Disney confirmed late last year that the long-awaited sequel Hocus Pocus 2 is on the way for the Disney+ streaming service, and it’s currently set to arrive sometime in Fall 2022.
The film is being billed as “the spooky sequel to the 1993 Halloween classic,” with Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy all back as the beloved Sanderson Sisters.
Anne Fletcher (The Guilt Trip) is directing the movie, and we’ve learned via Rhode Island’s The Providence Journal this week that filming on Hocus Pocus 2 is now well underway!
The site reported on Tuesday, “A movie crew making the Disney sequel filmed Tuesday at La Salle Academy, and is said to be returning Wednesday, according to people on the set.”
In the sequel, “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.”
The Kenny Ortega-directed 1993 movie starred Omri Katz as a curious youngster who moves to Salem, Massachusetts, where he struggles to fit in before awakening a trio of diabolical witches (played by Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy) that were executed in the 17th century. The film also starred Thora Birch, who may be back for the sequel as well.
Jen D’Angelo (“Workaholics”) wrote the sequel’s script.