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'Reacher' and 'Quantum Leap' scribe Aadrita Mukerji is penning the script with franchise veteran Debra Martin Chase returning to produce.

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00:00Me? A princess? Shut up!

00:05It looks like miracles do indeed happen. We're officially getting a Princess Diaries 3.

00:11A new installment is in the works at Disney, with Aditra Mukherjee penning the script.

00:15Sources say the project will be a continuation of the Anne Hathaway-led series of films,

00:20rather than a reboot. Hathaway does not have a deal to return, but she has publicly stated

00:25her support for a third installment, and the hope is for her to return should the potential new film

00:30move beyond the script stage. Hathaway starred in 2001's The Princess Diaries as an American teen

00:36who learns she's actually the heir to the throne of the European Kingdom of Genovia.

00:41Based on Meg Cabot's novel, the film also starred Julie Andrews and became a box office smash hit,

00:47earning $165.3 million globally. Hathaway soon returned for 2004's Princess Diaries 2,

00:54Royal Engagement, which brought in $134.7 million globally. The late filmmaker Gary Marshall

01:01directed both the original and sequel, with both installments remaining a pop culture fixture

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