Disney is bringing back a Halloween favorite, “Hocus Pocus”, for a whole new generation. A “Hocus Pocus” remake is currently in development that will introduce a brand new cast and will appear exclusively on The Disney Channel.
From Deadline:
Disney Channel is in early stages of development on a Hocus Pocus TV movie, a reimagining of the 1993 cult classic Walt Disney feature, which starred Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy.
The new take is being written by Scarlett Lacey (The Royals), with David Kirschner, producer on the original movie, on board to executive produce.
The 1993 film was written by Neil Cuthbert and Mick Garris, based on a story by Garris and Kirschner, and directed by zKenny Ortega. Garris hinted at a possible Hocus Pocus TV project in a recent interview.
The new Hocus Pocus iteration will have a new cast and a new director. Ortega, who has directed Disney Channel’s two biggest TV movie franchises, High School Musical and Descendants, is not involved.
Hocus Pocus chronicles what happens when three villainous witches, played by Bette Midler, Kathy Najimy and Sarah Jessica Parker, are inadvertently resurrected in Salem, Massachusetts. The film has become a cult hit and a staple on Disney Channel and Freeform with annual airings.
Kirschner’s producing credits also include Curious George, An American Tail and The Addams Family TV series.
Source: Deadline
I wish Disney could remake my legs. They had to cut them off due to my diabetes and inability to stop eating a case of Ding Dongs a day. I eat my feelings and I’m dead inside.
This is absolutely wonderful!!
I want Hocus Pocus 2 with the original cast in theaters. I can’t afford cable so will never see it on the Disney Channel.
Ditto!
What NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! That Cast Better Be Just as good. Or thay will not get replaced in the 2.0 Show at Magic Kingdom. I Better Look Into that.
I would love to see hocus pocus 2 come back out with same actors as the first one and it be good just as the first I Loved the first movie and all three witch’s that played in the first one . I can’t wait for the second one to come out so I can see it ,I hope it will be soon