This Halloween we will once again marvel (and be afraid of) the witches of Salem. ‘Return of the Witches 2’, the long-awaited sequel to the legendary 1993 film, will arrive on Disney + on September 30th, after anticipating the release date, and will again see Bette Midler, Kathy Najimy and Sarah Jessica Parker. The expectation is no less, as the trailer for the sequel to “Return of the Witches” has amassed a total of 46.6 million views in 24 hours, surpassing big titles like “Luca” or “The Mandalorian”.
Now, and with the aim of giving fans long teeth, a fan page of the saga has unveiled new images of the sequel via Instagram. In one of them we can take a first look at the three iconic witches but in their teenage version played by Taylor Paige Henderson, Juju Journey Brener and Nina Christina Kitchen. In the other, Winifred (Midler), Sarah (Parker) and Mary (Najimy), in their adult version, play with what appears to be the spell book from the first episode.
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This time around, it will be teenagers Becca (Whitney Peak), Cassie (Lilia Buckingham) and Izzy (Belissa Escobedo) who endanger Salem after lighting the black flame with a spell. Midler, Najimy and Parker will be joined by Doug Jones, who played the zombie Billy Butcherson in the iconic ’90s movie. The director of the original and author of the “High School Musical” saga, Kenny Ortega, will also return to direct the new episode. after a long experience in the musical. On the other hand, Sam Richardson (“The Afterparty”) and Tony Hale (“Arrested Development”) joined the cast.
a short preview
Earlier this year it was rumored that the sequel would feature several musical numbers, repeating the formula that worked for them in the original ’90s movie, but adding a more modern twist with the presence of three famous drag queens, Ginger Minj. , Kornbread Jeté and Kahmora Hall, like the drag versions of Sanderson. Also, uh already advanced a fragment presented by Disney itself in which two girls appear who light the candle with a black flame as did little Max (Omri Katz) in the first. With this, the young women again invoke the three evil witches and the voice of Winifred (Midler) is heard. “lock up your children! Yes, Salem, we’re back!”.
Source: E Cartelera
