Hocus Pocus 2

Andrew Scott and Bella Ramsey star in Lena Dunham's bracing look at life in medieval England, while the 90s cult classic gets the original Sanderson Sisters ...

[atmospheric drama](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/jan/16/waves-review-drama-trey-edward-shults-peter-bradshaw). [2013 film](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/sep/05/aint-them-bodies-saints-review), a delicate, Malick-esque love story. [sprightly comedy](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/sep/13/catherine-called-birdy-review-lena-dunhams-delightful-medieval-romp) by Lena Dunham focuses on Birdy (Bella Ramsey) as she narrates her life as a 14-year-old aristocrat in medieval England. The work was done by the staff of Gazeta Sporturilor, which is known mainly as a sports paper, and though there are many depressing aspects to the film’s revelations, it does proves the vital role independent journalism can play in an open society. The serious nature of their situation is balanced by the giddy newness of adventure; their offence gaining iconic status in the Black communities they pass through and are welcomed by. Bridges is as magnetic as ever as the lawman on the verge of retirement, but Pine and Foster also impress as the errant siblings.

Now that the highly anticipated Hocus Pocus sequel has arrived on Disney+, let's take a closer look at all the times the new movie paid tribute to its ...

And, instead of running amok, amok, amok, we combed through every scene of Hocus Pocus 2 to find all of the Easter eggs that [called back to the original](https://www.eonline.com/news/946512/hocus-pocus-celebrates-25th-anniversary-how-it-became-a-cult-classic). [Disney+](https://www.eonline.com/news/disney) released [the highly anticipated sequel](https://www.eonline.com/news/1336024/see-the-sanderson-sisters-reunite-in-first-hocus-pocus-2-teaser-trailer) to the 1993 cult classic Sept. From hidden costumes to favorite lines, we're happy to report that Hocus Pocus 2 is chock-full of tributes to the first film. "It is very sweet," Bette said while reflecting on the love for the Sanderson Sisters. News at the Hocus Pocus 2 premiere that the fans are "the reason this movie got made." There is something about the bond between the sisters."

Get ready to run amok! amok! amok! It's been almost three decades since one of Disney's Halloween cult classics hit the big screen. Directed by Kenny.

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We know all about the Sanderson sisters, but who are the new faces in “Hocus Pocus 2” tasked with taking them down?

I was like, “I’m going to quit auditioning because I’m not booking anything, and I’m going to go to college in Boston.” I ended up booking this two weeks before I was supposed to move in to college. I literally have it in my bag right now: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. I lived there until I was 9 or 10, then my family — my two sisters and one brother — we all moved to Canada with my mom and my dad. BE: I have my bee ring that my mom made when she was 15 years old. I grew up in Canada until I was 17, and then I moved to New York and started acting and did a show, then I did this movie in Rhode Island, and now I’m here. Before dawn on All Hallows’ Eve, and ahead of the film’s much-anticipated release on Disney+, Shondaland spoke with Peak, Escobedo, and Buckingham about who they are, what it was like to work with the legendary trio of witches, their favorite Hocus Pocus sister, and if they would light the Black Flame Candle IRL. I grew up in L.A., went to school my whole life, and was auditioning on and off. BELISSA ESCOBEDO: I’m a Chicana from East Los Angeles. What is your origin story in a few sentences? The playful, self-aware reimagining is bubbling with the black magic fans originally loved and isn’t afraid to poke fun at itself. Hocus Pocus 2 is the highly anticipated encore of the 1993 cult classic that reunites Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy for one more wicked evening of comedic mayhem. This Halloween, the 17th-century icons are back, and they’re seeking revenge.

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The original film follows a trio of kids who work together to defeat the wickedly funny Sanderson sisters (played by Kathy Najimy, Bette Midler and Sarah ...

In that respect, “Hocus Pocus 2” remains quite the same. While the sequel sweeps the issue a little more under the rug, the birds and the bees conversation still haunts Salem, and even pokes fun at the uncomfortable “what’s a virgin?” conversation many families were forced into after the first movie. We get a shortened version performed by the Mother Witch (played by “Ted Lasso’s” Hannah Waddingham). The new generation of Salem youths are a group of teen girls: Becca (Whitney Peak), Cassie (Lilia Buckingham) and Izzy (Belissa Escobedo). [I Put a Spell on You](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCTbr3vjb6I),” as performed by Midler, Najimy and Parker. To achieve their immortality in the original “Hocus Pocus,” the Sanderson sisters require a virgin to light a candle. Though it didn’t do particularly well in theaters or with home sales, it found a second life on television: When Disney started to air the film on its own channel, and later on ABC Family, “a generation of millennials … In the not-too-distant future look for ‘Hocus Pocus’ in the rental-store bins, or as part of a Halloween ‘Trick or Treat’ package.” 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,” she explained. The original film follows a trio of kids who work together to defeat the wickedly funny Sanderson sisters (played by Kathy Najimy, Bette Midler and Sarah Jessica Parker) after accidentally bringing them back from the dead. The only thing millennials have been waiting longer for than affordable housing is a “Hocus Pocus” sequel.

Hocus Pocus 2 brings the Sanderson sisters back for more Halloween hijinks and manages to channel the fun of the original film nearly 30 years later.

