We’ve got another Practical Magic 2 update! The last bit of new information we got was back in May, when we learned that the Owens sisters’ sequel would be released on September 18, 2026. Now we have confirmation that filming is officially underway! Last Friday, Nicole Kidman, who plays Gillian Owens, posted an on set video with Sandra Bullock, who plays her character’s younger sister, Sally. They’re hugging in the video as Sandra says, “Turns out we have a lot of work to do.”
The Owens sisters are back. Nicole Kidman posted a video on her Instagram Friday of herself and Sandra Bullock filming on their first day on the set of “Practical Magic 2.” In the video, Kidman is seen embracing Bullock as they stand in front of a headstone at a cemetery. “The witches are back,” the caption reads. “Owens sisters’ first day on set!”
Bullock and Kidman are reprising their roles as sisters Sally and Gillian Owens, who descend from a long line of witches. In the 1998 original, based on the novel by Alice Hoffman, the two witches find themselves fighting off a curse that kills the men they fall in love with. Plot details for the second film have not been disclosed, though the story is reportedly based on a later installment in Hoffman’s “Practical Magic” book series.
Dianne Wiest and Stockard Channing will reprise their roles as Aunt Jet and Aunt Frances “Fran” Owens, respectively. Additional cast members include Lee Pace (“Bodies Bodies Bodies”), Joey King (“The Act”), Maisie Williams (“Game of Thrones”), Xolo Maridueña (“Blue Beetle”) and Solly McLeod (“The Dead Don’t Hurt”).
Susanne Bier (“Bird Box”) is directing from a screenplay co-written by Akiva Goldsman, who also co-wrote the original, and Georgia Pritchett (“Succession”).
Earlier this year, Kidman told Variety‘s Marc Malkin that she and Bullock were already thinking about a follow-up when they shot the first film. “When we were making it, we definitely did,” Kidman said. “We’re so excited. Yes, yes, beyond excited. You heard our spell. We put out our spell already.”
The first comment that pops up for me on Nicole’s video is from Reese Witherspoon, which says, “Makes me SO HAPPY!” I’m with Reese here. This makes me so happy! Judging by their clothing, it appears that even if the storyline takes place in the present day, both sisters have retained their original sense of style. I wonder if this clip is setting up whatever shenanigans the Owens family gets into. I bet we see it in a teaser trailer.
Last week, Evan Rachel Wood confirmed that she is not returning to reprise her role as Sally’s daughter Kylie. Rachel said in an Instagram Story that Kylie’s role has been recast, even though she wanted to come back and reached out to producers to let them know. It’s exciting that Dianne Wiest and Stockard Channing are back as Aunt Franny and Aunt Jet, though! I know they’ll bring their usual badass-ness to the sequel. As for new cast members, Joey King is playing one of Sally’s daughters, but it hasn’t been confirmed which one. There’s no official word on what roles Maisie Williams, Lee Pace, Xolo Maridueña and Solly McLeod are playing.
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I am really looking forward to this sequel, which rarely happens. I discovered the first movie 10 years after it came out. It had somehow completely escaped my notice when it came out originally. The casting looks fabulous.
Omg Nicole with the strawberry blonde could make me cry!
I squeed when I saw the clip on sm. I watch it every fall, love it so much. I own the dvd from a sale at blockbuster, if that says anything 😂. If Sally’s Arizona sheriff isn’t around I’m gonna be so sad, can’t lie.
I agree! Why is no one mentioning him?
I love Aiden Quinn. Sadly i can’t watch Sandra Bullock anymore. All i see is Michael Jackson. I loved the the first Pratical Magic but since someone said who she looks like, i can’t unsee it.
His offscreen death is mentioned in the later book (Book of Magic I think). If they are using that book as source material, that might be why 🙁
I want to why they wouldn’t cost Evan Rachel Wood unless they just want someone who looks younger which is a shame
Super agree. I was looking forward to ERW on screen as a fully matured witch, can you imagine the energy she’d bring to the screen? What a miss.
She would have been amazing as a witch in that world.
It is disappointing she is not going to be there.
Interested what role the next generation will play.
Agreed. I love ERW.
I just googled and Joey King, the recast, is 25, vs ERW who is 37.
I *think* this sequel is using “The Book of Magic” as it’s source material, and in that Kylie is maybe 16? I think her role is a big deal in the book and she needs to be youngish- unless I am confusing Sally’s 2 daughters. They could age her up a little, and Joey could easily pass for 19- But ERW at 37 would just be too mature for the plot to work. (If they are even going by the book, of course)
ERW’s statement sure sounds like she would have been hapy to be involved in any way. Too bad they didn’t cast her in a cameo playing an entirely different character, just for the sake of including her, given she seemed so interested. It’s not like she isn’t fabulous. She would have killed in any role.