Ladies and gentlemen, we finally have an answer to. Bette midler slams disney channels hocus pocus remake e. While it isnt clear if tina fey will star in hocus pocus 2, the producers are seeking two leading ladies for this sequel to the 1993 comedy starring bette midler and sarah jessica parker. Kathy attended crawford high school, and began her film career in the early 1990s, with several minor roles. After driving all night, two sisters come across a dilapidated roadside park. Doctor strange in the multiverse of madness logo jade bartlett loki movies. It has adventure,its dark,and it has a nice but also sad to me ending. In 2015, buzzfeed asked sarah jessica parker if shed be down for a. This movie has darkness to it making it scary but not in the way movies are nowadays. So sit back grab your friends and family and lets return to salem.
Hocus pocus director kenny ortega will not be involved in the making of hocus pocus 2, and the movie was initially reported to feature an entirely new cast. She is the daughter of samia massery and fred najimy, a postal worker, both of lebanese ancestry. Let the witch hunt for the disney executives who have yet to bring us hocus pocus 2 begin. Allison shearmur productions has signed to produce hocus pocus 2. According to variety, adam shankman is set to direct the sequel to the cult classic. Disney potentially developing hocus pocus 2 collider.
Shankman is known for directing films such as step up and 2007s hairspray. Hocus pocus 2 what happens when good vs evil or what happens when you cant tell the differences there back and this time they have compassionate competition for top spot will they be. The original film starred bette midler, kathy najimy and sarah jessica parker as a trio of. Hocus pocus was originally a much darker film with a. Hocus pocus critics consensus harmlessly hokey yet never much more than mediocre, hocus pocus is a muddled familyfriendly effort that fails to live up to the talents of its impressive cast. Please subscribe, like, comment, favorite, share and turn on the notification bell to be notified when i upload a brand new video. He also has made guest appearances on many tv shows. On 2 august 2015, the facebook page tough cookie parenting shared a seeming movie poster image in a post reporting that a sequel to the. The movie was a hit and all the moms are buying this movie for their collection. For the record shankman is known for some truly unhorror movies such as what men want, rock of ages, bedtime stories, hairspray, cheaper. Sherlock back in 2015, hocus pocus 2, odysseus finds. If bette midler, sarah jessica parker and kathy najimy get their way, there will be a hocus pocus sequel midler, 68, was first to stir the cauldron on this one, revealing tuesday in a reddit ama. Hocus pocus was originally a much darker film with a completely different name peopletv. David kirschner, a producer from the original, will executive produce, but scarlett lacey the royals will replace original screenwriters neil cuthbert and mick garris, and original director kenny ortega will be absent as well.
Tina fey is teaming up with disney to develop a witchthemed movie, but sadly, its not the hocus pocus sequel that everyone was hoping for. Kathy got her breakthrough screen role as sister mary patrick in sister act. Bette midler says there wont be a hocus pocus 2 the wrap. The bbc one series sherlock is returning in 2015, tina fey is producing hocus pocus 2, a dark knight henchman joins antman and john cena joins the nest. Jul 12, 2012 hocus pocus 2 what happens when good vs evil or what happens when you cant tell the differences there back and this time they have compassionate competition for top spot will they be prepared for. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free. Tendo nagenda and jessica virtue are executive producing at disney. A rumor last year said that hocus pocus 2 was in development at disney. I rescheduled hocus pocus for another night, invited the same kids and you could hear a pin drop during the movie. Hocus pocus is a disney movie, and max is dryhumping his bedding. Though rumors were swirling earlier that the 30 rock. The 1993 film, starring bette midler, sarah jessica parker, and kathy najimy as a trio of.
Hocus pocus 2 is really happening according to mick garris, the screenwriter who wrote the first film. The halloween movie market is already oversaturated. In 2018, the haunted happenings grand parade, an annual salem festival held every october, was hocuspocus themed in honor of the movies 25th anniversary. Full hocus pocus villain spelltacular show mickeys notso. Oct 15, 2019 disney channel is in early stages of development on a hocus pocus tv movie, a reimagining of the 1993 cult classic walt disney feature. The city of salem has celebrated its connection to hocus pocus, while local filming sites have become an attraction for fans as the movie s legacy has grown over the years. The city of salem has celebrated its connection to hocus pocus, while local filming sites have become an attraction for fans as the movies legacy has grown over the years. He has appeared in many movies, including hocus pocus 1993, matinee 1993, and adventures in dinosaur city 1991. Hocus pocus 2 sets adam shankman to direct at disney plus. As shakespeare would have certainly written if hed been on the movie beat, double, double toil and trouble, movie stink and critic bubblehocus pocus has no focushas no rhyme, has no reason. And although a hocus pocus sequel has never been in the works, sarah jessica. We are a page in support of hocus pocus 2 being made, only. Hocus pocus has always been my favorite childhood halloween movie. Kathy najimy and midler have all expressed interest in returning for a second film, with rumors having.
