Vanessa Hudgens Carried Streaming’s Wildest Holiday Movies—Where’s the Encore?

Vanessa Hudgens basically built her own little holiday empire by playing multiple versions of herself in Netflix Christmas movies. If you have a soft spot for festive chaos, you know exactly which ones I mean. And yes, people are still asking when The Princess Switch 4 is happening. Here is where things stand.

The quick refresher: three movies, many Vanessas

The Princess Switch kicked off in 2018, directed by Mike Rohl. Hudgens plays a Chicago baker named Stacy and a European royal, Lady Margaret Delacourt. They realize they look exactly alike and swap lives a week before Christmas. It started as a cute rom-com and then went full saga, with Hudgens juggling multiple lookalike characters across three entries, topping itself on the absurdity scale each time. The third film, The Princess Switch 3: Romancing the Star, arrived in 2021 and that is the last we have heard from the series.

• The Princess Switch (dir. Mike Rohl) - Rotten Tomatoes: 63% - Streaming: Netflix
• The Princess Switch: Switched Again (dir. Mike Rohl) - Rotten Tomatoes: 56% - Streaming: Netflix
• The Princess Switch 3: Romancing the Star (dir. Mike Rohl) - Rotten Tomatoes: 57% - Streaming: Netflix

So... is The Princess Switch 4 happening?

Short answer: Netflix has not announced anything. Long answer: Hudgens is open to it, but she also knows what signing up actually means. She was not just the face of the trilogy; she produced it too, and those multi-role shoots are no joke.

"You know, I never want to say never."

She added that she needed a breather because of how much work these movies take, even though she loves being part of families' holiday traditions.

Back in that same 2021 Entertainment Tonight chat, she even floated a possible angle for a fourth film: a royal baby. And in classic Vanessa fashion, she joked that she would rather skip the pregnancy part and just show up holding the babies.

Why these movies stuck

The Princess Switch works because it is completely honest about what it is: frothy, festive wish fulfillment with a straight face and a wink. The movies lean into the fun of doubles (and triples) and let Hudgens carry the whole contraption with confidence and timing. Each sequel tweaks the formula just enough to keep it lively, but the goal never changes: comfort over complexity. That is why people rewatch these every December.

Where things stand now

Since 2021, the Switch-iverse has been quiet. Fans are still loudly campaigning for another visit with Stacy and Lady Margaret (and, let’s be real, probably another surprise doppelganger if they go there). If a fourth does happen, do not be shocked if that royal-baby idea makes the cut.

For now, the full trilogy is streaming on Netflix. If you need something warm, ridiculous, and unabashedly merry, the rewatch still delivers.