Bette Midler confirms a ‘Hocus Pocus' sequel is on the way

Stir those cauldrons and don your best witchy green because it looks like the rumours are true—Hocus Pocus is getting a sequel after all, and all three original actors are willing to return for it.Winifred, AKA Bette Midler, confirmed the news herself in a new interview with Fox’s Good Day New York while promoting her upcoming Hocus Pocus-themed fundraiser that takes place on October 30. “It’s like a Hocus Pocus reunion, everyone from Hocus Pocus is in it,” Midler explained around the clip’s 8:30 mark. “But it’s not a movie—they want to make a movie, they asked if we were interested and of course we all said yes… I’m game. I’m totally game.”Midler was referring to her co-stars Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy. The trio starred as the three Sanderson sister witches in the (not-too-scary) 1993 film, which has become a cult classic in the years since its release. Case in point? The movie was re-released in theatres earlier this month, and it quickly became the highest-grossing film at the box office, generating an estimated one million dollars in ticket sales over a single weekend.“It was so bizarre to have been these characters 27 years ago and to put all that gear on… it was so bizarre because we fell into exactly the same relationships we had and the same style of behaving onscreen that we had 27 years ago,” Midler revealed in the interview, explaining what it was like to get back in character for the fundraiser, as well as for a recent voting PSA. “It was as if we had been off for the weekend.”

 

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Your 3 fav witches - @sarahjessicaparker @kathynajimy & ME - are returning for 1 night only on 10/30 at 8p ET! “In Search of the Sanderson Sisters” is the best thing to happen to #Halloween since Hocus Pocus + Reeses Pieces. Get your tix now (link in bio) and support @NYRP #nyrphulaween

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Last year, Disney+ confirmed that Hocus Pocus 2 is in development with Jen D’Angelo (Workaholics) writing the script. At Halloween that same year, Parker echoed Midler’s sentiments about being game to film another round. She shared a throwback photo of the trio on Instagram, prompting a fan to ask about part two in the comments. “We have all said yes,” Parker revealed. “Now we wait.”Hopefully now that Midler has reminded the Powers-That-Be just how much everyone would be down for this movie, the wait won’t be too much longer. In the meantime, fans will have to attend Midler’s In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover fundraiser to get their (virtual) fill of the witchy trio for now.[video_embed id='2062930']Before you go: This family created a candy catapult for a safe Halloween[/video_embed]