Last week, we talked about the super exciting news that Practical Magic is getting a sequel. At the time of Warner Bros’ announcement, all that was known was that the sequel was greenlit and that OG stars Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman were “in talks” to return for it. Sounds like those talks went really well because both actresses have confirmed that they’ll be back! Last week, Kidman, who played Gillian, the older of the two Owens sisters, told People that there’s “a lot more to tell” of the Owens’ family story. This week, it was Bullock’s turn to comment on it. At an event in Los Angeles, she said she was excited about the sequel, exclaiming, “Here comes trouble, but good trouble.”
The actress, 59, reunited with Griffin Dunne, the director of the original 1998 film, during a book party at the Georgian Hotel on Tuesday, June 18, for his memoir, The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir.
At the event, which was also attended by Mary McLaglen, the film’s line producer, Bullock opened up about her excitement for the upcoming sequel, expressing, “Here comes trouble, but good trouble.”
While it is not known if Dunne and McLagen are attached to the new project, Bullock praised Dunne’s storytelling abilities, expressing, “You feel like you were always in the back seat experiencing it all with him. He has lived more lives than a cat.”
“I don’t know anyone who has experienced what he has and can still manage to find the love and humor in even the darkest of places,” she added.
In an interview with PEOPLE on Thursday, June 13, Nicole Kidman confirmed that she and Bullock are set to reprise their roles in the upcoming film, which has a screenplay by Akiva Goldsman.
“Yes I will be in it. And Sandy will be in it. And that’s that. There’s a lot more to tell which is why we go, ‘OK, this is kind of interesting now to be able to do this. We found a way in,’ ” said Kidman, 56. PEOPLE first reported that the actresses were in talks to star and produce the film on Monday, June 10.
The original film, based on the 1995 novel by Alice Hoffman of the same name, features Bullock and Kidman as the Owens sisters, a pair of witches who face a family curse that prevents them from ever finding lasting love by killing off the men they’re involved with.
While an official release date has not been set, Warner Bros. said it is ” in development and coming soon” in a previous announcement.
Well then, bring on this good trouble! I was so excited about this news that I ended up rewatching Practical Magic last weekend. I had forgotten how amazing that kitchen and whole house is. I do hope the sequel is still set on Maria’s Island. I also hope it doesn’t follow the same basic formula as the first movie, only sliding Sally’s daughters into the places of Gillian and Sally. I also really hope the rest of the cast comes back too! Let’s have something that involves all six Owens women and whatever children the new generation may have. Bring back Stockard Channing, Dianne Wiest, and Evan Rachel Wood! Bring back Aiden Quinn! Sally did not go through all of that heartbreak just to not end up with Gary in the end. And of course, there needs to be one midnight margarita scene. I went down a rabbit hole last week, reading about PM trivia. I didn’t realize that Sandra, Nicole, Stockard, and Dianne actually got drunk while filming that scene! Turns out, they really were drinking tequila, cheap stuff that Kidman brought to set. That’s too funny. I love that they all had that camaraderie in real life.
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