The Tracking Board is reporting that a sequel to Hocus Pocus is in the works with Melissa McCarthy producing.
According to there site, “The second installment focuses on a witch hunter who teams up with a magical housewife to stop a power-hungry evil witch.”
There’s no word yet whether the original cast will return in any capacity, but they say that Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy will probably not be resurrected this time around.
There’s more to report as Allison Shearmur Productions has signed to produce Hocus Pocus 2: Rise of the Elderwitch and that Bryan Oh, Stephen Meinen, and Allison Shearmur herself are in charge at the company. Tendo Nagenda and Jessica Virtue are executive producing at Disney.
The aim for the two protagonist female leads is in the vein of Tina Fey and Melissa McCarthy.