Vanessa Williams announces MAJOR update on Devil Wears Prada musical... as it's revealed Meryl Streep looks set to reprise her role for rumored sequel movie

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Vanessa Williams has promised that fans of The Devil Wears Prada will get to hear Miranda Priestly's cutting lines from the beloved movie in the new musical adaption of the hit flick.

The production will see Williams, 61, take on Meryl Streep's iconic role as the fearsome magazine editor during its run in London's West End.

Giving fans an update on what to expect when the show kicks off later this year, Williams revealed theater-goers will be pleased to witness several famous lines from the film.

'A lot of the dialogue is actually taken from the film, so what you will hear me say on stage is the dialogue that people know and love and have memorized,' she told Tuesday's Good Morning America.

'The first number I do is called The House of Miranda. In the last words, I sing "That's all!" And I walk off. You'll understand that this is the film from the very beginning. My first lines are "Emily! Emily!" so then the audience will know, "Oh God, she's coming".'

Vanessa Williams has promised that The Devil Wears Prada fans will get to hear many of their favorite movie lines in the new musical adaption

The musical is based on Lauren Weisberger's 2003 novel and the 2006 blockbuster film which starred Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep and Emily Blunt (pictured L-R) 

Though some have been skeptical about the decision to turn the film into a musical, Williams argued that it makes perfect sense.

'The Devil Wears Prada is a perfect movie... That's why it has legs and stands the test of time,' the former Miss America gushed. 'This is yet another step to take something that is perfect and bring it into another genre and make it spectacular.'

She continued: 'You’ve got the lines that people know and are adding music to it. It's adding layers, it's going to make it bigger and better.'

The music for the play has been created by legendary British musician, Sir Elton John, and Williams revealed that the pair have enjoyed a collaborative experience while bringing the songs to life.

'I grew up with Elton John like we all did,' she said. 'As the pop star, the icon that he is.

'To have him write new music and have him listen to my voice and what I'm doing with it, and be inspired and say "I've got something we can do, let's do this". To make him smile and make him good and happy... this is an icon.'

The musical is based on Lauren Weisberger's best-selling 2003 novel and the 2006 blockbuster film that went on to gross $326.7 million worldwide against a budget of $35-41 million, on route to receiving two Academy Award nominations. 

As many Ugly Betty fans will know, this isn't the first time the actress has taken on a role where she plays a fierce fashion magazine boss.

Williams will portray Miranda Priestly, the powerful New York City–based editor-in-chief of the fictional fashion magazine, Runway

Streep made the role famous in the 2006 film that went on to gross $326.7 million at the worldwide box office

When asked why she enjoyed channeling a villain, Williams replied: 'When you play the villain, when you play somebody so over-the-top, it's quite freeing.

'It allows you to kind of sit in your fierceness that you don't often have the opportunity to do.'

As for how much fashion will play a part in the production, she explained: 'I guarantee you there will be coats being thrown, and bags being placed on the desks. 

'You will see fashion and you are going to see it worn beautifully and executed amazingly. The runway sequences are going to be incredible!' 

The interview comes just one day after it was revealed that a sequel movie is in the works at Disney - nearly two decades after the first hit cinemas.

The story will follow Priestley and her career in present day as traditional magazine publishing is on the decline. 

While the original cast has not yet been confirmed to return, it has been claimed that both Streep, 75, and Emily Blunt, 41, who played Emily Charlton, will be back. 

Previews for The Devil Wears Prada musical will kick off at the Theatre Royal Plymouth, in England ahead of the opening at West End's Dominion Theatre on October 24

This week it was revealed that a sequel movie is in the works at Disney, and could see Streep reprise her role

Disney has also recruited screenwriter Aline Brosh McKenna, who adapted the original 2006 film.

Until then, fans can enjoy preview performances of the new musical at the Theatre Royal Plymouth from July 6 through to August 17. The play will then officially open at the West End's Dominion Theatre in October. 

Williams, who made her Broadway debut in 1994 with Kiss Of The Spider Woman, leads the cast that features British actor Matt Henry portraying Nigel, as well as Georgie Buckland (Andy), Amy Di Bartolomeo (Emily), Rhys Whitfield (Nate), and James Darch (Christian).  

The new production is being directed and choreographed by Jerry Mitchell with set design by Tim Hatley, costume design by Gregg Barnes, lighting design by Bruno Poet, sound design by Gareth Owen, and casting by Jill Green CDG. 

The musical features lyrics by Shaina Taub.