Those who consider Hocus Pocus a Halloween staple are likely to find themselves embracing this new, two-film saga with the Sandersons going forward, as the trio’s return gives audiences even more of a good thing. Hocus Pocus 2 also does a fine job of avoiding the pitfalls some sequels encounter when attempting to add a new chapter to a film released several decades earlier. Much like the original film, the teenagers might be the story’s heroes, but the Sanderson sisters are the real stars of Hocus Pocus 2. Gossip Girl actress Whitney Peak portrays Becca, who accidentally resurrects the Sanderson sisters in the film, and carries her role in the family-friendly adventure well, with just the sort of earnestness that Disney films of this sort demand. Hocus Pocus 2 conjures up original cast members Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy as Winifred, Sarah, and Mary Sanderson, respectively, the trio of witches who were accidentally resurrected in the 1993 film and terrorized the town of Salem before being defeated by a group of precocious teenagers and a magical black cat. And because this is a time when everything old is eventually new again — particularly if it’s gained the sort of post-release popularity Hocus Pocus has enjoyed — Disney has decided to

No Halloween has been complete without at least one viewing of Disney's cult classic Hocus Pocus. The film is part of many fans' annual holiday traditions ...

Instead, the spell sends Winifred off to be with her sisters and she soon fades away in a magical moment similar to her sisters. It’s not entirely clear where the sisters go, but it seems to be implied that their essence is dispersed into the universe hinting that we’ve seen the last of the Sanderson Sisters. By casting the spell, Winifred unknowingly sacrifices what is most sacred to her which happens to be her two sisters.

Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy share what it's like to revisit the Sanderson sisters and what surprises are in store.

“I was excited about -- besides fans getting to be with their beloved characters -- was the origin story of our witches,” Fletcher said. “It’s about friendship,” she said. Would I be able to do it well enough that the fans are satisfied and happy? “Fans have been screaming from the hilltops,” Fletcher said. Over the years, “Hocus Pocus 2” has garnered a fanbase like no other. Since its 1993 release, “Hocus Pocus” has put a spell on audiences around the globe.

'My whole week off that we were supposed to enjoy the holidays, I was healing,' Kathy Najimy says of breaking a rib in the middle of filming Hocus Pocus 2.

"I love heights, I love to be scared, I love the whole thing. "Sarah and I ... she tells PEOPLE, joking, "I think if we did it 30 years later again, well, there would be walkers and canes involved. they'd say, 'Lunchtime.' And we'd say, 'Just leave us up here,' " Najimy remembers. "And then I was back at work wrapped up. and I fell like an accordion," she recalls. It's a lot, but who knows? Half the movie, I have a broken rib." "It was fun, but it's not nothing. And I saw that she had one of those machines that you put your legs in and you go upside down and it stretches you, because I have one. "The day I wrapped, I went over to my friend's house. "And broke my rib."

Credit: Matt Kennedy / Disney Enterprises Inc. Kathy Najimy as Mary Sanderson, Bette Midler as Winifred Sanderson and Sarah Jessica Parker as Sarah Sanderson in ...

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The long-awaited sequel features the three Sanderson witches we've come to know and love, with the movie starring the same iconic actors from the original such ...

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Here are all the references to the first 'Hocus Pocus' movie in Disney's sequel 'Hocus Pocus 2.'

"A bunch of boys stole all my candy," he says, clearly referencing Jay and Ice, who can be seen partying on the street with stolen goodies (and toilet-papering the neighborhood) toward the beginning of the first movie. We later see a young Gilbert watching the climax of the first film from a corner of the Salem cemetery (Max, Allison, Dani, and Without missing a beat, Sarah gleefully repeats her favorite word (nine times — yes, we counted), just as she did in the first film. As his car lights cascade over them, they squeal, "The sun!" 1:10:20 — After Traske returns home from the fair, he opens his garage door to find the Sanderson Sisters trapped inside Becca's salt circle. [Tony Hale](https://ew.com/person/tony-hale/)) leads an angry mob of Salem citizens to the Sanderson Sisters' cottage in [the film's 1600s-set opening sequence](https://ew.com/movies/hocus-pocus-2-will-explain-sanderson-sisters-origins/), Young Sarah exclaims, "We are not here!" "We were in the cottage, the boys were in the cages, and that's' when the sunrise tricked us," Mary explains, playfully nodding to bullies This famously led Sarah to exclaim one of her most famous lines: "'Tis firm!" 37:28 — Unfortunately, Mary's vacuum cleaner from the first film doesn't make the jump from 1993 to 2022. Sarah returns to sing the song at around the 26:21, after Becca (Whitney Peak) and Izzy (Belissa Escobedo) resurrect her with another Black Flame Candle. Below, EW rounds up all of the sequel's nods and homages to Hocus Pocus — complete with time stamps — just so you don't have to twist your bones (and bend your back) searching. 29:52 — Once she arrives back in Salem, Winnie immediately seeks to "brew the life potion" and steal the souls of children with the help of Book, who doesn't answer when she calls.

Sarah Jessica Parker, Bette Midler and Kathy Najimy return as the witchy Sanderson sisters in Disney sequel 'Hocus Pocus 2.'

And after their 1993 rendition of “I Put a Spell on You,” of course the witches are obliged to revive their Vegas-style lounge act here, this time while crashing (what else?) a Sanderson Sisters-themed costume contest — a self-congratulatory wink at how popular the “Hocus Pocus” phenomenon has become. That lengthy gestation speaks to the long, weird shelf life of the first “Hocus Pocus,” received as a campy misfire but reclaimed, over the decades, as a Halloween staple and (oc)cult classic. They’re particularly funny in one sequence in which Becca and her friend, Izzy (Belissa Escobedo), try to distract the witches from their pedicidal rampage by taking them shopping at Walgreens, where they’re duly wowed by the advanced sorcery of beauty products and automatic sliding doors. That’s what happens again in “Hocus Pocus 2,” this time by way of a rather smarter teenager, Becca (Whitney Peak), and a very dumb Salem historian, Gilbert (Sam Richardson), plus some tortuous story logic that brings the evil sisters whooshing back to life. Flash forward to the present day, which happens to be exactly 29 years after the events of the first “Hocus Pocus,” when a virginal high schooler ill-advisedly resurrected the Sanderson Sisters for one Halloween night of literally soul-sucking mayhem. [“Hocus Pocus”](https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-07-16-ca-13536-story.html) (1993), which, like “Avatar,” has now spawned a long-awaited follow-up.

