What’s on Tonight: HOCUS POCUS 2 (2022) Streaming on Disney+ — “We’re Back Witches”

This is what I'm watching tonight: Hocus Pocus 2 premiered on Disney+ today September 30, 2022. Info below from Wikipedia and posters from IMDb.

Hocus Pocus 2 is a 2022 supernatural/comedy/family film directed by Anne Fletcher, written by Jen D'Angelo and produced by Walt Disney Pictures. A sequel to the 1993 film Hocus Pocus, it stars Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimy, and Doug Jones reprising their roles while Sam Richardson, Whitney Peak, Belissa Escobedo, Tony Hale, and Hannah Waddingham join the cast in new roles.

SYNOPSIS: Three young women accidentally bring back the Sanderson Sisters to modern-day Salem and must figure out how to stop the child-hungry witches from wreaking havoc on the world. The world may have been free of Winifred, Mary, and Sarah and the fear they invoked in us all, but what happens when you mess with magic? It messes back.

Filming took place from October 2021 to January 2022 in Rhode Island, replacing Salem, Massachusetts. It was released on Disney+ on September 30, 2022. Unlike the original movie, the film received a mixed-to-positive response from critics, praising the cast performances, and humor, but criticized the plot. Some critics deem the movie as an improvement over its predecessor.

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The first teaser trailer was released on June 28, 2022. The teaser trailer reached 43.6 million views in its first 24 hours while on Twitter, the #HocusPocus became a top trend of the day on Twitter following the teaser's debut. The social media conversation was also the most gender balanced of the comps at 51 percent male and 49 percent female. On September 9, 2022, the official trailer for the film premiered at the 2022 D23 Expo and was released online afterward.

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The cast of Disney's "Hocus Pocus 2" dish on all the easter eggs and callbacks they noticed when filming their new movie:

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Official HOCUS POCUS 2 (2022) Trailer Sanderson Sisters Origins and Billy Returns!

This Halloween Season, some legends never die. Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy reunite for the highly anticipated Original Movie event Hocus Pocus 2, streaming on Disney+ September 30.

The live-action, long awaited sequel to the perennial Halloween classic, brings back the delightfully wicked witches Sanderson sisters and zombie Billy Butcherson for more comedic mayhem. Official trailer below, released earlier tonight, features the origins of the Sanderson Sisters and the return of Billy Butcherson.

SYNOPSIS: It’s been 29 years since someone lit the Black Flame Candle and resurrected the 17th-century sisters, and they are looking for revenge. Now it is up to three high-school students to stop the ravenous witches from wreaking a new kind of havoc on Salem before dawn on All Hallow’s Eve.

Hocus Pocus 2 also stars Doug Jones (“The Shape of Water”), Whitney Peak (“Gossip Girl”), Lilia Buckingham (“Dirt”), Belisa Escobedo (“American Horror Stories”), Hannah Waddingham (“Ted Lasso”), Tony Hale (“Veep”), Sam Richardson (“The Tomorrow War,” “Good Boys”), Juju Brener (“Vanquish”), Froy Gutierrez (“Teen Wolf”), Taylor Paige Henderson and Nina Kitchen. The film is directed by Anne Fletcher (“Dumplin,’” “The Proposal”), written by Jen D’Angelo (“Happy Together,” “Workaholics”) and produced by Lynn Harris (“King Richard,” “The Shallows”), with Adam Shankman (“Disenchanted,” “Hairspray”), Ralph Winter (“Hocus Pocus,” “X-Men” franchise) and David Kirschner (“Hocus Pocus,” “Chucky”) serving as executive producers.

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Sanderson sisters at Walgreens clip:

Billy's Back!!:

Watch HOCUS POCUS 2 (2022) Streaming on Disney+ — The Long-Awaited Sequel to a Halloween Classic

This Halloween Season, some legends never die. Hocus Pocus 2, an Original movie event, streaming September 30 on Disney Plus.

Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy reunite for the highly anticipated Disney+ Original Movie “Hocus Pocus 2.” The live-action, long awaited sequel to the perennial Halloween classic, which brings back the delightfully wicked Sanderson sisters for more comedic mayhem, will debut on Disney+ on September 30, 2022.

SYNOPSIS: It’s been 29 years since someone lit the Black Flame Candle and resurrected the 17th-century sisters, and they are looking for revenge. Now it is up to three high-school students to stop the ravenous witches from wreaking a new kind of havoc on Salem before dawn on All Hallow’s Eve.

The film is directed by Anne Fletcher (“Dumplin,’” “The Proposal”), written by Jen D’Angelo (“Happy Together,” “Workaholics”) and produced by Lynn Harris (“King Richard,” “The Shallows”), with Adam Shankman (“Disenchanted,” “Hairspray”), Ralph Winter (“Hocus Pocus,” “X-Men” franchise) and David Kirschner (“Hocus Pocus,” “Chucky”) serving as executive producers.

“Hocus Pocus 2” includes the return of Doug Jones (“The Shape of Water”) as Billy Butcherson, and also stars Whitney Peak (“Gossip Girl”), Lilia Buckingham (“Dirt”), Belisa Escobedo (“American Horror Stories”), Hannah Waddingham (“Ted Lasso”), Tony Hale (“Veep”), Sam Richardson (“The Tomorrow War,” “Good Boys”), Juju Brener (“Vanquish”), Froy Gutierrez (“Teen Wolf”), Taylor Paige Henderson and Nina Kitchen. Omri Katz and Thora Birch, who starred in the original Kenny Ortega-directed 1993 movie will not return for the sequel, unfortunately.

WHERE TO STREAM  Hocus Pocus 2 (2022):

Teaser Trailer:

Watch as Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy react to the brand new teaser trailer:

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First Footage of HOCUS POCUS 2 (2022) in Disney+ 2022 Preview Trailer

First official very short video footage of Hocus Pocus 2 (2022) in the animated GIF above (click to enlarge) taken from "Coming in 2022 to Disney+" trailer below. Can't wait to watch this Halloween 2022 on Disney+.

IMdb SYNOPSIS: 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. Now it is up to three high-school students to figure out how to stop the ravenous witches from wreaking a new kind of havoc on Salem before midnight on All Hallow’s Eve. Following the 1993 cult classic, 'Hocus Pocus 2' reunites Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy as the Sanderson Sisters for a 2022 Disney+ sequel.