Hocus Pocus 3 Script Replace From Bette Midler

Hocus Pocus 3 will get a serious replace from Bette Midler two years after the sequel was introduced. The third installment within the Disney Halloween film collection was introduced in July 2023 following the success of Hocus Pocus 2, which had the most-watched weekend premiere in Disney+ historical past with 2.7 billion minutes of viewing.

Three years after the second film’s debut, the unique Hocus Pocus and the sequel proceed to be streaming hits because the second and fifth most-watched present or film on Disney+ charts through the 2025 Halloween season. Nonetheless, the final Hocus Pocus 3 replace from Sarah Jessica Parker was that there have been “No extra developments apart from we want to do it.”

On Watch What Occurs Dwell With Andy Cohen, Midler now offers a extra promising replace, as she reveals that she has obtained a script for Hocus Pocus 3 and that “a variety of it was sensible.” With a script written, she explains that different key particulars at the moment are being found out, together with how a lot the sequel will value. Try her feedback beneath:

They despatched a script and a variety of it was sensible. So, I bought very excited, and now we’re attempting to determine what it’s and the way it’s going and the place it will be and the way a lot it will value.

Midler’s replace is a serious step ahead for the venture, particularly after Parker’s earlier remarks in July that there had been no additional developments. Hocus Pocus 3 has a narrative now that there is a script, though Midler’s remarks point out that it’s not finalized and shall be reworked additional.

Hocus Pocus 2‘s end-credits scene teased that the Sanderson sisters will return but once more regardless of being turned to mud. Midler’s involvement within the third film confirms as a lot, as she performs Winifred “Winnie” Sanderson and is a part of the long-lasting trio that features Sarah Sanderson (Parker) and Mary Sanderson (Kathy Najimy).

Anne Fletcher and Jen D’Angelo, who beforehand labored on Hocus Pocus 2, are connected to direct and write the third movie. Whereas no forged members are confirmed but, it’s probably that alongside the Sanderson sisters, Salem’s new coven of Becca (Whitney Peak), Izzy (Belissa Escobedo), and Cassie (Lilia Buckingham) may even return.

Whereas the preliminary and ongoing streaming success was behind Disney’s resolution to greenlight the third film, Midler’s point out of the script being “sensible” and making her “excited” bode properly for the precise story, which the artistic crew remains to be working to excellent.

Since many key particulars are nonetheless being labored out, audiences shouldn’t count on Hocus Pocus 3 within the close to future. It most likely will not be prepared for Halloween 2026, with 2027 being a extra probably launch window. Nevertheless, it’s becoming that the sequel’s most promising replace for the reason that preliminary announcement in 2023 comes through the present Halloween season.