While the movie is set in Salem, Massachusetts, the sequel wasn't filmed there.
Stars Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy reprise their roles as wicked siblings Winifred, Sarah and Mary Sanderson, who are back in Salem ...
It’s not the first time in recent memory the Sanderson sisters re-emerged. The “Hocus Pocus 2" trailer, released Tuesday by Disney+, begins with a new generation of magic-inclined teens. And so are the bewitching Sanderson sisters.
Disney dropped the first teaser trailer for the highly anticipated movie “Hocus Pocus 2″ on Tuesday.
“Hocus Pocus 2″ is scheduled to start streaming on Disney+ on Sept. 30, just in time for the Halloween season. (CNN) - Disney dropped the first teaser trailer for the highly anticipated movie “Hocus Pocus 2″ on Tuesday. WATCH: Disney releases first trailer for ‘Hocus Pocus 2′
The movie, which reunites Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy, is a live-action sequel to the Halloween classic. The trio again play the ...
Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy, is a live-action sequel to the Halloween classic. Now it is up to three high-school students to stop the ravenous witches from wreaking a new kind of havoc on Salem before dawn on All Hallow's Eve." The film is directed by Anne Fletcher and will debut on Disney+ on Sept. 30.
Kathy Najimy, Bette Midler and Sarah Jessica Parker reunite as the Sanderson sisters for 'Hocus Pocus 2,' out on Disney+ on Sept. 30.
David Kirschner, Adam Shankman and Ralph Winter are executive producers of the film. Although they died at the end of the first movie, they have risen, this time facing off against two young girls who light the candle again. “Hocus Pocus” premiered in 1993, telling the story of three wicked sisters in Salem, Mass., who spent 300 years asleep before the lighting of the Black Flame Candle, which resurrects them on All Hallow’s Eve with a full moon in the sky.
Thora Birch joined The Walking Dead series as a Whisperer in the series tenth season. She was appointed Gamma by the Whisperer's leader, Alpha.
Next, Birtch will star in the Tim Burton/Netflix Wednesday, a series that focuses on the Addams family’s daughter as she attends Nevermore Academy. Birch plays Tamara Novak, the only normie on staff who is Wednesday’s dorm mother. Sadly, Birch’s schedule didn’t allow her to take the offer from Disney to reprise her role as an adult version of Dani in the sequel film. She was appointed Gamma by the Whisperer’s leader, Alpha (Samantha Morton) but previously went by the name Mary. Birch’s character didn’t last long on the series, but she did a fantastic job during her short stint on the show.
Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy return for the sequel. You can stream "Hocus Pocus 2" exclusively on Disney Plus in September.
In "Hocus Pocus," the Sanderson sisters are summoned and resurrected by a teenage boy on Halloween night. If you buy them, we may get a small share of the revenue from the sale from our partners. For more movies and TV shows, you can sign up for the Disney Bundle, which includes Disney Plus, ad-supported Hulu , and ESPN+ for $14 a month. You can also get ad-free Hulu in the bundle for $20 a month. In the new film, three high school students accidentally summon a trio of witches on Halloween night. The sequel to the cult-classic Halloween movie hits Disney Plus on September 30, nearly 30 years after the original movie's release in 1993.
Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy return to their iconic roles as the Sanderson Sisters in Hocus Pocus 2. The sequel hits Disney Plus on ...
The original Hocus Pocus, directed by High School Musical’s Kenny Ortega, did not do well critically, but home video and television broadcasting turned it into a Halloween classic. Nowadays, it’s a staple of not-so-scary movies — not to mention a huge source of tourism revenue for the town of Salem. Sam Richardson, Doug Jones, and Hannah Waddingham join the cast, along with Whitney Peak, Belissa Escobedo, and Lilia Buckingham. The sequel is directed by Anne Fletcher (The Proposal) and will hit Disney Plus on September 30. The witches are back, baby.
The highly anticipated sequel will be available on the streamer on September 30.
“Are you looking for the stage?”With Mary and Sarah flanking her in the teasers closing shot, Winifred’s powdered face breaks out in a gleefully wicked grin as she coos: “Always.” A good witch knows the most potent spells are cast by moonlight in remote woodland clearings, and Becca and Izzy set that scene perfectly. the eye makeup!
