#Who does hocus focus now movie

He is a descendant of Reverend Traske and again played by Hale. (The virginity requirement to activate the candle’s power to bring back the witches is joked about but not explained.)Īnd so, the Sandersons return on Halloween night, as costumed partygoers and trick-or-treaters are out celebrating, led by the town’s jolly mayor, who is also Cassie’s very strict father. He gives them the other key prop from the first movie, a black candle, and, just like in the first movie, even though they are well aware of the Sanderson sisters legend, they light it. Becca and Izzy like to experiment with magic and spend a lot of time at the local magic store run by Gilbert (Richardson). This year it will have to be without their other friend Cassie ( Lilia Buckingham), who has not been a part of the group lately because she’s been spending all her time with her boyfriend. In present day, high school students Becca ( Whitney Peak) and Izzy ( Belissa Escobedo) are getting ready for their Halloween tradition, Becca’s birthday sleepover. Winnie refuses, and the girls run away to the forbidden forest, where they meet a very glamorous witch (Waddingham) who gives them one of the key props from the first movie, the book of spells with a human eyeball on the cover that really opens, and, I guess, sees. The local clergyman, Reverend Traske (Tony Hale) has decided that since the Sanderson parents are dead, Winnie must marry a young man from the village and the younger girls will be sent to live with another family. Her witty rendition of Midler’s alpha witch is sharp and funny. Young Winnie is played by Taylor Henderson, complete with wild red hair and buck teeth. First, we see the Pilgrim community scurrying out of the way as Winnie stomps furiously through the town. After an aerial opening shot referring back to the original 'Hocus Pocus,' we see the Sanderson sisters as young girls.

#Who does hocus focus now movie

The first movie was about the relationships between brothers and sisters (with a little teen romance) this one is about friendship. Welcome new additions include comic powerhouses Tony Hale and Sam Richardson and all-around powerhouse “Ted Lasso’s” Hannah Waddingham. The adult cast from the first movie includes always-terrific Doug Jones, the brilliant actor behind the creature in “ The Shape of Water” and Abe in “Hellboy,” as the hapless zombie Billy Butcherson.

Nearly 30 years later, “Hocus Pocus 2” should make fans of all generations happy, paying tribute to the original and adding some gentle updating and some welcome diversity, subtracting some violence.