The Devil Wears Prada is a 2006 English-language Comedy Drama film written by Aline Brosh Mckenna and Lauren Weisberger. The movie is directed by David Frankel and produced by Wendy Finerman. Although the film is set in the fashion world, and references well-known establishments and people within that industry, most designers and other fashion notables avoided appearing as themselves for fear of displeasing US Vogue editor Anna Wintour, who is widely believed to have been the inspiration for Priestly. The devil wears prada features Meryl Streep in the title role along with an ensemble cast including Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt, Stanley Tucci, Simon Baker, Adrian Grenier and Tracie Thoms. The screenplay is written by Aline Brosh McKenna which is inspired from The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger. The music was composed by Theodore Shapiro. Cinematography was done by Florian Ballhaus and editing by Mark Livolsi. The movie has a running time of 109 minutes. It was released on 31st August 2006. The Film was successful at box office. The Devil Wears Prada was made on a budget of $35 million and it was a super hit at box office gross of $326 million. Distribution rights for the movie were acquired by 20th Century Fox. Although the film is set in the fashion world, and references well-known establishments and people within that industry, most designers and other fashion notables avoided appearing as themselves for fear of displeasing US Vogue editor Anna Wintour, who is widely believed to have been the inspiration for Priestly.