Disney’s "Hocus Pocus 2" is set to be released on Sept. 30, 2022, according to multiple media reports. (Credit: Disney+) LOS ANGELES - Come, we fly! "Hocus Pocus 2" has gotten an official release date on Disney+ and the first footage from the highly-anticipated sequel was shared this week.
Disney announced Tuesday that the new incarnation of the Halloween cult classic will be released on Sept. 30, 2022, on its streaming platform, according to Entertainment Weekly and other outlets.
The premiere date was shared during the studio’s upfronts presentation. The original 1993 comedy-fantasy film, which stars Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy, is about three villainous witches from the 17th century who are accidentally resurrected by a teenage boy in Salem, Massachusetts. "Hocus Pocus" was not particularly successful in its original theatrical run, but has since found a cult following, particularly during the Halloween season.Kathy Nahimy, Bette Midler and Sarah Jessica Parker are pictured in the 1993 Disney production "Hocus Pocus." (Photo credit: Walt Disney Pictures) Back in 2020, it was announced that a "Hocus Pocus" remake was in the works, and Disney also revealed the production would be bringing back some main cast, including Midler, Parker and Najimy as the evil Sanderson Sisters.
In May 2021, Disney said the sequel would drop in the "fall 2022" and production began last November."It’s been 29 years since someone lit the Black Flame Candle and resurrected the 17th-century sisters who were executed for practicing witchcraft, and they are looking for revenge," a synopsis for the new film reads.