Hocus Pocus 2 brings the Sanderson Sisters back to Disney+ with an all-new movie on September 30, and the teaser trailer is here.
The film also starred Thora Birch, who will not return for the sequel, unfortunately. Now it is up to three high-school students to figure out how to stop the ravenous witches from wreaking a new kind of havoc on Salem before midnight on All Hallow’s Eve.” Salem, we’re back!” the sisters proclaim towards the end of this first Hocus Pocus 2 teaser, which also teases the return of Billy Butcherson and of course, a black cat.
“Hocus Pocus 2” brings back the Sanderson sisters — Bette Midler, Kathy Najimy, and Sarah Jessica Parker — as the Salem Witch Trial-era sorceresses once again ...
Eventually, filming kicked off in mid-October 2021, a time when Salem is swamped with thousands upon thousands of tourists. Along with Midler, Najimy, and Jessica Parker, the “Hocus Pocus 2” cast includes Hannah Waddingham (“Ted Lasso”), Tony Hale (“Arrested Development”), Sam Richardson (“Veep”), and Doug Jones (“The Shape of Water”). The original “Hocus Pocus” filmed for multiple weeks in Salem and Marblehead, turning several filming locations into tourist attractions in the process.
Like the original, which was released in 1993, the sequel stars Bette Middler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimi as the Sanderson sisters, three witches who ...
Entertainment Weekly confirmed that Thora Birch would not reprise the role of Dani Dennison, but that Ted Lasso Emmy winner Hannah Waddingham has a role in the film, along with RuPaul's Drag Race stars Ginger Minj, Kornbread "The Snack" Jeté, and Kahmora Hall. "I bet you're looking for the stage?" "Hey, it's the Sanderson Sisters," one of the fair’s workers says.
Winifred, Sarah and Mary are back in the first teaser trailer for 'Hocus Pocus 2' — when will the Disney+ sequel release?
“Now it is up to three high school students to stop the ravenous witches from wreaking a new kind of havoc on Salem before dawn on All Hallow’s Eve,” the logline reads. “Yes, Salem, we’re back!” “Lock up your children!” Midler’s Winifred announces.
Disney+ is already looking to Halloween with the release today of a teaser trailer for its Hocus Pocus 2. The original movie reunites Bette Midler, ...
Now it is up to three high-school students to stop the ravenous witches from wreaking a new kind of havoc on Salem before dawn on All Hallow’s Eve.” Disney+ is already looking to Halloween with the release today of a teaser trailer for its Hocus Pocus 2. The original movie reunites Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy in a live-action sequel to the 1993 Halloween classic.
The trailer and teaser art for the highly anticipated Disney+ Original movie Hocus Pocus 2, reuniting Disney Legend Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, ...
The trailer and teaser art for the highly anticipated Disney+ Original movie Hocus Pocus 2, reuniting Disney Legend Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy, were released today. Now it is up to three high school students to stop the ravenous witches from wreaking a new kind of havoc on Salem before dawn on All Hallow’s Eve. The live-action, long awaited sequel to the perennial Halloween classic, which brings back the delightfully wicked Sanderson sisters for more comedic mayhem, will debut on Disney+ on September 30.
Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy are all back, reprising their roles as the Sanderson sisters, the goofily sinister trio of 17th century ...
Don’t worry, this isn’t a Sex and the City reboot situation where Sarah Jessica Parker will spend the movie texting Kathy Najimy in the afterlife. The trailer does, however, suggest that one the young girls responsible for resurrecting the trio may have some witchy powers of her own. The official synopsis doesn’t offer up many plot details: ‘It’s been 29 years since someone lit the Black Flame Candle and resurrected the 17th-century sisters,’ it runs, ‘and they are looking for revenge. But here’s everything else we know right now about Hocus Pocus 2. Now, after years of rumours, fan campaigns and public nudging from its stars, the film is finally getting a sequel. When Disney first released the family-friendly horror-comedy Hocus Pocus in 1993, audiences did not immediately fall under its spell.
The Sanderson Sisters are back in the first teaser trailer for Hocus Pocus 2, the sequel to the classic Halloween movie which reunites Bette Midler, ...
Check out the teaser trailer – here. The teaser trailer opens on a scene of three high school students played by Whitney Peak, Belissa Escobedo and Lilia Buckingham, who are discussing their plans for that night. The sequel film premieres on Disney+ Sept. 30.
