The sequel will also feature Doug Jones, who will return as Billy Butcherson, the zombie ex-boyfriend of Winifred. Jones said that he was thrilled to wear the same wig he wore in the first movie, and that he had a blast working with the cast and crew.
The new cast members of Hocus Pocus 2 include Sam Richardson, Whitney Peak, Belissa Escobedo, Tony Hale, and Hannah Waddingham. Richardson will play Gilbert, the owner of a magic shop who tricks two young women into reviving the Sanderson sisters.
Peak and Escobedo will play Becca and Izzy, the two young women who accidentally bring back the witches and must stop them. Hale will play the mayor of Salem, who is unaware of the supernatural threat. Waddingham will play Mother Witch, who gives Winifred the magic book in the 17th century.
What is the plot of Hocus Pocus 2?
Hocus Pocus 2 will follow the events of the first movie, which ended with the Sanderson sisters turning into dust after being exposed to the sunrise. However, their magic book remained intact, and its eye opened in the final scene, implying that the witches could return.
The sequel will take place in 2022, 29 years after the first movie, and will focus on Becca and Izzy, two local Salem teenagers who prepare to celebrate Halloween and Becca’s 16th birthday. They visit a magic shop, housed in the Sandersons’ former cottage, where Gilbert gives Becca a candle for her birthday that turns out to be another Black Flame Candle. As there is a full moon, and the girls are both virgins, the candle resurrects the Sanderson sisters, yet again.
The girls outwit the sisters in a local Walgreens and flee to the magic shop, where they find that Gilbert tricked them into reviving the witches, having seen them on Halloween in 1993 and having read how to make the candle in the spell book. The sisters chase the girls across Salem, using their magic to cause chaos and mischief. They also encounter their old nemesis, Billy Butcherson, who helps the girls escape from them.
Meanwhile, the movie will also show the origin story of the Sanderson sisters, who were banished from Salem in 1653 by Reverend Traske, after Winifred refused to marry his son, John Pritchett. Winifred took her sisters to the forest, where they met Mother Witch, who gave Winifred the magic book and taught them how to stay young by sucking the life out of children. The sisters got revenge on the Reverend by cursing his home, which was engulfed in flames.
