2025

Happy New Year, Streepers! I hope this post finds you all happy and healthy and ready for a year of good things for Meryl. 

I can't lie, I've been fiending for some Meryl project news as of late. We've been getting teased about a Devil Wears Prada sequel since this summer. Things seemed so legit for a while, but now I'm wondering if it's going to happen at all. The thing that calms my brain a bit is that it would be a tidy release timeline to have it released in theaters in 2026 for a 20th anniversary marketing approach. That reasonably gives us until the fall for a plausible filming timeline. I'm still cautiously optimistic that it'll happen. If it does, and it ends up being released as expected in '26, that'll make it five years between theatrical releases for Meryl, since 2021's Don't Look Up (which itself only had a tiny film release to qualify for awards as it was a Netflix film). 

I think the biggest reason I want Prada to happen is because, if it's a big hit, it may open doors for projects to get greenlit for Meryl. It's no secret that people aren't exactly throwing money at producers to make movies or shows focused on women over 70. Not that said projects don't exist, and it's certainly a better climate for seasoned actresses than it was even twenty years ago, but they're much much harder to come by than for actors under 40. While Meryl can easily play women ten years younger than she is, at 75, the options are slim. 

With all this in mind, I'm really looking forward to hopefully hearing some casting news for The Corrections. I can see filming for this project getting underway this fall with another 2026 release. Alas, there has been zero news of this project since it was originally announced on September 27.  Maybe within the next six months we'll get more news about what Meryl might realistically do in 2026. Was the book she mentioned having optioned while interviewed in Cannes State of Wonder? Was it something completely different, or even something that she doesn't expect to star in? Or maybe a memoir for what could turn into an epic biopic? Only time will tell. And while the anticipation can be part of the fun, I don't think I'm alone in feeling like I need some more concrete confirmation of something solid we'll get to see her in soon. 

I would love nothing more than if we were to get a period of about four or five years in a row where Meryl really wows us. That would bring her to around 80 years old, where one's very life (much less career) is far from predictable. Keep the faith, folks. I don't think she's done.