Will Bette Midler return for Hocus Pocus 2?

Last Updated on July 30, 2021

Earlier this week, we passed along the awesome news that Disney has a sequel to director Kenny Ortega and screenwriter Mick Garris' comedy-horror HOCUS POCUS starring Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy, in the works at their soon-to-launch streaming service Disney+.

And today Midler spoke a bit about whether or not she will return for HOCUS POCUS 2, saying:

Oh, I hope they get to me before I'm a corpse.  I hope Disney+ is a big success and I hope we get to do it, because [Winifred] is, of course, one of my favorite characters. I mean she's, in the zeitgeist. I have met people — I've met grownup people, like 40-year-olds, 50-year-olds — who say, 'Oh I remember that! Hocus Pocus! I was brought up on that.' It's so mortifying 'cause I still look 35. [Kathy Najimy and Sarah Jessica Parker] actually talk about it whenever we see each other. We laugh, we say, 'Oh, wouldn't it be great if?' Because all of us had pretty much the same experience on it. I can't wait to read the script. We're gonna see what happens.

Now I don't know about you guys, but the thought of a HOCUS POCUS 2 without Bette Midler just seems like a waste of time to me. Like it or love it, Midler is f*cking hilarious as Winifred Sanderson and I can't imagine anyone else sporting those buck-ass teeth. How about you? Let us know below!

HOCUS POCUS was directed by Kenny Ortega from a screenplay written by Neil Cuthbert and Mick Garris (THE STAND). It starred Bette Midler, Kathy Najimy, Sarah Jessica Parker, Omri Katz, Thora Birch, and Vinessa Shaw, with Jason Marsden as the voice of Binks, and Doug Jones as Billy Butcherson. If you love the kid's classic Halloween flick as much as we do, you can snag a copy on Blu-ray over on Amazon RIGHT HERE.