"Hocus Pocus" fans got a first look at the Disney trailer for the much-anticipated sequel. Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy have reprised ...
"All of their favorite characters from the first movie return and then some." "Now it is up to three high-school students to stop the ravenous witches from wreaking a new kind of havoc on Salem before dawn on All Hallow's Eve." "Lock up your children," Midler's character Winifred said in the trailer.
'Hocus Pocus' is finally getting a sequel on Disney Plus. 'Hocus Pocus 2' will release in September 2022 and star the original cast of witches.
“I am still grateful and proud to help shepherd this ingenious project as executive producer alongside producer Lynn Harris, whom I have loved and admired as a colleague and friend since she helped get me the job choreographing ‘Boogie Nights.’” Adam Shankman (Disenchanted) was originally set to direct the sequel but has been replaced by Anne Fletcher. Shankman will stay on as executive producer, though. The film will take place in Salem and follow the girls as they try to stop the witches. By the end of the 1993 film, the sisters have been turned to dust, outwitted by Max Dennison, his younger sister Dani, and his classmate/love interest Allison. But the Hocus Pocus sequel will see the sisters summoned back to life by three young women. Disney+ is supported on desktop browsers, a wide range of mobile devices, smart TVs, and game consoles. This is a movie for everyone, from the fans who grew up with the first film to the next generation of viewers, and I can’t wait to get started.”
Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy are reuniting once again to reprise their roles as the witchy Sanderson Sisters. By Rhona Shennan.
- Sam Richardson (The Afterparty, Veep) - Tony Hale (Being the Ricardos, The Legend of Vox Machina) - Belissa Escobedo (Don’t Look Deeper, The Baker and the Beauty) No, maybe we’re not. A number or two.” Fans of the original Hocus Pocus film will be glad to hear that the sequel will see the return of Bette Midler (The First Wives Club, The Politician), Sarah Jessica Parker (Sex and the City, And Just Like That) and Kathy Najimy (Duncanville, Younger) as the Sanderson Sisters Winifred, Sarah and Mary.
Disney has released the first teaser trailer for "Hocus Pocus 2" — the highly-anticipated sequel to the 1993 Halloween cult classic starring Bette Midler, ...
Filming took place across the Ocean State, including in Providence, Newport, and at Chase Farm in Lincoln, where a Colonial-era town was built for the set. “Some legends never die,” Disney said in its release. Advertisement
The Sanderson sisters are back for a sequel to 1993's original movie, Hocus Pocus, which will be released via Disney+ on September 30, 2022.
The ground of the cemetery quite literally splits open, just before we get a glimpse of the three witches in all their glory. Of course, this means two of the girls start performing some kind of ritual—in a cemetery, no less. Rounding out the cast is Doug Jones, returning as Billy Butcherson, and three Drag Race queens: Kornbread Jeté, Ginger Minj, and Kahmora Hall. They each will, apparently, play a drag version of the three witches. The trailer for Disney's Hocus Pocus 2 just dropped, which means the Sanderson sisters are officially back to wreak havoc on the residents of Salem. The original movie, Hocus Pocus, became an instant staple of Halloween marathons when it arrived in 1993. But now, with the long-anticipated sequel finally coming to Disney Plus soon, the Sandersons are back for revenge. Along with the help of his sister, Dani (Thora Birch), and a talking cat, they successfully manage to destroy the Sanderson witches once again.
Today, Disney shared a video of the movie's leading ladies — Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy — watching the Hocus Pocus 2 teaser on a ...
It’s been 29 years since someone lit the Black Flame Candle and resurrected the 17th-century sisters, and they are looking for revenge. (A trailer reaction video where Sarah Jessica Parker bitterly complained about the editing or choice of music would be really wonderful, actually. Now it’s the stars’ turn.
It's been rumored for a while, and now it's been turned into fruition — the Sanderson sisters are back! Disney released the first teaser trailer for Hocus ...
But as Vox put it, the original Hocus Pocus took it too far. But there were some people who were put off by the original movie, mostly because it was creepy. Disney released the first teaser trailer for Hocus Pocus 2, and in the quick clip we’re able to see that this trailer fixes everything that was wrong with the original.
The trailer shows a clip of the Sanderson Sisters seeming to come back alive after their death in the first movie, with Bette Midler as Winifred exclaiming, “ ...
