Los Angeles: Hollywood actor Anne Hathaway said the makers of Disney's The Princess Diaries 3 had a story breakthrough and are "moving in the right direction".
Hathaway said the script was scrapped, but the filmmakers are now on the right track.
"I can say I think we had a story breakthrough. I think we are moving in the right direction. The script that we were working on, we kind of had to start over with this new direction, which is not the update I think anybody wants, but we all feel really good that this is gonna be the one," the actor, who is currently promoting her latest film The Odyssey, said on SiriusXM's Radio Andy.
The actor, who is expecting her third child, said she is unsure when she will begin working on The Princess Diaries 3.
"I'm busy making baby number three, and that has sort of taken the place of knowing when exactly I can make Princess Diaries 3," she said.
The first film in The Princess Diaries franchise, released in 2001, was directed by Garry Marshall and featured Hathaway as Mia Thermopolis, whose life is turned upside down after she discovers she is the sole heir to the throne of Genovia.
It also starred Julie Andrews and Hector Elizondo alongside Hathaway.
A sequel was released in 2004 and followed the 21-year-old Princeton graduate Princess Mia Thermopolis returning to Genovia to be crowned, only to discover a strict legal loophole: an unmarried woman cannot be crowned queen. The film was also directed by Marshall and starred Andrews and Chris Pine in pivotal roles.
The Princess Diaries 3 is directed by Adele Lim and will follow Hathaway's character, Queen Mia Thermopolis, as she navigates leadership in Genovia.
Hathaway's The Odyssey was released on Friday and has earned more than $200 million at the global box office. The film is directed by Christopher Nolan and features Hathaway as Penelope. The cast also includes Tom Holland, Zendaya, Matt Damon, Robert Pattinson, Lupita Nyong'o and Charlize Theron.
The film is produced by Syncopy Inc. and distributed by Universal Pictures.