Hocus Pocus 3 [Disney - 20??]

Dans un récent article du New York Times, on apprenait que, parmi les futurs films en préparation, un Hocus Pocus 3 est en développement.

The New York Times a écrit:

Mr. Bailey, who watched “The Little Mermaid” 18 times as it worked its way through Disney’s pipeline, has more than 50 movies in various stages of development and production, including live-action versions of “Moana,” “Hercules” and “Lilo and Stitch.” Yes, “Hocus Pocus 3” is happening. (His division makes two or three big-budget films annually for release in theaters and three modestly budgeted movies for Disney+.)

Selon The Wrap, la réalisatrice Anne Fletcher et la scénariste Jen D’Angelo seraient de retour pour s'occuper de cette suite.

The Wrap a écrit:

Anne Fletcher Returning to Direct ‘Hocus Pocus 3’
Jen D’Angelo is also returning to write the Disney sequel

“Hocus Pocus 3” is casting its spell.

Following Sunday’s announcement that the Disney+ sequel from last fall is now getting a sequel of its own, TheWrap has learned that film’s director Anne Fletcher and writer Jen D’Angelo will be returning to the witchy franchise.

The news of a new “Hocus Pocus” sequel, after last year’s surprisingly enjoyable follow-up to the 1993 Disney classic, came during a profile of Walt Disney Studios president Sean Bailey in The New York Times. Bailey confirmed that there was another film in development — although, at the time, not much else was known.

It’s currently unclear, for instance, if original stars Bette Midler, Kathy Najimy and Sarah Jessica Parker will be back for “Hocus Pocus 3,” or if other actors from the first film who skipped “Hocus Pocus 2” (like Omri Katz, Vinessa Shaw and Jason Marsden) will return for the new movie. (In February of this year, Midler said that she wasn’t sure that she’d come back, telling E! News: “I’m not sure.”) Another looming question: whether the new movie will go straight to Disney+ or if the studio will get a theatrical release.

The original “Hocus Pocus,” about a trio of witches brought back to life in modern day Salem, opened in the summer of 1993. It was a box office disappointment but grew in esteem over the years, first thanks to home video and then thanks to streaming and repeated airings on The Disney Channel and Freeform. Now the film, directed by Kenny Ortega and cowritten by Mick Garris, is a bona fide Halloween favorite. And, of course, the continued appreciation of the film eventually led to sequel talk, which finally solidified when the company launched its direct-to-consumer streaming platform Disney+. (Other Disney+ sequels/franchise extensions include “Zombies 3,” “Disenchanted,” “Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again” and “The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild.”)

With support for Disney+ cooling, it’ll be interesting to see whether the Sanderson Sisters will fly again on the streaming platform or invade cinemas nationwide. Amok! Amok! Amok!

Étant un grand fan du 1 et ayant bien aimer le 2 je me réjouis de cette nouvelle 

Ceci je me demande quel sera l'intrigue étant donné que la boucle semblait bouclé pour les sœurs Sanderson

J'ai trouvé le 2ème film médiocre et sans grand intérêt, sauf pour le passé des sœurs et leur relation. Je ne suis pas enthousiasmée par un 3ème opus, d'autant que la boucle était bouclée.

Selon la scénariste Jen D'Angelo, bien qu'aucun scénario ne soit actuellement établi pour le 3e film, la sorcière incarnée par Hannah Waddingham pourrait avoir plus d'importance dans la suite. Les versions à la fois jeunes et adultes des 3 sœurs sorcières pourraient également à nouveau présentes : "Bien sûr, nous voulons les revoir adultes".
"J'espère que nous pourrons explorer tous les aspects de ces histoires et emmener ces personnages dans un tas d'aventures amusantes. Le 3 n'en est encore qu'à ses débuts, nous ne savons pas vraiment ce que ce sera, mais nous explorons toutes les options et je pense que tout le monde est ravi de la réaction suscitée par Hocus Pocus 2, et nous sommes ravis de continuer ces histoires"

Entertainment Weekly a écrit:

Hocus Pocus 3 writer teases sequel, potential expansion of Hannah Waddingham's mother witch

Writer Jen D'Angelo gives EW a status update on the Disney sequel.

The minds behind Hocus Pocus 3 are brewing up a fresh potion of sisterly magic, screenwriter Jen D'Angelo exclusively tells EW.

Though the months-long WGA strike slowed Disney's development of a third Hocus Pocus film amid the streaming success of Hocus Pocus 2, D'Angelo says she's currently working on continuing the story of the Sanderson Sisters witches with "full idealism" over the potential return of Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy in the third film.

"We're still in the story phase, we're still working on it. We've been working on some ideas, and 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," D'Angelo says, going on to tease her interest in expanding on a key character from the 2022 sequel. "We've only scratched the surface of Hannah Waddingham's mother witch."

D'Angelo confirms that no storylines are concrete just yet and that she and Disney continue to explore where they might take the Sanderson Sisters next.

When asked if Waddingham's sorceress — who's seen bestowing child versions of Winnie, Mary, and Sarah with their beloved Book in a brief prologue set in 1600s Salem — is the same "mother" the ladies reference throughout the script of director Kenny Ortega's 1993 original, D'Angelo confirms.

"I believe that she's that mother, that she is the scorpion pie mother, and that they had a much more significant relationship with her than we've yet to see," D'Angelo says. "But, maybe we will see."

She adds that "anything's on the table" for Hocus Pocus 3, but the one thing that runs consistently is that "we for sure want to see them again as adults" in the upcoming project, though she was enamored by the young actors who portrayed them as children at the beginning of the second movie.

"I'm hoping that we are able to explore every aspect of these stories and take these characters on a bunch of fun adventures. 3 is still very much in the early stages, we don't really know what it is, but we're exploring all options and I think everybody is so delighted by the reaction that Hocus Pocus 2 got, and we're excited to continue those stories," D'Angelo finishes.

EW has reached out to Disney and a representative for Waddingham for comment.

D'Angelo also says she's aware of and wants to engage with what fans want to see from such a nostalgia-driven franchise — up to a specific limit.

"I want to do right by the fans and I definitely want to keep in mind what they want to see, but, at the same time, I feel like movies can go slightly awry when they're only catering to the fans and trying to check off a list, like, 'We got this and this, so the fans should be happy,'" D'Angelo admits. "In reality, you want to make sure that the movie is solid on its own, and the fan service moments are baked into the story and that they're satisfying and not just tacked on."

Hocus Pocus 2 earned positive critical reviews and broke records upon its September 2022 debut on Disney+, with the studio eventually confirming over the summer that a third film was in the works. It's also been nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding TV Movie. Though Midler, Parker, Najimy, and Billy Butcherson actor Doug Jones returned for the second installment, ex-child actors Omri Katz (Max), Vinessa Shaw (Allison), and Thora Birch (Dani) did not, prompting criticism from many of the series' hardcore fans.