Practical Magic 2 is shifting ahead at Warner Bros. because the studio is now eyeing Fowl Field’s Susanne Bier to direct the movie.
The unique Practical Magic was launched in 1998. Based mostly on the 1995 novel of the identical identify by Alice Hoffman, the movie was directed by Griffin Dunne and stars Sandra Bullock as Sally Owens and Nicole Kidman as Gillian Owens.
In June 2024, it was introduced that Sensible Magic 2 was formally within the works with each Bullock and Kidman returning to reprise their respective roles.
There’s been little information in regards to the mission since then; nonetheless, Deadline is now reporting that Warner Bros. is in negotiations with Bier to direct the sequel.
What else can we find out about Sensible Magic 2?
The screenplay for Sensible Magic 2 is penned by Akiva Goldsman, who co-wrote the primary film. Bullock and Kidman each function producers alongside Denise Di Novi.
Bier labored with Bullock on Bird Box, which was launched by Netflix in 2018. She additionally directed Kidman in The Undoing, an HBO miniseries that premiered in October 2020, and Netflix’s The Good Couple.
Having additionally labored on 2016’s The Night time Supervisor and 2022’s The First Girl, Bier’s filmography additional contains 1993’s Household Issues, 2000’s As soon as in a Lifetime, 2004’s Brothers, 2006’s After the Marriage ceremony, 2007’s Issues We Misplaced within the Fireplace, 2012’s Love Is All You Want, and 2014’s Serena, amongst different titles.
A launch date for Sensible Magic has not but been introduced.
Sensible Magic, in the meantime, is at present out there to lease or buy on streaming platforms comparable to Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+, and extra.
“Sally (Sandra Bullock) and Gillian Owens (Nicole Kidman), born right into a magical household, have principally averted witchcraft themselves,” an outline of the film reads. “However when Gillian’s vicious boyfriend, Jimmy Angelov (Goran Visnjic), dies unexpectedly, the Owens sisters give themselves a crash course in onerous magic. With policeman Gary Hallet (Aidan Quinn) rising suspicious, the women wrestle to resurrect Angelov — and unwittingly inject his corpse with an evil spirit that threatens to finish their household line.”
