I asked ChatGPT to reimagine The Devil Wears Prada 2 ending based on the shocking Runway magazine AI twist in the sequel — and the results aren't as dreadful as you'd think

Here's what would happen if OpenAI bought out Runway

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Features By Jasmine Valentine published 1 May 2026

Miranda Priestly? Back in my adult years? (Image credit: 20th Century Studios)

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Spoilers for The Devil Wears Prada 2 ahead.

Gird your loins, people — The Devil Wears Prada 2 is officially in cinemas globally from May 1. I'm one of the lucky few press members who were allowed to see it early, and saying that my heart was full with 2006 nostalgia is an understatement.

I have a working theory that the "girlypop" legacy sequels (by this I mean revisiting so-called 'chick flicks' from the early 2000s) are the only ones that work when we rejoin the characters decades later. Between this and Freakier Friday in the last 12 months alone, they've hit all the right notes.

Why? By playing heavily on fan service. There are heavy references to the most iconic moments in the original movies, with what we want to see returning repurposed in the best possible way — fictional band Pink Slip for Freakier Friday, the infamous cerulean sweater for The Devil Wears Prada 2.

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But interestingly, The Devil Wears Prada 2 has a more disheartening story at its core for the girls who grew up trying to be dogged journalist Andy (Anne Hathaway). In the sequel, she's brought back into Runway Magazine when Editor-in-Chief Miranda (Meryl Streep) becomes subject to a fast fashion scandal.

While Andy desperately tries to claw Runway's integrity back, disaster strikes. Runway's parent company is looking to downsize the magazine after poor viewership figures, eventually leaving it between a rock and a hard place.

The choices:

  • Option 1: try and cling to Runway's traditional media legacy for as long as possible, retaining its ability to publish as a print magazine. Lose more editorial and fashion staff in the process.
  • Option 2: Be bought out by Emily's (Emily Blunt) new love interest, billionaire Benji Barnes (Justin Theroux). He wants to completely digitalize Runway so Emily can run it, swapping out "quality" for AI-generated content.

As The Devil Wears Prada 2 is, in fact, a movie, Andy and Miranda collectively save the day to stop either option from happening, instead getting Benji's ex, Sasha (Lucy Liu), to buy them out instead.

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