Warner Bros. is finally bringing the world a sequel to the 1998 film Practical Magic, with Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman reprising the roles of sister witches Sally and Gillian Owens. Producer Denise Di Novi has promised that the sequel, which is aiming for a September 11, 2026 theatrical release, will honor the original and not attempt to reinvent the wheel – and you can judge for yourself whether or not Practical Magic 2 appears to be a worthy follow-up by checking out the newly unveiled trailer! Check it out in the embed above.
What was Practical Magic about?
Based on a novel by Alice Hoffman and directed by Griffin Dunne from a screenplay by Robin Swicord, Akiva Goldsman, and Adam Brooks, Practical Magic revolves around two witch sisters, Sally Owens (Sandra Bullock) and Gillian Owens (Nicole Kidman), who live in a small town alongside their eccentric aunts Frances (Stockard Channing) and Jet (Dianne Wiest). As the sisters attempt to practice their craft, they face closed-minded prejudice and a curse that threatens to prevent them from ever finding lasting love. The curse dictates that whoever falls in love with one of the sisters dies an untimely death. Sally and Gillian live separate lives with different approaches to their magical gifts. Sally chooses to live quietly, while Gillian is a wild child who flaunts her abilities. When the sisters accidentally kill Gillian’s violent partner, Jimmy Angelov (Goran Visnjic), a string of supernatural events unfold, sending the duo into a race to undo a family curse.
What is Practical Magic 2 about?
Practical Magic 2 is directed by Susanne Bier from a screenplay by Akiva Goldsman, Georgia Pritchett, and Kelly Marcel. Here’s the synopsis:
Starring Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman, Practical Magic 2 returns to a world steeped in moonlit mischief and powerful ancestral magic, as the Owens sisters must confront the dark curse that threatens to unravel their family once and for all in a must-see cinematic event of fun, magic and mayhem.
In addition to Bullock and Kidman, Practical Magic 2 stars Joey King (The Act, Bullet Train), Lee Pace (The Fall, Stardust), Maisie Williams (Game of Thrones, The New Mutants), Xolo Maridueña (Blue Beetle, Cobra Kai), Solly McLeod (Brothers Under Fire, House of the Dragon), Stockard Channing (Practical Magic, Six Degrees of Separation), Dianne Wiest (The Birdcage, Edward Scissorhands)
King takes on the role of Sally’s elder Kyle, who was playing by Evan Rachel Wood in the first movie. That bit of casting de-age the character by a decade. King and Bullock were both in the cast of the 2022 action film Bullet Train, and King played Kidman’s daughter in the Netflix rom-com A Family Affair just last year.
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