The Sensible Magic Sequel Could Have Conjured Up a Director

Final summer season, reviews started to swirl that Warner Bros. was trying to get a sequel underway for its cult traditional Practical Magic. Now, issues are wanting a little bit extra actual, as a director might have been discovered for the movie.

Per Deadline, filmmaker Suzanne Bier is at present in talks to helm the Sensible Magic sequel. Bier’s beforehand labored with returning actors Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock earlier than with The Excellent Couple and Bird Box, respectively. Behind the digital camera, the primary movie’s co-writer Akiva Goldsman is returning to pen the sequel, and the top-billed stars are set to provide alongside returning producer Denis Di Novi. Past that, WB has remained tight-lipped on particulars such because the movie’s plot, different returning stars, or even when it formally exists.

The unique Sensible Magic launched in 1998 and starred Kidman and Bullock as Gillian and Sally Owens, sisters descended from a protracted line of witches raised by their aunts in a small city. Years after separating, the sister reunite and use their powers to defeat the spirit of Gillian’s abusive boyfriend. It wasn’t a field workplace smash on the time, however within the years since its launch, it developed a passionate viewers. The concept of a follow-up first surfaced in 2019 by means of a possible HBO Max series. It’s wanting extra doubtless now, since Beetlejuice Beetlejuice was a success for WB final yr, and Kidman’s star energy has grown as she’s taken on extra different tasks through the years.

When you’re a fan of both her or Bullock, it in all probability received’t harm to see their works with Bier…after you rewatch the unique Sensible Magic, after all.

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