We told you earlier today that filming is underway on Hocus Pocus 2 for Disney+, a 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 THR reports tonight that Sam Richardson (Werewolves Within) will also star.
This is great news for the sequel, as Richardson is one of the funniest and most likable actors out there today. He was also seen earlier this year in Amazon’s The Tomorrow War.
More as we learn it.
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.