Sandra Bullock Teases ‘Practical Magic 3’ Could Happen, Wants To “Pass The Torch” — SkimNews
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- Sandra Bullock told Vanity Fair that Practical Magic 3 could happen if the sequel 'takes off,' and that she wants to 'pass the torch' to her onscreen daughters for the third installment.
- Joey King and Maisie Williams take over the roles of Sally's daughters Kylie and Antonia from Evan Rachel Wood and Alexandra Artrip in the original 1998 film.
- Practical Magic 2 premieres Sept. 10 with Bullock reprising Sally Owens and Nicole Kidman returning as Gillian Owens.
- Susanne Bier directs the sequel, scripted by Akiva Goldsman, Georgia Pritchett and Kelly Marcel, with the plot built around the Owens sisters confronting a dark ancestral curse.
- The sequel adapts Alice Hoffman's 'The Book of Magic' (2021), a follow-up to her 1995 novel Practical Magic, while her prequel novels 'The Rules of Magic' (2017) and 'Magic Lessons' (2020) remain available story paths for future installments.
Why it matters: Bullock's box-office-conditioned 'pass the torch' framing turns Practical Magic 2 into a franchise audition for King and Williams, with Hoffman's three-novel series providing a built-in multi-film runway if the Sept. 10 sequel delivers. Studios increasingly use sequel performance to greenlight legacy-hand-off trilogies, and the Owens family mythology already has prequel source material ready to adapt.
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