Winifred Sanderson: Last News

Disney's 1993 Halloween cult classic Hocus Pocus is all set to get a sequel and guess what? The original cast of the film including  Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy will be back for the sequel that will be making its way to the streaming platform, DisneyPlus. Hocus Pocus 2 is expected to drop in 2022 and we can already hear Disney fans going all gaga as they wait to see this amazing cast return for some more spooky fun. The sequel will have Midler return as Winifred Sanderson, and Parker and Najimy as her sisters, Sarah and Mary, just like the original film.

In what should come as no surprise, Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy are coming back for the Disney+ sequel Hocus Pocus 2 as the wicked Sanderson Sisters. It’s interesting that the studio continues to keep this title for its streaming service as opposed to theaterical; the sequel set for a 2022 debut: Back in October, during the pandemic, Disney re-released the movie to notable results in the marketplace, seeing close to $5M from a handful of theaters, this despite the fact that the movie was also airing on TV at the same time.

The Sanderson sisters are getting ready to fly again and Bette Midler couldn’t be more excited about it.

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Entertainment Tonight about her current film The Glorias, Bette admitted that she would ‘absolutely’ be up for reprising her iconic role as Winifred Sanderson in the follow-up film, adding that she ‘can’t wait to fly’.While her return has not been announced, she told the publication that they’re ‘talking logistics’.It currently remains unknown if the project will be a direct sequel to the original 1993 film or a reboot.However, we have our fingers and toes crossed that the three stars will be able to revive their chilling characters when the film airs on the studio’s new streaming platform, Disney+.But we don’t have to wait long to see the original Sanderson sisters back together again.The trio will be coming together for what is promoted

Hold on to your broomsticks.Bette Midler has let fans know that she is most certainly game for another go-round as the witchy Winifred Sanderson, a role she last played back in 1993's creepy cult favorite Hocus Pocus.The Big Business star, 74, in fact told Entertainment Tonight on Wednesday that she's 'absolutely' game for a sequel, while talking to the outlet about another of her projects.

Bette Midler, Kathy Najimy and Sarah Jessica Parker are long overdue for more — especially now that Disney+ is hard at work on a sequel.Though the studio has yet to officially confirm the trio's involvement in the follow-up, Midler not only says she's «absolutely» up to reprise her role as Winifred Sanderson, but teases: «I can't wait to fly!» Which sounds an awful lot like she's in for .«Oh, yeah,» she told ET's Nischelle Turner. «We're just talking logistics.»'s Adam Shankman will assume directing duties from Kenny Ortega, who helmed the 1993 Halloween classic.

Bette Midler might just be a bigger fan of Hocus Pocus than all of the fans put together and she’s opening up about the possibility of getting back into character as Winifred Sanderson once more for the sequel plans.