The Devil Wears Prada 2 (2026): Ending Explained

Andy has spent two decades as an acclaimed investigative journalist. When she and her newspaper team are hit with mass layoffs, she unexpectedly gets pulled back into Runway's orbit. Miranda isn't the one who wanted to hire Andy. She barely seems to remember who Andy is, and the two reach an uneasy accord, even as Miranda reverts to her cruel ways. Emily, who left Runway to oversee luxury retail at Dior, reunites with Andy. They need each other: Runway needs Dior's advertising money, and Dior wants coverage. Runway chairman Ira Ravitz dies, and his son Jay (B.J. Novak) takes over. He wants to gut the magazine with major staff cuts and budget slashes. Andy enlists Emily and Emily's billionaire boyfriend, Benji Barnes (Justin Theroux), to buy the publication as a white knight. Meanwhile, Andy is falling for a contractor named Peter (Patrick Brammall) and spends time in Milan with Miranda, Nigel, and the team. Benji agrees, and the women bring the news to Miranda, who reveals the real motive behind Emily's help: Emily wants Benji to buy the magazine out from under Miranda so that Emily can run it, in revenge for being pushed out of Runway years earlier. Miranda is devastated and snaps at her former assistant that she's "not a visionary, you're a vendor.".

In Milan, Miranda has to rush away from an important event because of the Emily fiasco, even though she was due to give a major speech. With a nudge from Andy, who reminds her she may have been taking Nigel for granted for decades, Miranda asks Nigel to speak for Runway in her place. It gives the art director a global spotlight and works as long-overdue penance for how Miranda treated him in the first film. It's later revealed that Nigel was the one who originally texted Ira to bring Andy back.

Miranda and Andy then quietly hunt for another buyer and find Sasha Barnes (Lucy Liu), Benji's ex-wife and a billionaire philanthropist whom Andy had profiled in a viral article earlier in the film. Sasha outbids Benji for a controlling stake, and Runway is saved.

Emily's plan collapses. She later asks Andy to lunch to apologize for blindsiding her, explaining that Benji broke up with her and that she's now working at Coach, a step down from Dior. She also says she always wanted to be friends with Andy, even when they were rival assistants. Andy reminds her she's iconic and doesn't need a man to do something big.

Miranda keeps her post, and she keeps Andy on to help oversee the magazine. She also gives Andy permission to pursue a book proposal, a potential $350,000 tell-all about Miranda, telling her to publish the juicy parts because people should know there's a cost to the kind of career she's built. The closing image shows Andy, Miranda, and Nigel each working late in their own offices, uncertain about the future of journalism but committed to doing the work that feels worthwhile. Rather than reuniting them in one frame, the film leaves them on separate paths.

Satisfying and mostly happy, built on a betrayal and a reconciliation rather than a big shock.

Keeps her job at Runway after Sasha's investment.

Stays on at Runway and gets Miranda's blessing for her book.

Gets his moment in the spotlight and is revealed as the one who brought Andy back.

Fails to take over Runway, loses Benji, and ends up at Coach, but reconciles with Andy.

Loses control of the magazine to Sasha's stake.

Becomes the new backer of Runway.

Outbid, and breaks up with Emily.

Dies before the main plot begins.

Stays in Andy's life, with the couple committing to make it work.

Nigel. He's later revealed to be the person who texted Ira Ravitz to get Andy involved.

It was revenge for being pushed out years earlier. Miranda told her she wasn't a visionary, and she ended up at Dior instead.

Not in a dramatic way. She loses her shot at the top job and her relationship, and moves to Coach, but she makes peace with Andy.

She tells Andy to publish everything because people should know there's a cost to the career she built. It's one of the film's most vulnerable moments for her.

No. Adrian Grenier's character from the first film doesn't appear.

Nothing has been announced. The cast has said they'd be open to another film in the future.