Lilia Buckingham

Sean Bailey, President of Walt Disney Studios Motion Picture Production, confirmed Hocus Pocus 3 was happening months after Hocus Pocus 2 premiered on the Disney Plus subscription service. In a recent interview with The New York Times, Bailey announced that a new iteration of the Halloween franchise is being produced. 'Yes, Hocus Pocus 3 is happening,' Bailey said in the interview, though no other specifics were given.

The cast of the beloved film assembled on the red carpet to celebrate the long-anticipated launch of "Hocus Pocus 2" on Disney+. The original Sanderson Sisters, played by Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimy, and Bette Midler, posed for photographs at AMC Lincoln Square Theatre in New York on September 27. The three children's families, as well as fellow cast members Doug Jones, Whitney Peak, Lilia Buckingham, Belissa Escobedo, and others were among those on hand. Marion Loretta Elwell and Tabitha Hodge Broderick, Parker's wife, who has mainly kept her children out of the spotlight over the years, welcomed Matthew Broderick and her 13-year-old twin daughters Marion Loretta Elwell and Tabitha Hodge Broderick. For the occasion, the actor and producer wore a floral-print jacket and harem-style trousers, while Marion chose a reflective, glitter jacket, and Tabitha went for a black puff-sleeve minidress. All three children wore SJP boots from Sarah Jessica Parker, highlighting the woman of the hour. Parker and her 19-year-old son James Wilkie Broderick attended the premiere of "And Just Like That" in December 2021, so family red carpet appearances may be a new tradition.

In Hocus Pocus 2, the beloved witches of Salem, Massachusetts, will return nearly 30 years after the Sanderson Sisters wreaked squabble. Bette Midler (Winifred), Sarah Jessica Parker (Sarah), and Kathy Najimy (Mary) reprise their roles in the sequel, which will debut on Disney Plus on September 30. In a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly, producer Anne Fletcher announced that the sequel's first sequence would explore the sisters' roots in the 1600s.