Where Was 'The Devil Wears Prada 2' Filmed? Manhattan, Milan, and Beyond

On Location peels back the curtain on some of your favorite films, television shows, and more. This time, we take a look at The Devil Wears Prada 2. A sequel? Of a 2000s hit movie? Groundbreaking, a certain cut throat magazine editor might retort. The highly anticipated release of Devil Wears Prada 2 has had skeptics, fans, and super fans speculating as to whether it could possibly live up to the deliciously sardonic dialogue and spectacular fashion of the original. After all, how do you capture the spirit of a film that feels so firmly rooted in the city and time it was filmed in? A lot of that, of course, comes down to the locations, which this time serve as a backdrop to the high pressure act of being Runway magazine’s Miranda Priestley in a changed, and somewhat struggling, media landscape. (Case in point: In 2026, Miranda flies coach.) Miranda Priestley (Meryl Streep) and Andy Sachs (Anne Hathaway) on the scene in Italy “We wanted to do what we did with the first one, but crank it up a little bit more with the locations,” says production designer Jess Gonchor, who worked on both movies. “Just like we have with the dialogue and the cast.” Set firmly in the present day