

In November 2014, Bette Midler said in an Screen Rant interview that she was ready and willing to return for a sequel as Winnifred Sanderson. However, Deadline Hollywood debunked rumors that the film was a sequel to Hocus Pocus. In July 2014, it was announced that The Walt Disney Company was developing a supernatural-themed film about witches, and that Tina Fey was on board as a producer and star. RuPaul's Drag Race stars Ginger Minj, Kornbread Jeté, and Kahmora Hall will portray drag queens impersonating Winnie, Mary, and Sarah. Īdditionally, Sam Richardson, Hannah Waddingham, and Froy Gutierrez, have been cast in undisclosed roles.

Lilia Buckingham as Cassie, a high-school student attempting to stop the Sanderson sisters.Whitney Peak as Becca, a high-school student attempting to stop the Sanderson sisters.Doug Jones as William "Billy" Butcherson, an ex-boyfriend poisoned by Winifred on May 1, 1693, who is brought back to life as a zombie.Kathy Najimy as Mary Sanderson, the middle sister of Winifred and Sarah.Sarah Jessica Parker as Sarah Sanderson, the youngest of the three Sanderson sisters.Taylor Paige Henderson as Young Winnie Sanderson.Bette Midler as Winifred "Winnie" Sanderson, the oldest of the three Sanderson sisters.Twenty-nine years after the events of Hocus Pocus (1993), three high-school students must work together to stop the Sanderson sisters who have returned to present-day Salem. The film is scheduled to be released on Disney+ on September 30, 2022. After two test screenings of the film showed that the ending was the weakest part, re-shoots took place in early June 2022, in Astoria, New York. Production was scheduled to begin in the middle of 2021, in Salem, Massachusetts, but eventually began on October 18, 2021, in Newport, Rhode Island and took place until January 26, 2022. Adam Shankman was hired to direct the film in March 2020 before being replaced by Fletcher in April 2021. A sequel to Hocus Pocus was confirmed to be in development in 2019, with D'Angelo set to write the screenplay. A remake of the original film written by Scarlett Lacey was being developed in 2017, though it was undeveloped. A sequel to the 1993 film Hocus Pocus, the film will star Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimy, and Doug Jones reprising their roles from the first film, while Sam Richardson and Tony Hale join in new roles.ĭiscussion on a sequel to Hocus Pocus began by 2014, with several stars expressing interest in reprising their roles in a sequel. Hocus Pocus 2 is an upcoming American fantasy comedy horror film directed by Anne Fletcher, written by Jen D'Angelo and produced by Walt Disney Pictures.