Kellie Tomekowou, 5, landed an extra role as a preschooler during a Halloween festival scene.

"Its brought a lot of fun and confidence into their life," Tomekowou said. I have watched "Hocus Pocus" since I was a little girl," Caroline Tomekowou said. "It was really interesting.

Salem, Massachusetts hasn't changed all that much since Max (Omri Katz) and Dani Dennison (Thora Birch) accidentally resurrected the youth-seeking, ...

Becca and Cassie were definitely at odds with each other at the start of Hocus Pocus 2, mostly thanks to her jerky jock boyfriend who mocked Becca for being a witch, but by the end of the film, the trio is thick as thieves again, having rekindled their friendship in the face of true terror. At the beginning of the film, the Sanderson Sisters are shown as their younger selves in the 1600s, wreaking havoc on Salem, and, in Winnie’s case, actively avoiding being married off to the son of the reverend. In Hocus Pocus, we learned that Billy Butcherson was Winnie’s ex-boyfriend (though Sarah vehemently claimed he was her boyfriend too) who met a tragic end when Winnie decided to poison him in the 17th century, before resurrecting him as a zombie 300 years later. As she slowly turns to colorful sparkles, she seems satisfied with the fact that she’s joining her sisters in whatever afterlife has been afforded to them. In the early flashbacks, Hocus Pocus 2 makes it clear that Winnie’s main motivator throughout her entire life was to keep the three of them together. [Bette Midler](https://collider.com/tag/bette-midler/)), Sarah ( [Sarah Jessica Parker](https://collider.com/tag/sarah-jessica-parker/)), and Mary ( [Kathy Najimy](https://collider.com/tag/kathy-najimy/)) after unwittingly playing into a 30-year plan to summon them from the grave once more.

Returning to reprise their original roles include Bette Midler as Winifred Sanderson, Sarah Jessica Parker as Sarah Sanderson, Kathy Najimy as Mary Sanderson ...

Allison tries to leave because of curfew, but Max asks her if she thinks there’s any way they can help Binx find his freedom, so she opens Book to look for spells, and the book shoots out a beckoning bright beacon of vertical light up into the sky, alerting the Sanderson sisters as to where the book and the children are. The witches try to snatch her, but they can’t touch the hallowed ground, so they try to move the fight outside of the graveyard boundaries. Instead of giving the potion to literally any of the children walking to the cottage, Winifred says it must be Dani, so the sisters try to track the children down, but this time they are ready. They approach him, and he recognizes them as the Sanderson sisters, inviting them inside, much to their glee, as they say they are at his service. Max still thinks it’s “all a bunch of Hocus Pocus,” but the first time he attempts to light the candle, Thackery Binx in black cat form attacks him to try and prevent it. Winifred, Sara and Mary take the stage and perform “I Put a Spell on You” encanting the crowd with their performance, and bewitching them to dance until they die. Allison reveals that her mom used to work at the museum devoted to the Sanderson sisters, and Max begs them to go even though the museum has been shut down because “creepy stuff kept happening there.” Max begs Dani to go so that he can impress “the girl of his dreams” and she agrees as long as Max promises to trick or treat next year with her dressed up as Peter Pan to her Wendy, complete with tights or no deal. Before the sisters die, however, they sing a song and cast a curse, making it so that it is possible for them to return to their sacred city one day. As for Thackery, Winifred decides that his punishment cannot be to die, but to live forever with his guilt, so the sisters turn him into a black cat with green eyes, and nobody recognizes him for the next 300 years. Max just ends up giving the two boys his bag of candy, yelling at Dani and causing her to run away crying and wanting to go home. Thackery tells Elijah to get his father while he tracks Emily down to the Sanderson sisters cottage, where the witches are brewing a potion they intend to feed to Emily so that they can drain her life force and become more powerful and youthful. Thackery wakes up after Sara wooshes by his window and notices Emily is gone, so he sets out to look for her, and he and Elijah see her far off down the meadow about to head into the woods where the witches live.

Kathy Najimy, from left, Bette Midler and Sarah Jessica Parker star in a scene from the film “Hocus Pocus.” Andrew Cooper, Disney Enterprises Inc.

The film traces their interaction with a new group of teenagers and also gives their origin story. - “Hocus Pocus 2” explains the origin story of the Sanderson sisters, who appeared in the 1993 movie “Hocus Pocus.” The 1993 “Hocus Pocus” was popular and still persists as a classic Halloween movie. Reviews of “Hocus Pocus 2” are already out from The Sanderson sisters are hitting the screen again in “Hocus Pocus 2” — the sequel to “Hocus Pocus.” Released Friday on Disney+, this Halloween movie is generating buzz because the first “Hocus Pocus” was such a widely - “Hocus Pocus 2” is rated PG for action, macabre humor and some language, according to

Ahead of the cult classic sequel's release on Disney+, we learned how filming magically transformed the Ocean State into Salem, Massachusetts, last fall and ...

