Anne Hathaway Is About to Rule Our Screens in 2026 (And We Love It)

You’ve got to hand it to Hollywood’s biggest buzz creators. While Timothée Chalamet has been driving hype for his 2025 film Marty Supreme and boy he isn't stopping, Sydney Sweeney made headlines for that rage-baiting jeans ad campaign but Anne Hathaway has quietly taken over the cultural conversation. And rightly so.

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The renewed obsession kicked off with the internet-breaking announcement that The Devil Wears Prada 2 is officially happening. But look a little closer and you’ll realise this isn’t just nostalgia talking. Anne Hathaway is quietly and decisively everywhere. To the point that thorough pap photos and videos of the film set and scenes shot, we know what we can definitely expect from this marvel.

Not only that the actress is going from prestige Nolan epic to cult-favourite sequels and buzzy book adaptations. Hathaway is booked, busy, and basically set to dominate 2026.

Anne Hathaway Upcoming Movies in 2026

Here are 7 upcoming films proving Anne Hathaway is about to own the year:

The Devil Wears Prada 2

Gird your loins — Andy Sachs is back. Anne reunites with Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt and Stanley Tucci for the long-awaited sequel, which explores the cut-throat modern media landscape and Miranda Priestly’s reckoning with a digital world. Fashion girls, this one’s for us.

Mother Mary

Pop stardom, fashion and chaos. From The Green Knight director David Lowery, this A24 “epic pop melodrama” stars Anne as a global music icon opposite Michaela Coel. With original music by Charli XCX and Jack Antonoff, it’s already screaming cult classic.

The Odyssey

Anything created by Christopher Nolan is to be blindly considered a masterpiece. Now to that add the best star cast you can have on a film in Hollywood including Hathaway...Nolan’s reimagining of Homer’s epic stars Matt Damon as Odysseus, with a stacked cast including Zendaya, Robert Pattinson and Lupita Nyong’o. This is prestige filmmaking with blockbuster ambition written all over it.

Flowervale Street

Mysterious. Psychological. Slightly unhinged.Co-starring Ewan McGregor, this ’80s-set thriller follows a family who start noticing strange events in their neighbourhood. Details are scarce which somehow makes it even more intriguing.

Verity

From viral booktok obsession to big-screen thriller, Verity is based on Colleen Hoover’s bestselling novel where the protagonist played by Anne plays a struggling writer pulled into a dark psychological game while ghostwriting for a famous author. If you're Gone Girl fan, this one is surely for you. It is unsettling, obsessive, and unmissable.

The Princess Diaries 3

Yes, it’s really happening. More than two decades after Mia Thermopolis discovered she was heir to Genovia, Anne returns as an adult queen. Plot details are hush-hush, but nostalgia alone guarantees chaos (and tears). While no official release date has been assigned yet by Disney, it has been confirmed that the project will see with Anne Hathaway confirmed to return as Queen Mia, Adele Lim (of Crazy Rich Asians) directing it.

Yesteryear

Tradwife fantasy meets dark satire. because why not. Anne stars and produces this sharp adaptation about a social media influencer who wakes up in 1805 and is forced to live the life she’s been aestheticising online. Timely, twisted, and already buzzy. While no official annoucement about the date of release has been made, rumour has it, it is in the second half of 2026.