Fear the walking dead premieres in august on amc and then weve got some comedy beats. Workaholics writer and coproducer jen dangelo wrote the. Bette midler is ready for hocus pocus 2, so inundate. Shortly afterwards it was confirmed that a hocus pocus tv movie was in the works at disney channel for release on freeform, and that it would be a. Fantastic 4 2015 interviews with miles teller, kate mara, michael b. It reveals itself to be more than meets the eye when one sister stumbles upon a mischievous resident inhabiting the bathroom that wants to play a sinister game.
Omri katz is probably best known for appearing on the hit tv shows dallas 1978 and eerie, indiana 1991. Hocus pocus fans were quite intrigued that is, until a few hours later when fey clarified that while she was indeed working on a witch movie for disney, it was in no way related to hocus pocus. Unfortunately, a reboot of the unforgettable 1993 disney movie doesnt appear to. Earlier this year, a rumor spread that not only was disney developing a sequel to the 1993 cult hit hocus pocus, but that tina fey was on board as a producer. Jul 06, 2012 rumor has it that disney has been quietly developing a sequel to its 90s halloween classic hocus pocus. Please please let it be hocus pocus 2 based off of hocus pocus and the. Sep 16, 2015 new for halloween 2015 at the magic kingdom, the hocus pocus villain spelltacular show made its debut on september 15 featuring the firstever appearance of the sanderson sisters from the popular. The film a sequel to 1993s cult hit hocus pocus starring bette midler, sarah jessica parker and kathy najimy was written by workaholics. Everything you need to know about hocus pocus 2 movie pre.
Oct 6, 2015 this pin was discovered by ciara russell. Hocus pocus actors sarah jessica parker, bette midler, and. Pop stars to movie stars, bachelors to real housewives, weve got it all. Midler answered a query about whether hocus pocus 2 would ever happen and said, in no.
On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost. Bette midler gives unequivocal no to hocus pocus 2. The original starred bette midler, sarah jessica parker, and kathy najimy. Feb 18, 2011 a little effort to create an ideal trailer of our favorite movie. In 2018, the haunted happenings grand parade, an annual salem festival held every october, was hocuspocus themed in honor of the movie s 25th anniversary. Hocus pocus star sarah jessica parker revealed she and fellow cast members bette midler and kathy najimy will return for the sequel. Oct 31, 2017 back in 2015, midler was asked about a likelihood of a hocus pocus 2 movie while answering questions on facebook. Disney channel is in early stages of development on a hocus pocus tv movie, a reimagining of the 1993 cult classic walt disney feature. Bette midler said during a recent reddit ama that shes ready to make a sequel to the halloween favorite and so are sarah jessica parker and kathy najimy, who played the other two sanderson sisters in the 1993 original. In 2015, buzzfeed asked sarah jessica parker if shed. Aug 23, 20 after 300 years, three sister witches are resurrected in salem massachusetts on halloween night, and it us up to two teenagers, a young girl, and an immortal cat to put an end to the witches reign. Adam shankman has been tapped to direct hocus pocus 2, which looks to bring back the original cast. Perhaps i underestimate the power of its generational hold, yet considering the potential of a broad disney witch romp, hocus pocus is an incredibly mediocre movie.
But whats even stranger is that this is a movie written by adults for children. Tina feys new witch film may be even better than hocus pocus 2. No plot details yet, except that this will be a sequel to the original 1993 hocus pocus. Tony goldmark improvised his line of its like if golden girls were goth girls. The good news is that were finally getting that hocus pocus 2 movie thats been talked about for years. Bette midler just crushed our hocus pocus 2 dreams moviefone. Alle informationen zu disneys neuem streamingdienst findet ihr. This new hocus pocus will focus see what i did there. This movie has everything you want in a halloween movie. Hocus pocus is a 1993 american dark fantasy comedy horror film directed by kenny ortega and written by neil cuthbert and mick garris, and it is based on a st.
Hocus pocus 2 what happens when good vs evil or what happens when you cant tell the differences there back and this time they have compassionate competition for top spot will they be prepared for. Cognisant of the cultural cache of their film, disney is cashing in on it by conjuring up a sequel, cleverly titled hocus pocus 2. This is my favorite movie all the time not just for halloween it is such a. Please please let it be hocus pocus 2 based off of hocus pocus and the all. After all these years and all the fan demand, i do believe i can. She discovered comics thanks to the plethora of movies and television she grew up with, like batman. Hocus pocus 2 will be a tv remake with an allnew cast. That would be somewhat understandable given that even the original movie s youngest star, thora birch, is now in her mid30s. A sequel to 1993s hocus pocus has been talked about for years and years and years. Hocus pocus 2 is really happening according to mick garris, the. The night of the party we played a different movie and all worked out. Bette midler answers the super important question once and for all.
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