We had people coming from all over the world to visit the set and coming to the Armory. I was able to take a group of elementary school students from Providence on a school bus down to North Kingstown so they could see the interior of the magic shop. I was so excited to bring the sequel of the family film here. A lot of the forest sequences that you’re going to see where they are doing witchy craft stuff is in the Cranston Street Armory. I always knew I wanted to be a film director since I was a child. [Rhode Island Film and Television Office](http://www.film.ri.gov/), Cranston: responsible for bringing Hocus Pocus 2 to the Ocean State. Some may say it’s all just a bunch of hocus pocus, but the memories and the movie will live on for eternity. They did a lot of construction, they did flying sequences, they used the stage for the basement of the magic shop. Then I went out to Los Angeles and UCLA and [University of Southern California] film school, traveled around the world, and made a few movies and came back home in 2004. HOCUS POCUS has more recently become a cult classic since it was released in 1993, and Rhode Island recently got in on the lights, camera and action. The sequel, Hocus Pocus 2, cast a spell on the Ocean State by magically transforming its cities and towns last fall into Salem, Massachusetts, for filming many scenes in the movie, which was released Sept. Hocus Pocus 2 takes place twenty-nine years after the original — the movie’s tagline is “We’re back, witches!” — when three high school students accidentally conjure the Sanderson sisters to present-day times in Salem (which is eerily similar to the historic architecture in Rhode Island), and they must try to stop the child-hungry witches from wreaking havoc on Salem before dawn on All Hallows Eve.

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The truth about the original “Hocus Pocus” is harder to swallow than a witch’s brew containing “a bit of thine own tongue”: It’s a very bad movie. Never is OG Hocus Pocus director Kenny Ortega’s absence more felt than in the film’s big musical number, which doesn’t hold a (black flame) candle to Midler’s vampy rendition of “I Put a Spell On You” from last time around. The central trio of Midler, Parker, and Najimy fail to recapture the gleeful chaos of the first outing. All in all, it’s twice as good as “Hocus Pocus.” It’s easier to write that if you didn’t like “Hocus Pocus.” Hocus Pocus 2 is stuck, trapped somewhere between different times, audiences and tones, trying to do so much yet, in this instance, achieving so very little. The new sequel, “Hocus Pocus 2,” out on Disney+ 29 years later, is much, much worse. That’s “Hocus Pocus 2.” It manages to tell its story straight, so that’s a huge improvement over the first one. The highlights of the first film are celebrated (there’s a delightful musical number) and there are some very funny moments, including a Sanderson sisters costume competition. Though it’s been nearly 30 years, all three bring the same verve to their performances, gamely swooning and shrieking around the screen, and leaning into the film’s “Three Stooges”-style slapstick with aplomb. [64 percent freshness rating](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/hocus_pocus_2) at the time of this article’s publication. Thankfully, with a cast rounded out by Doug Jones, Hannah Waddingham and Sam Richardson, the brew-haha’s aren’t solely concentrated in the three leads. This time around, two best friends named Becca and Izzy (Whitney Peak, Belissa Escobedo) celebrate Becca’s 16th birthday in Salem’s Forbidden Woods, where they are unwittingly tricked into lighting the Black Flame Candle that summons the Winnifred, Mary, and Sarah Sanderson (Bette Midler, Kathy Najimy, and Sarah Jessica Parker, respectively) once more.

The long-awaited sequel to the Halloween favorite is now streaming on Disney+.

We’re a very decisive group which goes also goes to show that women can be decisive.” Whatever it is that our mission is, there’s not a lot of second-guessing which I don’t think you see a lot.” And we talked a lot about leaning on each other and counting on each other and loyalty to each other. She has a core friend group and no matter what happens, she eventually gets to [make] sure that she has her sisters behind her the entire time.” I think she is a very good example of misstepping and not being able to figure it out until she communicates with her best friends. “You know, as a fan of the movie itself, this was directed right at me. It wasn’t like you were just a lackey. “I think I just admire that she just has this, like, blind loyalty to these girls, [and] will do anything for them, no questions asked—totally would go against three evil witches.” “And I think it’s amazing that, you have one end of horror, and then you have this end of camp. “He kind of matches the energy and the floppiness and the fun and the overdone characters of the sisters. Advertisement io9 recently participated in the press conference for the film with the cast and creative team to discuss the making of the movie and why it t00k 29 years to get here.

In Hocus Pocus 2, Belissa Escobedo stars in her favorite Halloween film as Izzy, where she taps into brujeria on and off the screen.

[DC Comics](https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2020/05/9820829/who-is-stargirl-in-dc-comics-powers-history). [The Baker and the Beauty](https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2020/04/9644071/beauty-baker-abc-2020-original-series-streaming-amazon), but on September 30, she is making her way to Salem alongside the [Sanderson Sisters](https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2018/07/204510/hocus-pocus-movie-hidden-detail-emphasis-on-virginity). Izzy is loyal and has this confidence to just go out and do whatever she can to help her friends and save the town, save Salem.” “To this day, people are like, ‘you remind me so much of young America Ferrera,’ and that’s such a compliment to me because she’s literally one of the people that made me see that I could do this, that we could be on screen. It’s the first Latino superhero who’s being played by the amazing [Xolo Maridueña](https://www.instagram.com/xolo_mariduena/?hl=en). And she’s so good in that movie.” Escobedo says that she has dreams of one day working alongside Ferrera. “I actually just finished filming DC’s new superhero movie, [Blue Beetle](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9362930/). More on that later), and Izzy in the highly anticipated Disney+ Original movie [Hocus Pocus 2](https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/disney-plus-subscription-halloween-movies). We definitely have a long, long tradition of practicing. She just wants everyone to be happy and loves her friends so much. But Escobedo also has a deeper connection to Izzy. But as Latinos, it really is part of our culture.

Taylor Paige Henderson, a 15-year-old actress from Amarillo, plays a younger version of Bette Midler's Winifred Sanderson in "Hocus Pocus 2."

