vogue inspire The Devil Wears Prada 2's billionaire acquisition plot? Writer reveals
THe fiend Wears Prada 2 has been praised for its relevancy in today's clip. The subsequence, made 20 years after component 1, addresses issues such as layoffs, journalistic ethics, the death of print, and even billionaires buying and selling media groups. The last of these is said to have been inspired by Jeff Bezos' rumoured plan to buy Conde Nast, the parent company of Vogue. However, the film's screenwriter, Aline Brosh McKenna, calls it just a coincidence.Did Bezos inspire The Devil Wears Prada 2?The Devil Wears Prada 2 sees Anne Hathaway's Andy Sachs return to Runway, the fictitious fashion mag modelled after Vogue. She must again work with Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep) as the magazine's leadership undergoes a sea of change.In the film, the fictional fashion magazine Runway faces a potential sale to a tech billionaire played by Justin Theroux, which, the writer says, represents a growing tension between creativity and profit. "There's a certain nihilism that Justin's character represents. He just sees this giant wave coming in AI and thinks that we should submit to it," she told Variety.Many viewers felt that Theroux's Benji Barnes was similar to Amazon's Jeff Bezos, with both billionaires - real and fictional - dating popular journalists and getting a makeover after a huge divorce. What added to the similarity was the rumours that Bezos was planning to buy Conde Nast and acquire Vogue.Brosh McKenna, however, dismissed any direct inspiration. “We already had a script…when the rumours started happening,” she said, adding, “It wasn't inspired by anything. But, we did say, 'Whoa,' when it happened.”Interestingly, in the film, Benji sponsors a big annual bash for Runway. This year, Bezos and wife Lauren Sanchez are sponsoring the Met Gala, Vogue's biggest night of the year.All about The Devil Wears Prada 2A sequel to the 2006 classic, The Devil Wears Prada 2 brings back Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Stanley Tucci and Emily Blunt. The film follows Andy Sachs' return to fashion mag Runway as she has to work with its diabolical editor, Miranda Priestly, yet again. The film has received critical acclaim and is on its way to becoming a huge commercial success. The Devil Wears Prada 2 has opened to $233 million worldwide, displacing the Michael Jackson biopic from the top.

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