The Sanderson Sisters take flight in the latest poster forHocus Pocus 2. Released viasocial media, the poster seesBette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy reprise their roles as the trio of evil witches all these years later and teases their wickedly glorious return.
Picking up some 29 years since someone lit the Black Flame Candleand resurrected the 17th-century sisters in 1993’sHocus Pocus, they are back. And they are looking for revenge. 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.
Hocus Pocus 2sees Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, andKathy Najimyreprise their roles as Winifred “Winnie” Sanderson, Sarah Sanderson, and Mary Sanderson, three witches who are inadvertently resurrected by a virgin teenage boy in Salem, Massachusetts, on Halloween night way, way back in the early 90s.
Alongside the original trio, Bette Midler,Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy, Hocus Pocus 2 also stars Doug Jones (The Shape of Water), Whitney Peak (Gossip Girl), Lilia Buckingham (Dirt), Belisa Escobedo (American Horror Stories), Hannah Waddingham (Ted Lasso), Tony Hale (Veep), Sam Richardson (The Tomorrow War, Good Boys), Juju Brener (Vanquish), Froy Gutierrez (Teen Wolf), Taylor Paige Henderson and Nina Kitchen.
Hocus Pocus 2Cast & Crew Are Already Thinking About Further Sequels
While it may have taken many years forHocus Pocus 2to materialize, audiences may not be waiting quite as long for a third follow-up,with director Anne Fletcher recently revealing that the upcoming sequel will leave the door open for more. “I have definitely kept it wide open for any sequel,” she said. “Now it’s really up to them if they want to do it. I can’t say anything other than yes, it is left open. Will they do it? I don’t know, they haven’t even talked about it, that I can be honest with you.”
Not only is the filmmaker on board,but star Bette Midler is also equally eager to stand front-and-center in her own franchise.
“I don’t know. I’m envious of other actors who have franchises, and I was hoping for a sequel to First Wives Club, but we never got that," Midler said. “After 30 years with no sequel to Hocus Pocus, I’ve always been envious of people who get to do their favorite character more than once. The fact that we got to do this finally, after 30 years of promoting the idea, I’m glad we got to do it. I’d love to have a franchise — especially a character I love playing. If there was a third one, of course I’d sign on, but I don’t know how. I can’t imagine what the story would be, but I love Winifred, Sarah, Mary, and our relationship. It’s good for women. We stick together through hell and high water, but we do cause mayhem, and not many women cause that much mayhem!”
Directed by Anne Fletcher and written by Jen D’Angelo,Hocus Pocus 2is scheduled for aDisney+release on August 22, 2025.
