Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman are returning as the Owens sisters. Warner Bros. released the first trailer Monday for Practical Magic 2, a sequel 28 years in the making, confirming a September 11 theatrical release date.
The trailer opens with narration from Bullock’s Sally Owens: “I’m sure you’ve heard of the Owens family — the ones from Massachusetts, the ones their neighbors whisper are witches.” Lee Pace’s mysterious new character soon arrives, and Sally warns him plainly: “Everyone we love dies.” Kidman’s Gillian deadpans in response, “A really horrible death…It’s not great for the Tinder bio.”
Stockard Channing and Dianne Wiest reprise their roles as aunts Frances and Jet Owens, while the new cast includes Joey King and Maisie Williams as Sally’s adult daughters, and Xolo Maridueña and Solly McLeod in undisclosed roles. Danish director Susanne Bier, whose previous collaborations include Nicole Kidman in HBO’s The Undoing and Sandra Bullock in Netflix’s Bird Box, steps in to helm the sequel.
The screenplay comes from original co-writer Akiva Goldsman alongside Succession and Veep writer Georgia Pritchett, adapting Alice Hoffman’s 2021 novel The Book of Magic, the fourth in her Practical Magic series. Bullock and Kidman produce alongside Denise Di Novi.
Bullock confirmed at CinemaCon that the production rebuilt the original cliffside house from the first film. “We filled that house with many old and new characters that you’ll love,” she said. She also created a moment of internet buzz by joining Instagram for the first time to promote the film, launching her account on April 14 with a margarita video captioned “Midnight somewhere…” — a nod to the original film’s beloved midnight margaritas scene. The announcement post gathered over 345,000 likes.
The original Practical Magic earned $68 million against a $75 million budget in 1998, but its reputation grew steadily on home video and streaming, where it became a Halloween perennial. The sequel now arrives from Alcon Entertainment, which acquired the rights as part of a $417.5 million purchase of the Village Roadshow library following that company’s bankruptcy in 2025.
