Thora Birch is “very open” to a ‘Hocus Pocus 3’ return.
Although some fan favorites were missing from Disney Hocus pocus 2the trilogy has a chance to bring back the OGs.
Thora Birch, who played Danny Dennison in the original 1993 classic, has revealed she is “very open” to reprising the role more than 30 years later as a third film is in development following the success of the sequel on Disney+.
“Yes, I would love to know what they come up with about how Danny ended up. I’m very open to the idea,” she said. Entertainment tonight. “They like to talk about this stuff, so we’ll see.”
in Hocus pocusDani, her older brother Max (Omri Katz), and his lover Allison (Vanessa Shaw) must save the children of Salem, Massachusetts after the witch Sanderson sisters are accidentally awakened from a 300-year slumber.
Although Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy reprized their roles as the magical trio in the 2022 sequel, Birch, Katz, and Shaw were not present for the on-screen reunion.
Kathy Najimy, Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker in ‘Hocus Pocus 2’ (2022)
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Midler revealed last week that she had read the script for the third film, and “a lot of it was great” but “all that logistics” would have to be sorted out before production could begin.
After starring as the witch of Salem, Winifred Sanderson, in the original version Hocus pocus (1993), Midler reunited with Parker and Najimy for the long-awaited sequel, which set a streaming record for Disney+ with 2.7 billion viewing minutes in a week.
Following the success of the sequel, Sean Bailey, president of Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, confirmed that a third film was in development.