Disney’s Hocus Pocus 2 will debut on Disney Plus on Friday, September 30, 2022, at 3 a.m. ET, reuniting the Salem sisters from the 1993 film of the same name. Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy will reprise their roles as the Salem Witches, Winifred Sanderson, Sarah Sanderson, and Mary Sanderson, in the American gothic comedy film directed by Anne Fletcher.
Everything You Need to Know About Hocus Pocus 2
Hocus Pocus 2 will be available on Disney Plus on September 30, 2022. According to the film’s IMDb synopsis:
Three young ladies unintentionally summon the Sanderson Sisters back to modern-day Salem, where they must find out how to stop the child-hungry witches from wreaking havoc on the globe.
On September 10, 2022, the trailer for Hocus Pocus 2 emerged, hinting at the journey that three friends would go on. On Winifred’s 16th birthday in 1693, the Mother Witch (Hannah Waddingham) bestows the spellbook-with-one-eye with her. The scene then flashed forward 370 years later, when wannabe witch Becca and her companion Izzy accidentally summoned the Sanderson sisters after igniting the Black Flame Candle. According to the narrative described in the prequel film, the candle connected with magical aspects was claimed to resuscitate the sisters.
Winifred Sanderson appeared on the TV after the candle-lighting ritual and remarked, “Put your children in a room. Yes, Salem, we’ve returned.” “If we want to survive until dawn, we have to take their souls,” she continued, catching Becca and Izzy between them.
Winifred was mentioned in the prequel when she disclosed that the ritual that revived them only worked on Halloween. They must absorb the soul of at least one kid if they wish to survive beyond daylight. They will be converted to dust otherwise. The witches and the teens determined to stop them started a cat-and-mouse pursuit. The teaser finished with the arrival of Billy Butcherson, Winifred’s unfaithful boyfriend who has been changed into a zombie but, in his words, a “nice zombie.”
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The sequel to the 1993 film of the same name, Hocus Pocus 2. Jen D’Angelo wrote the screenplay and directed it. According to Collider, filming on the same concluded in January 2022. The film is set against the background of the notorious yet historic Salem witch trials, which took place from 1692 to 1693 in historical Salem, Massachusetts. The Salem witch trials were a series of hearings and convictions of persons suspected of witchcraft, culminating in the death of 19 people found guilty.
These witch trials are an example of public frenzy about witchcraft, and they have become a weapon in literature, politics, and pop culture to allude to particular acts motivated by religious fanaticism and xenophobia. Along with Parker, Midler, and Najimy, the picture stars Doug Jones, Whitney Peak, Lilia Buckingham, Tony Hale, and Sam Richardson.
