

In March 2020, it was announced that Adam Shankman was set to direct a sequel film, written by Jen D’Angelo, for Disney+. Usually, Midler hosts a large Halloween event in New York City, but due to the coronavirus pandemic, this took the place of that. Additionally, in 2020, the actresses who portrayed the witches hosted a virtual Halloween special, “In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover,” to benefit the New York Restoration Project. Starring Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy as the Sanderson Sisters, the classic follows a high school boy ( Omri Katz), his crush ( Vinessa Shaw) and his little sister ( Thora Birch), who quickly find out the rumor of the witches is true and must find a way to stop them from becoming immortal before Halloween is over.Īlthough it’s been years since the movie’s release, it has become such a hit that the cast has reunited multiple times over the years at various conventions around the world. I smell children! When Hocus Pocus dropped in theaters in 1993, it flopped - but it more than lasted the test of time, becoming a must-watch film every October.
