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- Sandra Bullock told Vanity Fair that Practical Magic 3 is contingent on the sequel's box-office performance, saying, "We'll do a number three if this takes off," and that she'd want to "pass the torch" to the younger Owens women in a potential third outing.
- Practical Magic 2 premieres Sept. 10 with Bullock reprising Sally Owens and Nicole Kidman returning as Gillian Owens, directed by Susanne Bier from a script by Akiva Goldsman, Georgia Pritchett, and Kelly Marcel.
- Joey King and Maisie Williams take over as Sally's daughters Kylie and Antonia, roles originated by Evan Rachel Wood and Alexandra Artrip in the 1998 original — the characters Bullock is already pointing to as the franchise's future leads.
- Alice Hoffman's 2021 novel The Book of Magic, a follow-up to her 1995 Practical Magic, is the sequel's source material, with Hoffman's prequel books The Rules of Magic (2017) and Magic Lessons (2020) mapping the Owens family history and opening additional onscreen paths.
- The sequel's central conflict pits the Owens sisters against a dark ancestral curse threatening to unravel their family, with the story described as steeped in "moonlit mischief and powerful ancestral magic."
Why it matters: Bullock's "pass the torch" framing turns the potential third film from a vanity sequel into a planned generational handoff: if Practical Magic 2 succeeds at its Sept. 10 opening, the franchise shifts from Bullock and Kidman to King and Williams as leads, giving Warner Bros. a built-in succession path and a younger-skewing property built on a 27-year-old IP.
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