Sarah Jessica Parker is one of the stars of the 'Hocus Pocus' movies. SOPA Images

'Hocus Pocus 2' details are here: 'The black flame candle is alight'

By Megan Armstrong | Last updated Nov 1, 2021 6:25 PM ET

Hocus Pocus 2 was confirmed in May, but it's only right that Halloween brought even more details to the surface.

We already knew that Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy were reprising their Sanderson sisters roles, but now we have a fuller picture of the cast:

Joining the cast are Whitney Peak, Lilia Buckingham, Belissa Escobedo, Doug Jones, Tony Hale, Sam Richardson, Hannah Waddingham, Juju Brener, Froy Gutierrez, Taylor Henderson, and Nina Kitchen.

Fall 2022 on @DisneyPlus, #HocusPocus2 cometh to us!
— Disney (@Disney) October 31, 2021

Entertainment Weekly additionally relayed plot details:

"According to new plot details released by the Mouse House, the new Hocus Pocus will pick up 29 years after a teen named Max (played by Omri Katz in the original 1993 film) lit the Black Flame Candle and resurrected the three 17th-century-child-essence-stealing sorceresses. Winifred (Midler), Sarah (Parker), and Mary (Najimy) are now looking for revenge when they find themselves back in Salem in the present day. It's up to three high school students, who incite the wrath of the enchantresses, to stop them. Those three teens are Becca (Gossip Girl's Whitney Peak), Cassie (Dirt's Lilia Buckingham), and Izzy (American Horror Stories' Belissa Escobedo)."

Directed by Anne Fletcher and written by Jen D'Angelo, Hocus Pocus 2 is expected to begin streaming on Disney Plus in fall 2022.

Megan Armstrong

Megan Armstrong (@megankarmstrong) is a writer whose work has appeared in places such as Billboard, GQ, Esquire, Bleacher Report, Uproxx, and others. Megan has also produced various podcasts and hosted a daily radio show at Mizzou. She grew up obsessed with sports — impressing adults by memorizing NFL statistics as a kindergartner — and grew into an obsession with music

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