The original film aired almost 30 years ago and has been A Texas teen is now part of the "Hocus Pocus" Halloween tradition, as the long awaited sequel finally launches on Disney Plus on Friday, Sept. Taylor Paige Henderson, from Amarillo, is no stranger to the stage or the big screen, but this is the highest profile film she has been a part of.

As the credits roll for Hocus Pocus 2, the three Sanderson sisters do what they do best - reinvent a beloved song for themselves!

Waddingham sings along to a reprised version of Sarah Sanderson’s haunting melody “Garden of Magic” composed by James Horner for the original film, which Parker also sings along to at one point. The original film made Annie Lennox’s “I Put a Spell on You” synonymous with Halloween for an entire generation, and Hocus Pocus 2 follows a similar pattern by tapping into some old-school classics to expose a new audience to them. “The Witches Are Back” isn’t just some peppy tune they pulled together for Hocus Pocus 2. And of course, the film found a way to pay homage to their return with a catchy end credits track entitled “The Witches Are Back.” While it is extremely exciting to see these four return to Salem, Hocus Pocus 2 also introduces audiences to a new cast of characters including The Witch Mother ( [Bette Midler](https://collider.com/tag/bette-midler/), [Sarah Jessica Parker](https://collider.com/tag/sarah-jessica-parker/), and [Kathy Najimy](https://collider.com/tag/kathy-najimy/) have been summoned back to Salem, Massachusetts to cause a little witchy mayhem in their continued pursuit of eternal youth and immortality.

'Hocus Pocus 2,' streaming on Disney+, brings back Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimy as the Sanderson sisters.

[was happening](https://collider.com/hocus-pocus-2-disney-plus-writer-jen-dangelo/), and Jen D’Angelo would be writing the script. Hocus Pocus 2 serves as both a prequel and a sequel, opening in 1653 Salem on the origin story of the Sanderson sisters. But somehow, the same Hocus Pocus magic works: the movie leans into larger than life qualities while still maintaining the spirit of a Halloween classic. [Where All The Strongest Hurricanes Have Hit the U.S. About six years later, rumors began to swirl of a potential sequel in the works, though nothing came to fruition immediately. Eventually, Disney+ took over the film. Slowly but surely, Hocus Pocus became a seasonal staple, especially for those nostalgic millennials who caught it on Freeform’s 31 Nights of Halloween. In 1984, Kirschner pitched the idea to Walt Disney Studios, pouring candy corn on the table, hanging broomsticks from the ceiling, and putting up hand-drawn pictures of black cats. Since 2011, the movie has made “It changes tone as casually as the actors don their masquerade costumes, and has no scruples about breaking its own mood altogether.” The plot itself arose from a bedtime story that Kirschner told his two young daughters in the 1980s. Their sights are set, conveniently, on Max’s younger sister, Dani Dennison (Thora Birch).

Things are running amuck in Salem, Massachusetts, as the long-awaited sequel to the 1993 classic "Hocus Pocus" is drawing all the witches to the city.

The history alone brings masses of people to Massachusetts, but it also has much to do with the modern-day Wiccans and pop-culture witches that tend to both fascinate and attract. If it hadn't been for them, we never would have been given the green light to do it." "I cannot believe the number of Sanderson Sisters costumes that come to Salem every year," she said. "Lots of viewing parties, people are going all out dressed in costume," said Crowley. They want to go to the homes, the exterior facades, where things took place." "We're seeing surges of visitors coming," the museum's executive director, Tina Jordan, told Newsweek.

She credited the sequel happening to her co-star, Bette Midler, who plays Winnie Sanderson. “To be completely honest, for the past 28 years, I didn't think much ...

[Extra](https://extratv.com/2022/09/27/sarah-jessica-parker-would-do-a-third-hocus-pocus-if-bette-midler-is-on-board/) in September 2022 that she would do a third Hocus Pocus movie is Bette Midler, who plays Winnie Sanderson, also returned. Here’s [how to subscribe for free](https://stylecaster.com/disney-plus-free-trial/). Will there be a Hocus Pocus 3? Kathy Najimy, who plays Mary Sanderson, for her part, told People in September 2022 about what it would take for her to come back for a third Hocus Pocus movie. [Entertainment Weekly](https://ew.com/movies/hocus-pocus-2-cast-interview-resurrecting-sanderson-sisters/) in September 2022, Bette Midler, who plays Winnie Sanderson, revealed that she proposed the idea of a Hocus Pocus sequel 10 years after the original movie’s premiere in 1993 but saw “no interest.” “Even when it became a phenomenon, [a sequel] wasn’t considered. My friend suggested that I go online, so I looked, and I was shocked because I’d never seen so much Hocus Pocus merch.” She continued, “I bought the costume, and I came as Winnie here and there, for this benefit or that benefit, and I realized there was something going on. See the full Hocus Pocus 2 cast below. (Disney Plus costs $7.99 per month, Hulu starts at $6.99 per month and ESPN Plus costs $6.99 per month for a total of $21.97 compared to [The Disney Bundle’s $13.99 per month](https://click.linksynergy.com/deeplink?id=t1ZX7*4ybQA&mid=42392&u1=SC-&murl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hulu.com%2Fstart) price.) Disney Plus and ESPN Plus also come free with [Hulu+ With Live TV](https://click.linksynergy.com/deeplink?id=t1ZX7*4ybQA&mid=42392&u1=SC-&murl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hulu.com%2Flive-tv), which costs [$69.99 per month](https://click.linksynergy.com/deeplink?id=t1ZX7*4ybQA&mid=42392&u1=SC-&murl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hulu.com%2Flive-tv). Get More Unlimited, Play More Unlimited, Verizon Plan Unlimited, Go Unlimited, Beyond Unlimited and Above Unlimited.) If you have one of these plans, you can sign-up for a free six-month Disney+ subscription (which saves you about $42.) [Click here for Verizon’s FAQ](https://www.verizon.com/support/disney-bundle-faqs/) on how to sign up for its free Disney+ subscription. “And the amount of Hocus Pocus costumes and merchandise I saw was shocking. So there you have it—a way to watch Disney Plus for free. Hocus Pocus 2 sees the Sanderson sisters accidentally become resurrected again by two teenagers, Becca and Izzy, as they celebrate Halloween and Becca’s 16th birthday.

