Bette Midler Calls on Disney to Speed Up ‘Hocus Pocus 3’ and Get Script Finished: ‘Get Us While We’re Still Breathing. I Mean, God!’
variety.comZack Sharf Digital News Director Bette Midler is asking Disney to put the pedal to the metal when it comes to “Hocus Pocus 3.” While a third movie in the beloved Halloween franchise was officially announced in June 2022, Midler said on the QVC+ talk show “Busy This Week” (via Entertainment Weekly) that she has yet to see a script.
That’s only an issue for the actor since she’s not getting any younger, nor are her longtime co-stars Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimi. “I haven’t seen the script, but I’ve heard rumblings,” Midler said about the third movie. “I think if they’re gonna, they oughta, because time is not just marching, time is barrel-assing to the finish line.
Get us while we’re still breathing, I mean, God!” Screenwriter Jen D’Angelo confirmed to Entertainment Weekly last year following the end of the WGA strike that “Hocus Pocus 3” was still in development. “We’re still in the story phase, we’re still working on it,” D’Angelo said. “We’ve been working on some ideas.
It’s been fun to dive back into that world and we have so many directions in which to go and so many new characters to explore.
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