Disney+'s 'Werewolf by Night' Leads a Horror-Filled Streaming Movie Ranker | Chart". October 14, 2022 . Retrieved October 23, 2022. Nolfi, Joey (November 1, 2019). "Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimy confirm interest in Hocus Pocus sequel". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on November 1, 2019 . Retrieved November 2, 2019. Guerrero, Bethany (November 9, 2021). "Hocus Pocus 2 Set Photos Show A Modern Halloween Festival In Salem". Screen Rant. Archived from the original on November 9, 2021 . Retrieved November 9, 2021. In October 2022, Disney+ reported Hocus Pocus 2 was the service's most-viewed film premiere in the United States, based on number of hours streamed in the first three days of its release. [58] [59] [60] Disney later reported that Hocus Pocus 2 was the service's most-viewed film. [61] [62]

Sam Richardson as Gilbert, the owner of the Olde Salem Magic Shoppe, the former home of the Sanderson Sisters. Having witnessed the sisters' initial defeat in 1993, he subsequently sought out to facilitate their eventual return. ANTHONY LUND (September 16, 2021). "First Hocus Pocus 2 Set Images Arrive as Construction Gets Underway in Rhode Island". Archived from the original on September 18, 2021 . Retrieved December 1, 2021. Wild Teen Party: She has a Halloween party at her house while her dad's at the festival. Downplayed, as nothing too crazy is seen—this is a Disney movie, after all. The wildest it ever gets is some loud music, and everyone's out by midnight thanks to her dad getting home early. Hocus Pocus 2' Delivers Double Win for Disney+ on This Week's Streaming Movie Ranker | Charts". Yahoo.com. October 7, 2022. Archived from the original on October 11, 2022 . Retrieved October 11, 2022.

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Disproportionate Retribution: The sequel reveals he was never Winifred's lover. She's been obsessed with him since they were teenagers and they kissed once. In fact, Billy's greatly annoyed when he learns what everyone thinks happened. Leonardo DiCaprio Turned Down 'Hocus Pocus' And 'More Money Than I Ever Dreamed Of' ". Huffington Post. February 12, 2014. Archived from the original on June 9, 2016 . Retrieved December 1, 2016. In the sequel, she accurately notes that Book isn't comfortable revealing Magicae Maxima and doesn't want to help Winifred and Mary as they try to access it. Especially when it's shown the cost of the spell is Sarah and Mary dying.

A Dog Named "Dog": Although this living book has a title, the Manual of Witchcraft and Alchemy, it is known simply as Book. Skeptic No Longer: Initially makes jokes about the witches, and believes that Halloween itself is a candy company conspiracy. Then the witches show up, he is berated by a talking cat, and is then onboard with the "magic is real" message. All Part of the Show: The Sandersons bewitch a crowd of people to dance until they find Traske. When they circle around him - while still dancing, mind you - he thinks it's some sort of Flash Mob and giddily joins in. Evry, Max (December 13, 2021). "Hocus Pocus 2 Set Photos May Confirm The Sequel's Working Title". /Film. Archived from the original on December 17, 2021 . Retrieved December 17, 2021. Brainless Beauty: The youngest and most conventionally attractive of the witch sisters is none too bright. She'd rather "prance around idiotically" as Winfred would put it.

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In 2023, Disney re-released the film in select theaters on October 6 to commemorate its 30th anniversary. Damsel in Distress: Just like Dani in the first movie, she gets captured by the witches in the third act. They need the blood of their enemy to cast Magicae Maxima, and since Cassie's a direct descendant of Reverend Traske, she's their closest source. Burr, Ty (July 23, 1993). "Hocus Pocus Review". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on October 21, 2017 . Retrieved October 28, 2011.

Nolfi, Joey (March 14, 2022). "Drag Race star Ginger Minj joins Hocus Pocus 2 as drag version of Bette Midler". Entertainment Weekly. Actor Allusion: "Hello Salem! My name's Winifred, what's yours?" Bette Midler had previously starred in the 1993 film version of Gypsy.In February 2018, Jones revealed that there had been talks to do a sequel set twenty years after the original film and that he was approached to be involved on it, though he admitted that he was still interested on reprising his role as Billy Butcherson. [19] In July 2018, a book titled Hocus Pocus and the All-New Sequel was released, containing a novelization of the film and a sequel story. The sequel focuses on Max and Allison's daughter, Poppy, who grew up hearing the family story of the original film and parents who avoid Halloween as much as possible. Poppy is skeptical of the tale and ends up in the Sanderson house on Halloween, twenty-five years to the day after the movie, in an attempt to prove there is nothing to the story. [20] Call-Forward: Her outfit consists of a red dress, a fringed cape, and a sun emblem. Dani would wear a very similar costume centuries later, implied to be based on the Mother Witch herself. Jen Yamato (July 2, 2014). "Disney, Tina Fey Developing 'Untitled Witch Project' – Not 'Hocus Pocus 2' – Deadline". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on October 19, 2019 . Retrieved June 27, 2020. Hocus Pocus 2 Is Disney+'s Biggest Film Premiere". ComicBook.com. Archived from the original on October 4, 2022 . Retrieved October 4, 2022. Even Evil Has Standards: It is very much against casting Magicae Maxima, to the point it will close itself up when somebody attempts to look at casting it.