Meryl Streep Wears Dramatic Red Gown While Filming Met Gala-Esque Scene for The Devil Wears Prada 2 with Stanley Tucci

Meryl Streep and Stanley Tucci are on set for the filming of The Devil Wears Prada 2, and this time, Miranda Priestly is off to the Met Gala — sort of.

On Friday, Aug. 1, Streep, 76, and Tucci, 64, along with a host of other actors, were photographed filming for the sequel to the original 2006 film at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.

The photos, obtained by PEOPLE, showed the cast attending a Met Gala-like event, as Streep’s Anna Wintour-like character Miranda Priestly wears a dramatic red ballgown with an asymmetrical neckline. Tucci, meanwhile, wore a classic black tuxedo with a polka-dot bowtie, a black and white striped scarf and his classic black glasses.

The pair — who play the editor-in-chief of Runway, a fictional high-fashion magazine, and her loyal confidant and art director Nigel, respectively — were photographed walking hand-in-hand down the steps of the museum.

Banners photographed outside the venue make a hilarious reference to the first film — the fictional event’s theme is “Spring Florals” (something Priestly dryly quips is “groundbreaking”) with a cerulean backdrop.

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Earlier this week, the pair were also spotted in N.Y.C. and their costar Anne Hathaway was also snapped wearing multiple designer looks on the movie’s set as filming continued in midtown Manhattan.

In an early photo from set on July 21, Hathaway popped in a colorful full-length dress, hauling bags labeled with the logo of the film’s fictional magazine, Runway.

The Devil Wears Prada 2 will see the return of several other cast members from The Devil Wears Prada, including Hathaway, 42, as Andrea “Andy” Sachs, and Emily Blunt, last seen on screen as Miranda’s senior personal assistant Emily Charlton.

New cast members in the movie include Colin from Accounts co-creator and star Patrick Brammall, who will replace Adrian Grenier’s Nate as Hathaway’s love interest, according to Entertainment Weekly. Kenneth Branagh is also joining the cast of the sequel as the husband to iconic magazine editor Miranda, multiple outlets previously reported. Simone Ashley and Pauline Chalamet will also star in brand-new roles.

The original film, based on Lauren Weisberger’s book of the same name, follows Andy, a recent college graduate eager to pursue a career in journalism. Andy ends up working as a junior assistant for Priestly, the editor-in-chief of Runway. Throughout the movie, Andy struggles to meet the demands of her job while maintaining her relationship with her boyfriend and co-workers.

According to Variety, the sequel follows Priestly “as she navigates her career amid the decline of traditional magazine publishing and as she faces off against Blunt’s character, now a high-powered executive for a luxury group with advertising dollars that Priestly desperately needs.”

The movie could also incorporate plot points of the book sequel, Revenge Wears Prada: The Devil Returns, which was released in 2013. The novel takes place nearly a decade after the original and sees Andy and Emily come together as top magazine editors when Miranda comes sneaking back into Andy’s life.

Although the plot and information about new characters has mostly been kept under wraps, Hathaway has given fans some short glimpses into a day on set.

On Monday, July 21, the actress shared a TikTok video teasing that filming for the sequel was underway.

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Having used a manual toothbrush while getting ready for her interview at Runway in the first flick, Hathaway showed herself hastily getting ready with an electric one in the new clip. She evoked her character Andy Sachs further by appearing to wear a cerulean blue sweater with her hair unkempt. In the first film, Priestly berated Andy for wearing the sweater without the knowledge of the history behind the item.

“Heading to werk #dwp2,” Hathaway captioned the video.