Iconic 90s film Practical Magic is officially getting a sequel!
A new iteration of the cult classic starring Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock is set to hit screens more than 25 years after the original movie was released.
Warner Bros. confirmed the exciting news on 11 June, after much speculation about the prospect of the sequel.
“It’s official! Practical Magic 2 is in development and coming soon. 🌟🧙♀️,” the studio shared on Instagram.
Both Nicole and Sandra are tipped to reprise their roles as the Owens sisters in Practical Magic 2 and are also set to act as producers on the project alongside Denise Di Novi, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The 1998 movie follows orphaned witch sisters Gillian (Nicole) and Sally (Sandra) Owens who are raised in a small town in Massachusetts by their unique and unconventional aunts.
The girls have been given a family curse where any man who falls in love with them is doomed to die, and in their desperation to break this curse they attempt to break the spell to rid themselves of the curse and find true love.
The official synopsis from Warner Bros. reads: “Now adult women with very different personalities, the quiet Sally and the fiery Gillian must use all of their powers to fight the family curse and a swarm of supernatural forces that threatens the lives of all of the Owens women.”
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Both Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock were in the early stages of their acting careers when they filmed the original Practical Magic film, and they have gone on to become critically-acclaimed and Academy Award-winning actresses.
Both women have reflected on the movie fondly, with Nicole saying “I love that movie,” at the Oscars in 2018 when she momentarily reunited with her former co-star on the red carpet.
“I showed that movie to my kids. It’s a little above their [level of understanding] … But we’re really good sisters.”
Meanwhile, Sandra has recalled her favourite memory from Practical Magic, which was filming the infamous ‘midnight margaritas’ scene.
“We were talking about when we shot [the movie] together, and we asked her to get the tequila; she came back with her own tequila, but we drank it anyway. We were a little drunk,” Sandra said of Nicole.
Practical Magic is based on the 1995 book of the same name by author Alice Hoffman, who has also gone on to write two prequel novels as well as one sequel.
The books can be read in the order they were written (Practical Magic, The Rules of Magic, Magic Lessons, The Book of Magic) or in chronological order (Magic Lessons, The Rules of Magic, Practical Magic, The Book of Magic).
One of the prequels, The Rules of Magic, was reportedly set to be turned into a spin-off series in 2019, however the deal fell through.
Original producer Denise Di Novi spoke on the show’s cancellation in February 2024, where she also teased the possibility of the now-confirmed Practical Magic sequel.
“There is something else that’s going to happen that is still a secret,” she told UPI.
“But I think the fans are going to be thrilled. It’s not The Rules of Magic, which I did develop for television, but it’s in the world of Practical Magic.”
Stay tuned for more details on the upcoming Practical Magic 2 film!
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