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‘Werewolves Within’ Star Sam Richardson Joins ‘Hocus Pocus 2’
We told you earlier today that filming is underway on Hocus Pocus 2 for Disney+, a spooky sequel to the 1993 Halloween classic with Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy all back as the beloved Sanderson Sisters. Anne Fletcher (The Guilt Trip) is directing the movie, and THR reports tonight that Sam Richardson (Werewolves Within) will also star.
This is great news for the sequel, as Richardson is one of the funniest and most likable actors out there today. He was also seen earlier this year in Amazon’s The Tomorrow War.
More as we learn it.
In the sequel, “Three young women accidentally bring the Sanderson Sisters back to modern day Salem and must figure out how to stop the child-hungry witches from wreaking a new kind of havoc on the world.”
The Kenny Ortega-directed 1993 movie starred Omri Katz as a curious youngster who moves to Salem, Massachusetts, where he struggles to fit in before awakening a trio of diabolical witches (played by Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy) that were executed in the 17th century. The film also starred Thora Birch, who may be back for the sequel as well.
Jen D’Angelo (“Workaholics”) wrote the sequel’s script.
Ryan Gosling (Project Hail Mary) has made no secret of the fact that he’d love to play Ghost Rider in a Marvel Cinematic Universe movie, and it’s now officially happening.
Announced by Marvel out of San Diego Comic-Con tonight, Ryan Gosling will play the iconic Marvel character in a Ghost Rider movie being directed by Shawn Levy!
Expect Ryan Gosling to play Ghost Rider on the big screen in 2028.
Johnny Blaze is of course the most iconic and well-known Ghost Rider, selling his soul to Satan and becoming a supernatural badass. Nicolas Cage brought Blaze to life on screen in both 2007’s Ghost Rider and 2011’s Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, while Gabriel Luna more recently played the Robbie Reyes version of Ghost Rider in the series “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”
Luna was set to star in his own Ghost Rider spinoff series in the wake of that small screen appearance, but that Hulu project ended up being squashed before it ever had a chance.
Fans have been waiting for Ghost Rider to join the Marvel Cinematic Universe for many years now, with Ryan Gosling making it clear that he’d love to bring the character back to life.
That Hollywood dream is coming true. Stay tuned for more as we learn it.
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