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| The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement |
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| POSTED Thursday, January 08, 2004 08:50:57 PM |
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| REPLIED Sunday , February 08, 2004 09:43:09 PM |
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Hmmm... On second thought, I think I'll just post the review, it'll be simpler. Here you go:
Meg's Diary!
Thursday, January 08, 2004
Princess Diaries 2, the Movie
Last weekend I got to read the most current script for Princess Diaries 2, the Movie, which is being filmed RIGHT NOW and will be in theaters in August 2004. I say most current because scripts change all the time, but not that much, really.
Anyway, for those of you who are interested:
Most of the cast from the original film will be back, with a few exceptions. More on those in a minute.
People always ask me if I helped with the Princess Diaries movie. I really didnt. I dont think Garry Marshall needs help to make a movieespecially help from a novelist who has absolutely no experience in film-making!
And good thing I didnt help with the first movie, because it did just fine without meso well that Disney has decided to do a second one.
This time, instead of waiting for my invitation to the premiere to see the movie, I asked if I could read the script in advance. That way I could know what to expect.
So here is what Im sure some of you are dying to know:
Princess Diaries 2, the Movie, isnt based on Princess in the Spotlight, the second book in the Princess Diaries, or on any of the books, actually. Its an original story written by Disney, starring some of the characters from my books and from the first movie. Garry Marshall has returned as director. The major characters in the second film are:
Queen Clarisse (whom Julie Andrews returns to play)
Mia (Anne Hathaway will be back to play Mia)
Lilly (Heather Matarrazzo returns to play Lilly)
Mias mom (same actress)
Mias teacher (same actor)
Paolo (same actor)
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Joseph (played by Hector Elizondo, same as in the first film)
Oh, and Fat Louie.
The characters who will not be in the second movie are:
Lana, Josh, Jeremiah, and Michael.
The reason the first three will not be back is because at the beginning of the 2nd film, Mia is graduating from college, so she no longer hangs with her high school pals (except Lilly of course).
And Michael isnt in this movie because the actor who plays him, Robert Carmine (he changed his name from Schwartzman), is busy touring with his band, Rooney (did you see him on The OC last night? So cute!). In the movie, Michael is also off touring with his band. In the second film, Mia has decided that Michael was not her one true love after all (um, most likely because he chose his band over her) and she is actively looking for her Prince Charming.
VERY IMPORTANT: I DID NOT WRITE THIS MOVIE. I DID NOT EVEN HELP WITH THE STORY. WHAT HAPPENS IN THE MOVIE WILL NOT BE WHAT HAPPENS IN THE BOOKS. BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THE MOVIE WON'T BE TOTALLY FUN. OK?
Which is not to say Mia and Michael wont ever break up in the books, because they may. But while I have had Mias life story planned since before I started the first book, I didnt share my plans for whats going to happen to her down the line with Disney (or anyone else, for that matterexcept my editors, who are sworn to secrecy). So no one outside of that circle knows whats going to happen to these characters.
However, Disneys version of what THEY think is going to happen to my characters is great. The script for the sequel is really funny. In it, new college grad Mia goes back to Genovia for the first time since her trip at the end of the last film, and gets a nasty surprise from the sexist Genovian parliamentshe has 30 days to find a suitable royal husband, or the crown will go to the next (male) heir in line to the throne!
The story is pretty hilarious, with LOTS of princess stuff, and yet also with the same geeky charm of the first film. I mean, Mia is still her klutzy self, even though shes an Ivy League grad. Lilly has already been arrested multiple times for her activism. Clarisse is queenly, but not too queenly. There are TONS of cute guys (well, I assume theyre cute. The script IMPLIES that they are).
So, thats it. Wish I could say more, but I dont want to give anything else away!!!!
There WILL be some surprises (dont worry, all of them good).
Next time I report, it will be from Portland OR (hopefully).
Love,
Meg
posted by Meg
Orlando Bloom has ruined everything.
Roses are red, violets are blue, I'm schizophrenic, and so am I.
-Oscar Levant
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| REPLIED Sunday , April 04, 2004 02:35:17 PM |
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She was just 15 a few years ago!