Now, Fletcher will take the wheel due to Shankman's scheduling conflicts with production on another Disney sequel, Disenchanted. The sequel has a new director.Īdam Shankman, the director behind films including Hairspray and A Walk to Remember originally signed to helm the movie with a script from Workaholics writer and co-producer Jen D’Angelo, and before Shankman, Kenny Ortega of High School Musical notoriety was attached. It also includes Sarah Jessica Parker doing the splits. 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! Yes, Salem, we're back!” Winifred says in the teaser, after a pair of high schoolers accidentally revive the Sandersons.ĭisney teased what's to come in the synopsis: “It’s been 29 years since someone lit the Black Flame Candle and resurrected the 17 th-century sisters, and they are looking for revenge. There's a trailer, teaser and photos now, too. Hocus Pocus 2 started streaming on Disney+ on Friday, September 30-so you have a whole month to stream it before Halloween night. Now that it is finally out, here are some answers to pressing questions from viewers. Disney originally announced that Hocus Pocus 2, a “spooky sequel” to the original film, would land at Disney+, with Anne Fletcher attached to direct. Months after sources told Varietythat a follow-up to 1993’s Hocus Pocus was officially brewing at Disney+, the movie is confirmed-and it's finally hit its 2022 release date. It was really quite lovely.Another witching hour is upon us. We're all 30 years older and have matured and come through a lot of life in that time, so there was a lot to chat about on set. ![]() That was a big difference that I noticed and was very happy about. I was still like, 'Oh, my gosh, there they are again.' But now, with the 30 years that have passed, my career has gone places, and thankfully, I've been very blessed with what's happened in my life, that they were treating me, and we were interacting more as peers. Oh, my gosh!' Coming back, you never lose your starstruck-ness, really, or I don't. I was just like, 'I can't believe I'm on the same set with these people. I was such a huge fan of Bette Midler and Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy, who had done The Kathy & Mo Show and Sister Act, at that time. "The difference between 30 years, working with them, is that I was starstruck the first time. I got to reunite with Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy, which was so dreamy," Jones told Collider in an interview. "When that call came, I was excited to get to do all of that again. Doug Jones also returned to the franchise to play the undead Billy Butcherson. Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy all reprised their roles for Hocus Pocus 2. ![]() Not every actor from 1993's Hocus Pocus came back for the sequel, but the three Sanderson Sisters definitely did.
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