The Devil Wears Prada: Book vs. Movie
David Frankel’s 2006 film The Devil Wears Prada adapts Lauren Weisberger’s 2003 novel. An aspiring journalist takes a job assisting fashion editor Miranda Priestly and discovers how much the position demands of her.
From Books Adapted
How much of the book it covers
The movie sequel does not adapt Revenge Wears Prada
The 2006 movie adapts Weisberger's first novel as a complete story, with substantial changes. The book continues in Revenge Wears Prada, where Andy and Emily have started a magazine together.
The Devil Wears Prada 2 (2026) follows the movie characters in a new story. Screenwriter Aline Brosh McKenna has confirmed that it is not an adaptation of Revenge Wears Prada.
What changed from the book
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Andy's departure becomes a choice about Miranda's values
The movie leaves out the larger story of Lily's downward spiral from the novel. It builds Andy's decision to leave around Miranda sacrificing Nigel's opportunity to protect her own position.
When Andy objects, Miranda points out that Andy has already displaced Emily to get ahead. McKenna said Andy throws her phone away because she rejects that way of treating people, not simply because she has had enough of a difficult boss.
How it was adapted
Miranda's sweater speech grew from a few lines
The speech about Andy's blue sweater began as a few lines in an earlier screenplay. McKenna gradually expanded it to explain how the fashion industry reaches people who think they have nothing to do with it.
Meryl Streep asked for more. McKenna wrote several versions and offered three possible shades of blue; Streep chose cerulean. McKenna said the point was to explain why the people working at Runway take their work seriously. Director David Frankel has also said he wanted the movie to show Miranda's expertise and work ethic alongside her treatment of other people.
About the book and the movie
- Author
- Lauren Weisberger
- Year
- 2003
- Pages
- 384Buy book
- Audiobook length
- 14 hr 10 minGet audiobook
- Narrator
- Bernadette Dunne
Andrea Sachs accepts a job assisting Runway editor Miranda Priestly because surviving a year there could open the door to the writing career she wants. Miranda’s errands and demands consume Andrea’s days and nights, leaving her increasingly unable to meet the needs of the boyfriend, friends, and family who knew her before the job.
- Director
- David Frankel
- Writer
- Aline Brosh McKenna
- Year
- 2006
- Runtime
- 1 hr 49 minWatch on Amazon
- Cast
- Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Stanley Tucci, Simon Baker, Emily Blunt, Adrian Grenier
- Genre
- comedy drama, Drama
- IMDb
- View on IMDb
Andy Sachs arrives at Runway with little interest in fashion and quickly discovers that competence alone will not satisfy its editor, Miranda Priestly. With help from the magazine’s staff, she learns to succeed in Miranda’s world, only to find that the rewards of belonging come with demands her friends and boyfriend barely recognize.
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