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Open your spellbooks. Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock have returned in the trailer for \u201cPractical Magic 2.\u201d <\/p>\n
Warner Bros. released the trailer for the highly anticipated film after it was screened Wednesday at CinemaCon \u2014 an annual convention in Las Vegas for movie theater owners. The film will be released Sept. 11, nearly 28 years after the original debuted. <\/p>\n
The sequel, directed by Susanne Bier, follows sisters Sally (Bullock) and Gillian (Kidman) Owens, as Sally\u2019s daughter (Joey King) uncovers family secrets and develops her own magical abilities. Warner Bros. announced the sequel on TikTok<\/a> in June 2024. <\/p>\n Lee Pace, Maisie Williams, Xolo Maridue\u00f1a and Solly McLeod have joined the cast. Stockard Channing and Dianne Wiest will reprise their roles as Frances and Jet Owens, the aunts who raised Sally and Gillian. In the trailer, the sisters must leave their homes on a mysterious adventure. Sally even pokes fun at their past, comparing their current journey to the previous film. <\/p>\n \u201c\u2018Everything\u2019s gonna be OK?\u2019 Just like it was when we had to bury a corpse under a rosebush? That kind of fine, or different?\u201d<\/p>\n The original film chronicled Sally and Gillian\u2019s quest for love while balancing their identities as witches and their familial curse. The sisters descended from a line of witches that doomed any man who fell in love with an Owens woman. In the film, the sisters nullify the hex by holding an exorcism on the spirit of Gillian\u2019s abusive boyfriend, whom the sisters previously killed. <\/p>\n The sequel is based on the 2021 novel \u201cThe Book of Magic,\u201d the fourth book in Alice Hoffman\u2019s \u201cPractical Magic\u201d series. In 2019, HBO Max ordered a pilot for a prequel series, but the show was ultimately shelved. <\/p>\n Kidman and Bullock introduced<\/a> the film last week during CinemaCon by referencing Kidman\u2019s famous AMC ad. Bullock asked, \u201cWhy do we come here, Nicole?\u201d \u201cWe come to this place for magic,\u201d Kidman responded. <\/p>\n On Instagram<\/a>, Kidman shared videos of her and Bullock sipping drinks out of mini cauldrons and walking the red carpet arm in arm. Bullock made her Instagram<\/a> debut Tuesday (and has already amassed 5.2 million followers) with a nod to the original film\u2019s midnight margaritas. <\/p>\n