C’mon, you’ve got to admit; Salem’s had it comin’ – and you can’t keep those Sanderson Sisters down!
That’s precisely why Hocus Pocus 3 was announced in the summer (okay, it might have also have something to do with the profits from the second one) and screenwriter Jen D’Angelo has given us the scoop!
According to her, this could be Winifred Sanderson’s moment to finally get revenge on the town that’s done her and her sisters so dirty!
D’Angelo recently spoke to Collider about the film, saying:
With the Sanderson sisters, the thing that makes them so fun is that they really are like herding cats. So I’m like, ‘Yes, Winifred learned a very valuable lesson, she loves her sisters more than anything in the world,’ but she will also just immediately get distracted by whatever’s put in front of her. So if you dangle the carrot of a potential revenge against Salem, which she has always wanted, she might have a backslide where she gets singularly focused on the wrong goal again.
She also discussed the challenges faced with making a sequel to the beloved 1993 movie, and how rewarding the warm response has been from fans.
With Hocus Pocus 2, you had the challenge of revisiting these beloved characters and wanting to really make it worthwhile, this sequel. And I feel like we had so much fun making it, it turned out so well, I’m so thrilled and honored and humbled by all the response that it got.
D’Angelo also recently had an interview with Entertainment Weekly, in which she discussed the progress of Hocus Pocus 3. Here’s what she had to say:
We’re still in the story phase, we’re still working on it. We’ve been working on some ideas. It’s been fun to dive back into that world and we have so many directions in which to go and so many new characters to explore. We’ve only scratched the surface of Hannah Waddingham’s mother witch.
Apparently “anything’s on the table” for this third instalment which will see Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy return to star as our beloved sisters.
I can’t wait for this!
Source: GeekTyrant
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