Then in 2019, it was reported that a proper sequel was being eyed at Disney+.
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(Freeform alone aired Hocus Pocus no less than 14 times this past spooky season, as part of its annual 31 Nights of Halloween lineup the movie is also streaming on Disney+.)Ī follow-up has been in development since at least 2017, when Disney Channel considered doing a full-blown remake of the original. The film wasn’t a box office hit, but gained a strong cult following in the years that followed, thanks to repeat airings on Disney Channel and Freeform.
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"Three young women accidentally bring the Sanderson Sisters back to modern-day Salem and must figure out how to stop the child-hungry witches from wreaking a new kind of havoc on the world," it reads.The original Hocus Pocus, directed by Kenny Ortega, starred Midler, Parker and Najimy as the Sanderson sisters, three witches accidentally resurrected in Salem, Mass. Hocus Pocus 2 plot: What will Hocus Pocus 2 be about?Īlong with the official announcement in May 2021, we got our first plot details about what we can expect from the sequel. Following a scheduling conflict (thanks to Shankman's work on Disenchanted), Anne Fletcher took over but Shankman stayed on as executive producer. Kahmora Hall, Kornbread 'The Snack' Jeté and Ginger Minj will appear as Sarah, Mary and Winifred Sanderson, respectively.īehind the scenes, the sequel was written by Jen D'Angelo and was originally set to be directed by Adam Shankman. We will also be seeing three RuPaul's Drag Race queens as drag versions of the Sanderson Sisters. Taylor Henderson, Juju Brener and Nina Kitchen are playing the younger versions of Winifred, Sarah and Mary, respectively, while Froy Gutierrez will appear as Cassie's boyfriend Mike. The cast announcement also revealed that Doug Jones is returning as Billy Butcherson, while Whitney Peak, Lilia Buckingham and Belissa Escobedo play Becca, Cassie and Izzy respectively, three teenagers who become the target of the Sanderson Sisters. We still haven't seen anything of Tony Hale in the movie, but he's apparently playing Salem mayor Jefry Traske. Katz responded by saying that he'd have "loved to be involved", but holds no grudges and will be watching the sequel like the rest of us. "People would say, 'They could be in the background!' and I'm like, really? You're going to put the leads of the first movie in the background and be satisfied? You're not going to be satisfied, you're going to be angry." You're trying to stay on track with story, even if they came in as a cameo.
"It was very difficult to try to have them be a part of it because we did talk about it – painstakingly. "We wanted to weave in all of the people that the fans loved, and when you sat back with all the ingredients and story, you're like, how do we make this work?" director Anne Fletcher said. We also won't be seeing Omri Katz and Vinessa Shaw as Max and Allison. "Everybody tried so hard to make that happen and it just didn't, but everybody tried so hard," she said in May 2022. Unfortunately, we're not expecting to see Thora Birch back as Dani Dennison as scheduling conflicts meant she had to decline a role.
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