Now it is up to three high-school students to stop the ravenous witches from wreaking a new kind of havoc on Salem before dawn on All Hallow’s Eve,”CNNreported. - The sequel will not be directed by the director of the first film, Kenny Ortega, who also directed Disney’s “Descendants” and “High School Musical.” Instead, “Hocus Pocus 2” will be helmed by Anne Fletcher, director of “The Proposal” and “27 Dresses,”Deadlinereported. Driving the news: Disney posted the trailer for “Hocus Pocus 2” on its YouTube channel on Tuesday and fans are absolutely bewitched.
Thackery spends several hundred years as a black cat but thankfully has retained the ability to talk. When Max, Dani, and Allison stumble across the Sanderson ...
Despite many of the original characters not returning, fans have a lot to look forward for Hocus Pocus 2. Thankfully, aside from the Sanderson sisters themselves, there is at least one original character returning to the sequel: Billy Butcherson! Actor Doug Jones portrayed the zombified ex-boyfriend of Winifred Sanderson in the original film and, in a since-deleted Twitter post captured by Collider, confirmed his involvement in the sequel. Based on footage of a black cat in the new Hocus Pocus 2 trailer, many have been excited to see the sarcastic cat possibly return to screens.
Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy all return for Disney sequel.
before heading to what seems to be a Halloween fair in their hometown of Salem. There, they are quickly recognized by one of the carnival workers. They immediately get to work trying to suck out the souls of children of Salem, Massachusetts to achieve their eternal youth. If you've missed news of the classic Halloween film's sequel, Hocus Pocus 2, picks up in present-day Salem. It is reportedly centered around three teenagers who accidentally bring the scary Sanderson Sisters back to life.
The 'Hocus Pocus 2' trailer just dropped, revealing the sequel's release date and cast. Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy are all set to ...
"Bette's energy is the same as when she starred in the original. Well, with the help of a magical cat named Thackery Binx, they defeated the witches, putting them to rest "for good." Check out the trailer below—and don't forget to "lock up your children!"
The cat didn't get his tongue. thackery-binx-hocus-pocus Image via Disney. The cat is out of ...
Rounding up the new additions are Hannah Waddingham (Ted Lasso), Tony Hale (Veep), Sam Richardson (Veep), and Froy Gutierrez (Teen Wolf). Hocus Pocus 2 is directed by Anne Fletcher from a script by Jen D'Angelo. However, Hocus Pocus 2 features the three original Sanderson Sisters, played by Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy. Doug Jones is also returning as Billy Butcherson, the zombie ex-boyfriend of Winifred Sanderson (Midler). The cat is out of the bag, as Entertainment Weekly revealed Jason Marsden will not come back for Hocus Pocus 2 after having voiced the feline Thackery Binx in the first film.
Entertainment Weekly confirmed that James Marsden won't lend his voice to 'Hocus Pocus 2,' set to release on Disney+ Sept. 30.
Marsden, a veteran voice actor best known for his role as Max in “A Goofy Movie” and other Disney properties, isn’t the only “Hocus Pocus” cast member who won’t be featured in the sequel. As of now, it’s unclear whether the character will return voiced by a different actor, or if a different black cat is featured in the film. Marsden’s reps did not respond to a request for comment.
Disney may have lured Bette Midler, Kathy Najimy, and Sarah Jessica Parker back to Salem for a made-for-TV sequel to the millennial classic Hocus Pocus, ...
Variety reports that a part was written for Thora Birch, who starred as Dani in the original film, but due to scheduling conflicts, the return did not materialize. The cat certainly has a tongue, as evidenced by the screenshot above, and it would be strange for Disney to pass up the opportunity to include a talking animal in any movie. “Looks awesome!” Marsden captioned a shot from the trailer on Stories. “That cat better be female.”
Another day, another confirmation that a fan-favorite character from the original Hocus Pocus won't be back for the highly anticipated sequel.
The 25-year bash, that really felt like Hocus Pocus 2, because we had Kenny Ortega directing, and it was the first time the original producers and all the kids were there.... even though we're not in Hocus Pocus 2, it felt like we got to have our reunion on TV." Another day, another confirmation that a fan-favorite character from the original Hocus Pocus won't be back for the highly anticipated sequel.