Almost 30 years after the Sanderson sisters found their way into the hearts of millennial kids looking for some PG-rated Halloween content, they're back in ...

With a lively, witty script by Jen D’Angelo, “Hocus Pocus 2” finds the Sanderson sisters Winifred (Midler), Sarah (Parker) and Mary (Najimy) unleashed on their present day town once more. Peak, who played Idris Elba’s daughter in “Molly’s Game,” is a standout. This is not a testament to my taste at the time, when I thought “Grease 2” was one of the best movies ever, but more so indicative of the undeniable averageness of “Hocus Pocus.” I don’t think it was just me, either. Midler, Parker and Najimy are all once again game to ham it up for the audience (and sometimes no one but themselves) with spells, songs and dances. Set in a Stars Hollow-like Salem, it’s the perfect Disney+ movie — seasonally appropriate entertainment that, for at least one night, may save a family from the doom of endless scrolling and indecision. And yet, much to my bewilderment, “Hocus Pocus” became a thing over the years.

The Disney movie includes locations in Lincoln, Providence, East Providence and Newport, as well as sound stages in North Kingstown and Providence.

While the stage was used for interior and exterior shots, some street scenes outside the shop were filmed in Newport. The Sanderson sisters fly here. Rumors were rampant that the village would be burned to the ground to film a climactic final scene. But would she have done it for free? [Catholic high school](https://www.lasalle-academy.org/) doubles as the halls and classrooms of the Salem high school. The Forbidden Woods, which plays a central role in the plot, were built in a sound stage in the armory. The [Ivy League campus](https://www.brown.edu/) doubles as the campus for the Salem high school. We found out](https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2022/09/15/conjuring-house-tours-burrillville-rhode-island-promote-radio-contact-ghosts-bill-brock/7888077001/) What you need to know now that the movie is out](https://www.wickedlocal.com/story/regional/2022/09/20/hocus-pocus-2-classic-movie-coming-disney-sequel-bette-midler/8032561001/) [cast as an extra](https://www.providencejournal.com/story/entertainment/2021/09/08/hocus-pocus-2-extras-sought-ri-area/5769276001/), make it into the final movie? Witches are expected.](https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2021/09/14/1670-s-village-rises-lincoln-park-filming-disneys-hocus-pocus-2/8334019002/)

The live-action comedy follows the wonderfully wicked Sanderson sisters—Winifred (Disney Legend Bette Midler), Sarah (Sarah Jessica Parker), and Mary (Kathy ...

“The original rings on her bodice were simply decorative, but I wanted them to have a meaning, so we made them out of hammered brass and had the Wiccan words for earth, fire, wind, and water carved into them.” “The original sleeves were made from a mesh fabric, which wasn’t a period detail, but Anne Fletcher liked the spider idea, so we decided to make the sleeves out of individually crocheted spider webs that were joined together to make up the sleeves,” he says. Winifred’s boots in the original film were off the rack, and a pointed toe was applied later on—but Perez wanted to push that look further in the sequel. “Then I found a French Chantilly lace that had the same pattern as the original skirt front, and the rest of the skirt is made from layers of dyed chiffon and organza.” Perez and his team wanted to study the original costumes and conduct a detailed assessment of each outfit before they could reimagine and update them for the sequel. “I incorporated the eye to reference the Book of Spells, and the ravens on the coals are inspired by the Witch [Hannah Waddingham] who first appears as a raven,” Perez says.

Hocus Pocus 2's director, Bette Midler, & Kathy Najimy shared how the sequel was a dream come true, changing the costumes, and the musical numbers.

She’s just one of the best people, one of the best directors and one of the best artists, ever in the world. In the 1600s, that version of witchcraft was tethered to the earth, the ocean, and the stars, all tied together. MIDLER: We talked a lot about sisterhood, and we talked a lot about leaning on each other and counting on each other and having loyalty to each other. NAJIMY: And there’s very little hesitation in our ideas and the things that we’re gonna do. In any situation where women are together, a bond of friendship and sisterhood is really, really important. And I think these three characters are really, in a strange and odd way, quite positive for women. They did the arrangement and the lyrics. And he said, “Because I love Hocus Pocus.” I was like, “All right. FLETCHER: The mission, in general, is the story, honoring the first movie, carrying that into the sequel, making sure that I’m honoring these characters for the fans, and bringing it into a new generation. I didn’t feel like I could compete with “I Put a Spell on You,” which Bette and Marc Shaiman wrote. When a teenager lights the Black Flame Candle, the 17th-century troublemakers are resurrected to run amok and continue wreaking havoc all over Salem before the end of All Hallow’s Eve, leaving a trail of mayhem in their renewed quest for immortality. After I realized it was actually a phenomenon, I started asking people around my age, “Don’t you think they would be interested in a sequel?” This was a long time ago.

Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Lael Loewenstein and Claudia Puig review this weekend's new movie releases on streaming and on demand platforms.

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'Hocus Pocus 2' features plenty of references to the beloved original film — TVLine breaks down 13 of the Disney+ sequel's Easter eggs.

Anthony Bounphakhom shares what it was like being on set with stars Bette Midler, Kathy Najimy and Sarah Jessica Parker, aka the Sanderson sisters.

