Everything We Know About ‘Practical Magic 2,...

The unique Sensible Magic stole our hearts in 1998, and we’ve been retaining shut tabs on the forthcoming sequel ever because it was first introduced to be within the works. Each Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock confirmed they’d be returning to their roles again in June 2024, and different particulars have been trickling out ever since. So, right here’s every thing we find out about Sensible Magic 2 to date.

Sensible Magic 2 Launch Date

Sensible Magic 2 simply moved up its launch date by one week and can now premiere in theaters all around the globe on Sept. 11, 2026. So, we nonetheless have just a little wait earlier than we get to return to the Owens sisters’ iconic white home, however we do know we’ll see some acquainted faces onscreen.

Sensible Magic 2 Solid

For starters, Aunt Jet and Aunt Franny are again, witches! Dianne Wiest and Stockard Channing are returning to reprise their roles and fire up some contemporary batches of midnight margaritas alongside Kidman and Bullock, Deadline confirms.

We additionally know that Lee Tempo, Maisie Williams, Xolo Maridueña, Joey King, and Solly McLeod are a part of the solid too, per Deadline. King is confirmed to be taking part in Sally Owens’ daughter, “the one who discovers the darkish household secrets and techniques and her personal darkish powers, plunging the household right into a disaster,” based on The Hollywood Reporter.

It’s not but clear who the opposite actors will play, or how their characters will relate to the Owens ladies, since we don’t have any particulars on the plot. However contemplating The Hollywood Reporter references King’s character as “one in every of Bullock’s daughters,” I think about Williams will probably be taking part in the opposite. As a result of you realize what the world wants proper now? Two new Owens sisters ready to tackle the world for love and household, clearly.

The unique Sensible Magic additionally starred Evan Rachel Wooden as Sally’s older daughter, Kylie Owens, however Wooden truly took to social media to make clear that she is not going to be a part of the sequel. Right here’s what she posted to her Instagram Tales following Wiest and Channing’s casting announcement, based on The Hollywood Reporter:

“I get requested about this so much, so I’ll simply clear it up now; I used to be not requested to come back again and be within the Sensible Magic sequel,” Wooden wrote. “I supplied my companies, even when it was one scene or one line. I used to be advised they’re recasting. I’m sorry to disappoint the followers. It was not in my management or my selection. I might have fortunately rejoined my sisters.”

Popular culture-savvy followers will know that Kidman’s divorce from ex-husband and nation star Keith City unfolded through the filming of Sensible Magic 2, with manufacturing wrapping simply weeks earlier than their break up was revealed publicly. In dialog with Ariana Grande for Interview Magazine, Kidman revealed that she felt “protected and cherished” on set along with her castmates.

Sensible Magic 2 Plot

Whereas there aren’t any confirmed synopses of Sensible Magic 2 circulating but, as Scary Mommy previously pointed out, the primary Sensible Magic film was based mostly on a e-book collection by Alice Hoffman. Whereas the movie differed from the primary e-book in some methods, Hoffman’s work will clearly function the supply materials for this sequel too — and this a lot has been confirmed by producer Denise Di Novi.

She advised Entertainment Weekly that Sensible Magic 2 will draw closely on Hoffman’s The E book of Magic, printed in 2021. “I believe [fans are] going to be more than happy. We’re going to be very trustworthy. We’re cognizant to how essential these characters and that film are to so many individuals. We’re going to attract from Alice Hoffman’s books, as the primary film did, and we’re going to be true to the chronology of what number of years later it’s.”

The creator’s web site summarizes the book like so:

“The Owens household has been cursed in issues of affection for over 300 years however all of that’s about to vary. The novel begins in a library, one of the best place for a narrative to be conjured, when beloved aunt Jet Owens hears the deathwatch beetle and is aware of she has solely seven days to dwell. Jet is just not the one one in peril — the curse is already at work.

“A frantic try to avoid wasting a younger man’s life spurs three generations of the Owens ladies, and one long-lost brother, to make use of their uncommon items to interrupt the curse as they journey from Paris to London to the English countryside the place their ancestor Maria Owens first practiced the Unnamed Artwork. The youthful technology discovers secrets and techniques which were hidden from them in issues of each magic and love by Sally, their fiercely protecting mom. As Kylie Owens uncovers the reality about who she is and what her personal darkish powers are, her aunt Franny comes to know that she is able to sacrifice every thing for her household, and Sally Owens realizes that she is keen to surrender every thing for love.”

Nope, that doesn’t sound like a nasty film in any respect. Nevertheless the plot shakes out and whoever these new additions to the solid play, can all of us promise we’ll present up in droves to this sequel similar to we did for Barbie? I need to see witchy outfits within the theaters and pre-watch parties galore on-line!