Hocus Pocus 2 director Anne Fletcher reveals the sequel will explore the Sanderson sisters' origins

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Gwyneth Paltrow has revealed she's "accepted her wrinkles" while sharing a stunning bikini snap.The Se7en actress will celebrate her 50th birthday later this month.Posting to Instagram on Thursday (September 22), Gwyneth left fans speechless with a joyous swimsuit photo.READ MORE:Gwyneth Paltrow slams 'rules' as she dons 'shortest skirt in years' ahead of 50thThe mum-of-two looked sensational as she jumped in the air while posing in the two-piece costume for the black-and-white image.Wearing her signature blonde locks in a bedraggled wavy style, the ageing Hollywood starlet put her gym-honed physique on full display as she pulled a delighted expression.A colour version of the stunning snap also featured in an op-ed Gwyneth wrote for her wellbeing brand Goop.In the colour image, the Shakespeare in Love star could be seen wearing a teeny blue bikini as she ran along a field of grass.Titled "On Approaching 50", the long-form essay saw Gwyneth acknowledge her body's ageing while also vowing to "accept" the toll which time had taken on her body.Gwyneth wrote: "The sun has left her celestial fingerprints all over me, as if she soaked a brush in dark-taupe watercolour, flecking it over my skin."And while I do what I can to strive for good health and longevity, to stave off weakening muscles and receding bone, I have a mantra I insert into those reckless thoughts that try to derail me: I accept."I accept the marks and the loosening skin, the wrinkles."I accept my body and let go of the need to be perfect, look perfect, defy gravity, defy logic, defy humanity.

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sepsis and could have lost her leg after a large new tattoo got badly infected. In April 2021 Shyann Johanneson, 26, went to get an ambitions eye, clock, compass and rose tattoo on her leg, opting to use an artist she had gone with in the past.Despite being happy with it, she could soon smell ‘rotting flesh’ and the wound began to ‘ooze’.READ MORE: 'Hurt' Queen Elizbeth was 'exhausted by the turmoil' of Harry and Meghan, claims new bookThe mum of four said her doctor told her that the ink had been pushed in too deeply - her artist said Shyann had used a numbing cream she shouldn’t and had submerged it in water too soon afterwards.Shyann, from Chapel Allerton, West Yorkshire, said: "When the tattoo was first finished it looked absolutely beautiful, it was one of my best tattoos, I was so happy with it."But within four hours I was in agony, it was so inflamed."I've given birth to four kids without pain relief, I'm stubborn with pain but within 12 hours the pain was that intense I couldn't even walk, it was so bad."Within 24 hours I was laid up in bed and couldn't move, it was the worst experience of my life."He butchered my leg.

US earlier this month, found no average reptileThe Texas Parks and Wildlife Department monitored gator poachers at James E. Daughtrey Wildlife Management Area between between September 12 and 16.

Timbaland and Swizz Beatz have settled their legal dispute with Triller, which means the TikTok rival has got rid of one of the three lawsuits filed against it in the last month.This particular dispute related to the 2021 acquisition by Triller of Verzuz, the livestreamed DJ battle series launched by Timbaland and Swizz Beatz at the start of the COVID lockdowns in spring 2020. The producers claimed that they were still owed money from that deal, $28 million in fact, and that the Triller company had failed to stick to a revised payment schedule agreed earlier this year.After Timbaland and Swizz Beatz sued Triller for their money, the digital firm insisted that the additional payments were conditional on certain obligations being met by the duo which had not yet been met.

Omri Katz is speaking out.

The Sanderson Sisters are almost here. An official Twitter account for the upcoming sequel tweeted out a shot of the movie's poster which shows Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy as the three malevolent witches. Fog matching the colors of their outfits swirls around them and a full moon peeks above the clouds behind the sinister siblings.  They're back!: An official Twitter account for Hocus Pocus 2 tweeted out a shot of the movie's poster which shows Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy'In ONE MONTH, the Sanderson Sisters are back...and running amok, amok, amok! [candle emoji],' the caption of the tweet read.'#HocusPocus2, an original movie event, starts streaming September 30 on @DisneyPlus.'  The tweet came just one day after director Anne Fletcher revealed that some of the original cast would not return for the sequel. Omri Katz, Vinessa Shaw and Thora Birch who played Max, Allison and Dani respectively in the original movie were not involved with the sequel.  Discussing her movie: The tweet came just one day after director Anne Fletcher revealed that some of the original cast would not return for the sequel (Fletcher pictured 2015) Not returning: Omri Katz, Vinessa Shaw and Thora Birch who played Max, Allison and Dani respectively in the original movie were not involved with the sequel (left to right: Birch, Shaw, Katz)'We wanted to weave in all of the people that the fans loved, and when you sat back with all the ingredients and story, you're like, how do we make this work?' Fletcher said in an interview with Entertainment Weekly.

 which is one month away from running amok on the streaming giant.  It the latest poster, Winifred, Sarah and Mary Sanderson have a message for all the fans.

We can’t believe Hocus Pocus 2 is really happening after all these years! We’re finally going to see the Sanderson Sisters (Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy) again as they return to wreak more havoc on Salem.

The release of "Hocus Pocus 2" is coming on September 30, just in time for fall, where viewers will get to see the three Sanderson Sisters return to the screens, but unfortunately, some other key characters from the first film will not be back to reprise their roles.  The first movie came out in 1993 and starred Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy as the Sanderson Sisters. All three of the witches will be back for the second movie.  The other main characters in the 90s Halloween flick were Max and Allison, played by Omri Katz and Vinessa Shaw along with Max's younger sister Dani who was played by Thora Birch.The younger trio from the original "Hocus Pocus" were not involved with the sequel, but according to the film's director Anne Fletcher, their noninvolvement wasn't for lack of trying, but because it was difficult to incorporate the characters into the new movie's plot.  Sarah Jessica Parker, Bette Midler and Kathy Najimy will all appear in the 'Hocus Pocus' sequel on Disney+.

The iconic Disney film Hocus Pocus in concert is coming to Manchester this Halloween, as part of spooky UK tour. Featuring live orchestral music from Emmy winning composer John Debney, Hocus Pocus in Concert will play at Bridgewater Hall on Monday October 24.

More details are emerging about the upcoming Hocus Pocus 2.

fans won’t see two of the film’s most iconic faces in the upcoming Disney+ sequel. The film’s director, Anne Fletcher, revealed that Omri Katz and Vinessa Shaw, who played Max Dennison and Allison, won’t appear in the upcoming film.  «We wanted to weave in all of the people that the fans loved, and when you sat back with all the ingredients and story, you're like, how do we make this work?» Fletcher tells in a new interview. «It was very difficult to try to have them be a part of it, because we did talk about it — painstakingly.

Relighting the Black Flame Candle won’t bring Omri Katz or Vinessa Shaw back for the “Hocus Pocus” sequel.

long been confirmed for the sequel, some stars from the 1993 original movie will not make a return.“Hocus Pocus 2” director Anne Fletcher recently divulged to Entertainment Weekly that Vinessa Shaw and Omri Katz, who played teens Allison and Max, will not be reprising their roles in the new film.Thora Birch — who played 8-year-old Dani in the original comedy — is also not coming back. Apart from the witches, “Pan’s Labyrinth” star Doug Jones is the only actor returning from the first movie, reprising his role of Billy Butcherson, Winifred’s ex-boyfriend.Fletcher explained that some of the original cast members are not coming back because producers found it “difficult” to incorporate them.“We wanted to weave in all of the people that the fans loved, and when you sat back with all the ingredients and story, you’re like, how do we make this work?” she said.