"It was such an awesome experience. "I can't wait to watch it and they don't know I'm in it yet!" There was a pleasant "Hi" from Najimy, the moment with Parker, and Midler proved herself the pro she is. The plan was to watch it with his students at The Block Collaborative Friday night. "I was like 'Wow this childhood character was bopping along with me!'" I was checking out the cameras and taking it all in. Some of the dancers were "grumpy," or uninterested. "It was one of those movies that gave you a feeling, rather than just a movie," said Bounphakhom, who has danced since he was 13. "This is my first big movie, my first time with the union. His assumption was it was a call for extras. The dancers' scene was shot with principals Midler, Najimy and Parker, aka the Sanderson sisters. And, yes, he was on set with the likes of Bette Midler, Kathy Najimy and Sarah Jessica Parker.

The end credits scene of Hocus Pocus 2 suggests that this isn't the last time we'll see the new cast of characters.

While very little was revealed about the glamorous witch that the young Sanderson Sisters encountered in the woods outside of Salem in the 17th century, that leaves the door open for bringing her back in a future installment and exploring yet another motivated witch. Box 2567, with an additional label indicating that within the box is “B.F Candle #2.” There is no doubt in anyone’s mind that “B.F.” means Black Flame candle and that the box contains a second Black Flame candle. While Binx isn’t in Hocus Pocus 2, Cobweb certainly filled the void left behind by the adorable black cat, and it seems fitting that the feline should be the one to close out the film and tease what might be on the horizon for the newly minted franchise. But, of course, she doesn’t want to be separated from her sisters and in the end, she relinquishes control and lets herself be turned to shimmery dust so she can join her sisters in whatever afterlife has been afforded to them. You can’t have Hocus Pocus and the Sanderson Sisters without some casual, garden-variety child sacrifices. While the original Hocus Pocus felt like the end of the story, there was still plenty of room for Disney to revisit the sisters and their story and Hocus Pocus 2 proves that you can smartly lean into nostalgia with a legacy sequel, without sacrificing quality—though there definitely are sacrifices!

After the 'alchemy' of 'I Put a Spell on You,' Kathy Najimy, Bette Midler and Sarah Jessica Parker cover a Blondie hit in the Disney+ sequel.

Walk to the left!’” “He and I went to town on any song under the sun that had the word witch, moon, cat, evil, you name it. “Will it take another 30 years?” he asks with a laugh. “There’s a part that’s not in the movie where Bette and I totally went insane: ‘We’re gonna slay ya/ then probably fillet ya/ it might upset ya/ but we’ll getcha.’ We worked really hard on it, and even when I think it’s good, there will always be that phone call at night from Bette saying, ‘We gotta fix this part.’ She’s endlessly striving for perfection.” “We had to work quickly, and since Bette is a consummate live performer, you don’t need to do more than a few takes with her and Kathy and Sarah, and you’ve got it in the bag,” says Ortega. Though critics panned the movie and the audio still has yet to be released, the sequence has developed a cultlike popularity over the last three decades as the film has become a Halloween-season staple. And that began with Bette: She had a great sense of humor about the work and her character that she would often crack herself up. She just couldn’t believe some of the places that Winifred Sanderson enabled her to go, and I just had to tell her, ‘Keep going!’” “At the time, I just couldn’t imagine getting all the way through this movie without taking advantage of her musical talent.” The original “Hocus Pocus” sees Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy as sibling witches desperate to extract children’s souls in order to maintain their own youth. Composer Marc Shaiman, who regularly collaborated with Midler on her musical performances onscreen and onstage, rearranged the track into a family-friendly showstopper that highlighted her soaring vocals and animated acting choices. [“Hocus Pocus 2,”](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2022-09-30/hocus-pocus-2-review-bette-midler-disney) Bette Midler shouts off a set of direct commands.

For one, the Sanderson Witch Museum has been reopened as a magic shop, run by a man named Gilbert (Sam Richardson), who claims to have witnessed the witches' ...

That said, there seems to be no ill will, with Birch revealing that she plans to stream the new film. "There were three options we had for how to bring Dani back, all of which I was excited by," the actress told ET this week, on the red carpet at the Variety Power of Women event. However, their salt circle is hilariously thwarted in one scene by the pair of Roombas that Mary has been riding around town as a makeshift broom -- another callback to the original, where the trio had to ride a broom, a mop and a vacuum. Hocus Pocus 2 begins with a flashback to the Sanderson sisters' childhood days in Salem, where we see the origins of a few of their classic mannerisms. The introduction of a new black cat, Cobweb, who lives with Gilbert at the magic shop, likely will leave viewers wondering if he too is a trapped spirit, like Thackery Binx was in the first film. (Additionally, the book is shown to include a "cat transformation" spell, which would one day be used on Thackery Binx!) Executive producer Adam Shankman told ET at the sequel's premiere that nothing is out of the question. There are also two Salem residents dressed as their characters, the devil and "Medusa," for Halloween. The new film also ties up a few loose threads in regards to Billy Butcherson's (Doug Jones) story, revealing that he and Winnifred weren't actually in a relationship, per se, they simply shared one kiss. [Hocus Pocus 2](https://www.etonline.com/movies/hocus-pocus-2), the long-awaited sequel to the 1993 Halloween classic. For one, the Sanderson Witch Museum has been reopened as a magic shop, run by a man named Gilbert (Sam Richardson), who claims to have witnessed the witches' first night of mayhem back in the '90s. to Winnifred's "Boooooook!"

So of course Disney made a sequel. Hocus Pocus 2, which started streaming on Disney+ yesterday, revives the reviled Sanderson sisters—Winifred, Mary, and Sarah ...

