Hocus Pocus 3 will happen. Disney is planning another sequel to the saga starring Bette Midler, Kathy Najimy and Sarah Jessica Parker , following the success of Hocus Pocus 2 on Disney+ .
Sean Bailey , president of Walt Disney Studios Motion Picture Production, confirmed this during an interview published by the New York Times.
Hocus Pocus 2 has recorded 2.7 billion minutes of views, and it is not surprising, therefore, that the studio has decided to proceed with the third chapter.
Released in 1993, the original Hocus Pocus was directed by Kenny Ortega and centered on a trio of witches inadvertently resurrected by a teenager on Halloween.
The plot of Hocus Pocus 2
It has been 29 years since someone lit the Black Flame Candle and resurrected the 17th century sisters, who are out for revenge. Now it’s up to three high school students to stop the ravenous witches from wreaking havoc in Salem before dawn on All Hallows’ Eve.
In the cast of Hocus Pocus 2 we also find Sam Richardson ( The War of Tomorrow ), Doug Jones ( The Shape of Water – The Shape of Water ), Whitney Peak ( Gossip Girl ), Belissa Escobedo ( American Horror Stories ), Lilia Buckingham ( Dirt ), Froy Gutierrez ( Teen Wolf ). Also with them are Tony Hale ( Veep – incompetent Vice President ) and Hannah Waddingham ( Ted Lasso ). The film is directed by Anne Fletcher ( I Want A Life Shaped Like Me, The Proposal ) and produced by Lynn Harris ( King Richard, Paradise Beach ), with Ralph Winter ( Hocus Pocus, the X-Men franchise ) , David Kirschner ( Hocus Pocus , Child’s Play ) and Adam Shankman ( Disenchanted , Hairspray ) as executive producers.