HOCUS POCUS 3 in the Works

A third film in the beloved franchise starring Bette Midler, Kathy Najimy, and Sarah Jessica Parker as a trio of Salem witches is currently in the works, according to a New York Times interview with Sean Bailey, President of Walt Disney Studios Motion Picture Production.

The piece — published Sunday — noted that Hocus Pocus 3 is one of many projects on Bailey’s future roster, which includes roughly 50 other titles in various stages of gestation. The announcement follows the major streaming success of last year’s Hocus Pocus 2, which reunited the central stars 29 years after the release of director Kenny Ortega’s 1993 original, and broke streaming records for the Disney+ platform upon its debut.