Despite how much they want to eat children, they exude a defiance and obstinacy that can resonate with young audiences also caught in the turmoil of having to grow up. It also reminded me of what I enjoyed most about Hocus Pocus as a kid, even when I caught scenes in snippets: the leads’ commitment to making the Sanderson sisters not just odd, but naively so. Not much about Hocus Pocus is realistic, except the trio’s anxiety about stepping into a world they don’t know how to navigate. It strips the plot to its bare bones, largely ignoring the events that came before in favor of sequences that allow the actors to chew as much scenery as possible. Hocus Pocus 2 understands that Hocus Pocus has a lot that doesn’t work, including an overstuffed plot, hokey dialogue, and chintzy effects. The plot, about a coven of witches who seek to eat children, involves a talking cat, a boy who despises trick-or-treating, and far too many mentions of virgins lighting candles.

After some twenty-nine years, the notorious Sanderson sisters returns to Salem to stir up chaos in the latest Disney film, "Hocus Pocus 2."

The plan was to take him to the safety of his house, and in the meantime, the girls rushed to Cassie’s house to warn her of the Sanderson sisters. Reuniting with them made her the happiest, and the Sanderson sisters left the world on a happy note. The Book had its own consciousness, and Becca convinced it to not support Winifred and to join her. Gilbert apologized to Becca, Izzy, and Cassie for tricking them into bringing the Sanderson sisters. Even the Book refused to show her the recipe of the magic at first, but Winifred managed to control it and prepared to make the potion. The Book obliged and turned to the page that could help her. How will Becca and Izzy stop the witches from taking the lives of the children of Salem? Becca lit the candle, and the two chanted their desire to manifest their intentions. Scared of the unknown, Becca poured water over the candle and extinguished the flame. It was the magic that would make her the most powerful witch in the world, and she would be able to rule all. She gave the sisters the Book that helped them learn magic and become the witches that they were. After their little shopping spree at Gilbert’s store, Becca and Izzy went to the woods to perform their birthday ritual.

A Disney+ sequel to the classic Halloween movie is magical. Plus, check out a new Marilyn Monroe biopic, "Blonde," a new stand-up comedy special from ...

Wouldn’t you be tempted to [light the Black Flame Candle to hear Midler belt out a show tune](https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/28/entertainment/hocus-pocus-2-disney/index.html), though? But it was also not fair to me.” I liked that the lyrics could be coming from two points of view, even if they were mostly written for one person to sing.” What did you like about today’s newsletter? What did we miss? I understand that probably he didn’t want a cohost, but the network wanted me to be the cohost and I didn’t think I should pass up that opportunity. [Ripa’s tension with her “Live with Kelly and Michael” cohost Michael Strahan](https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/30/entertainment/michael-strahan-kelly-ripa-interview/index.html), who famously left the show in 2016 amid Ripa’s complaints that she was the last to know of his decision. I don’t think it was fair to him. “These songs feel like my Great American Songbook, because of the songwriting and the impact that they had on me,” Wilson said in a statement. [ how tough things were at times with her former “Live with Regis and Kelly” cohost Regis Philbin](https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/27/entertainment/kelly-ripa-regis-philbin/index.html). Speaking of Halloween: Almost 30 years after Bette Midler, Kathy Najimy and Sarah Jessica Parker blessed us – or should it be cursed us? [she rapped Naughty by Nature’s “Hip Hop Hooray”](https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/22/entertainment/rita-wilson-rapping-coronavirus-trnd/index.html) in the early days of the pandemic.

Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy premiered their highly anticipated Disney+ sequel in New York on Tuesday, along with newcomers Sam ...

Other panels featured the Father of the Bride cast and creative team, Valderrama on building his own enterprise, and Dwayne Johnson’s business partners Dany and Hiram Garcia. 23, co-founder and president of Cinémoi USA Daphna Edwards Ziman officially launched Justice For Women — an effort created to eradicate emotional, economic and physical violence against women — and the Every Girl’s City initiative at a gala event during the UN General Assembly in New York City. The New York City Ballet hosted its 10th annual Fall Fashion Gala on Wednesday, which raised $3.4 million for the ballet and honored board vice chair Sarah Jessica Parker for her decade of leadership. Barack Obama, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Wilmer Valderrama, Gloria and Emilio Estefan, Luis Guzmán and Oscar De La Hoya are just a few of the names that made the trek to San Diego for the conference, which featured panel discussions, networking and a black-tie gala. The night included special performances by Chaka Khan and Doug E. The star-studded guest list included Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Oscar Isaac, John Krasinski, Dua Lipa, Drew Barrymore, Ethan Hawke, Gemma Chan, Tracee Ellis Ross and Julianna Marguiles. Employees from Endeavor companies including WME, UFC, IMG, Frieze and more volunteered 30,000 working hours to support 300 organizations across 100 cities worldwide. Scott “Kid Cudi” Mescudi, Jessica Williams, Ty Dolla $ign, Laura Harrier and Teyana Taylor were in attendance along with executive producers Kenya Barris, Fletcher Moules, Maurice Williams, Ian Edelman, Karina Manashil and Dennis Cummings. On Wednesday, Netflix hosted a brunch and evening premiere for new series Entergalactic, the latter at the The Paris Theater in New York City. George and Amal Clooney and their Clooney Foundation chaired the inaugural Albie Awards in NYC on Thursday, honoring courageous defenders of justice who are at great risk for what they do. Kate Hudson and director Ana Lily Amirpour attended a special screening in Los Angeles on Wednesday night for their film Mona Lisa and The Blood Moon. [Hocus Pocus 2](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/t/hocus-pocus-2/), [A Friend of the Family](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/t/a-friend-of-the-family/), Entergalactic and the Clooney Foundation for Justice’s Albie Awards.