Halloween is coming early this yr. September 30 sees the Disney+ premiere of Hocus Pocus 2, the long-awaited sequel to the 1993 box office disappointment-turned-annual tradition. And the Sanderson Sisters seem like in high quality kind within the just-released first trailer for the movie, which reunites Bette Midler, Kathy Najimy and Sarah Jessica Parker as their witchy alter egos. (Watch the trailer above.)
Set almost three many years after the occasions of the unique movie, Hocus Pocus 2 follows a brand new era of highschool college students who by chance summon Salem’s premiere Seventeenth-century troublemakers. Greatest associates Becca, Cassie and Izzy (performed by Whitney Peak, Lilia Buckinghman and Belissa Escobedo respectively) are the trio who inadvertently summon the Sanderson siblings, after which have to forestall them from as soon as once more wreaking havoc in town. “Lock up your kids!” proclaims Midler’s lead sister, Winifred. “Sure, Salem … we’re again!”
Talking with Yahoo Leisure two years in the past, The Rose star known as the primary Hocus Pocus “one of the crucial enjoyable experiences I ever had,” which made the thought of signing on for a sequel a no brainer. And Midler additionally teased that Hocus Pocus 2 would function a brand new variation on the showstopping sequence from the unique film, the place Winifred brings the home down along with her rendition of the Screamin’ Jay Hawkins commonplace, “I Put a Spell on You.”
“[He] made the music immortal; I simply cribbed it,” Midler mentioned on the time, including that she wasn’t positive what music Winifred would slay this time round. The Hocus Pocus 2 trailer confirms that she’ll be warming up her pipes once more, although. On the finish of the teaser, a Salem resident warmly greets the sisters and says, “I wager you are on the lookout for the stage.” With a sly grin, Winifred replies, “At all times.”
On Twitter, followers are able to summon Hocus Pocus 2 into their lives in September, particularly because it’ll assist distract from the true perils occurring on the earth proper now.
Hocus Pocus 2 premieres Sept. 30 on Disney+
