Anne Hathaway Celebrates 'Princess Diaries' sixteenth birthday Amid talking of a third movie

Happy Birthday, Princess Mia Thermopolis of Genovia!

On Thursday, Anne Hathaway shared a clip from The Princess Diaries on her Instagram to celebrate the sixteenth anniversary of the movie. In her post, she wrote, "Happy Birthday Princess (thank you Garry) #sweetsixteen # mia4evah."

The 2001 film, which helped launch Hathaway's Hollywood career, became a instant classic, spawning one of the sequel, The Princess Diaries 2: A Royal Engagement, and an infinite talk of third.

Julie Andrews, who starred as Hathaway's grandmother, Queen Clarisse, in each movie, introduced the fuel to the concept earlier this year while she instructed The nowadays show, "There is a 'sure' if they ask me, Best if it happens of course. "

Diaries director and Hollywood legend Garry Marshall went over in July of 2016, although he often discussed the possibility of a third movie, according to his longtime pal (and Diaries franchise megastar) Hector Elizondo.

"[Anne] was talking to Garry about doing a Princess Diaries three." He was looking forward to being worried by that one or the other, "Elizondo said. "He had any other movie, our eighteenth. He said, 'Hector we're gonna do our 18th.'"

Even writer Meg Cabot, who wrote the unique Princess Diaries novel (and his 14 sequels), has heard rumors of a third movie. Cabot lately instructed leisure Weekly there's interest in doing a Princess Diaries three "type of tribute" to Marshall and said she has heard that a script for the movie already exists. "So, who is aware of [it] ought to happen, as we are saying," she delivered.

There may be no respectable word on extra Princess Diaries, but Andrews has talked about the next approaching Mary Poppins starring Emily Blunt.

The 81-year-old icon instructed ET, "Emily Blunt goes to play Mary Poppins and I am a brilliant fan ... I suppose she is notable and an excellent choice."