Although a few fan-favorites were missing from Disney‘s Hocus Pocus 2, the trilogy has a chance to bring back the OGs.
Thora Birch, who starred as Dani Dennison in the original 1993 cult classic, revealed that she’s “super open” to reprising the role more than 30 years later as a third film is in development following the sequel’s success on Disney+.
“Yeah, I’d like to know what they land on for how Dani wound up. I’m super open to the idea,” she told Entertainment Tonight. “They love talking about this stuff, so we’ll see.”
In Hocus Pocus, Dani, her older brother Max (Omri Katz) and his crush Allison (Vinessa Shaw) have to save the children of Salem, Massachusetts after accidentally awaking the witch Sanderson sisters from their 300-year slumber.
Although Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy reprised their roles as the magical trio for the 2022 sequel, Birch, Katz and Shaw were not present for the onscreen reunion.
Kathy Najimy, Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker in ‘Hocus Pocus 2’ (2022)
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Last week, Midler revealed that she’s read a script for the third film, and “a lot of it was brilliant” but “all those logistical things” have to be sorted before production can begin.
After starring as Salem witch Winifred Sanderson in the original Hocus Pocus (1993), Midler reunited with Parker and Najimy for the long-awaited sequel, which set a streaming record for Disney+ with 2.7 billion minutes of viewing in a week.
Following the sequel’s success, Sean Bailey, President of Walt Disney Studios Motion Picture Production, confirmed a third movie was in development.