Will There Be a "Hocus Pocus 3"? Everything to Know About the Sanderson Sisters' Next Spell Kelsie Gibson, James Mercadante, Caroline BlairOctober 30, 2025 at 5:30 PM 0 AJ Pics / Alamy Kathy Najimy, Bette Midler, and Sarah Jessica Parker in 'Hocus Pocus'.
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Hocus Pocus 3 has been greenlit and will star Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy once again as the beloved Sanderson sisters
The third movie was announced in 2023 and will follow the second film, which premiered nearly 30 years after the original 1993 film
In October 2025, Midler teased that she had received a "brilliant" script for the third film
The Sanderson Sisters are waking up for a third time!
Hocus Pocus 3, the next film in the beloved witchy franchise, is officially in development. While fans had to wait nearly 30 years from the premiere of Hocus Pocus in 1993 until the first sequel in 2022, they won't have to wait that long for the third one.
The first two films follow the Sanderson Sisters — Bette Midler as Winifred, Sarah Jessica Parker as Sarah and Kathy Najimy as Mary — as they resurrect from the dead and cause chaos in the hopes of becoming immortal.
While the details and storyline for Hocus Pocus 3 have been kept quiet, Midler teased in October 2025 that she had received a script and thought it was "brilliant." Prior to learning the plot, Parker said that she and her fellow witch sisters were "having some conversations" about development.
Disney initially announced that Hocus Pocus 3 was in the works when the president of Walt Disney Studios Motion Picture Production, Sean Bailey, told The New York Times the exciting news in June 2023.
Now that Hocus Pocus 3 has been confirmed, here's everything the cast and creators have said about the upcoming movie.
What is the end credits scene in Hocus Pocus 2?
Matt Kennedy/Disney+ Belissa Escobedo (left) as Izzy and Whitney Peak as Becca in the 2022 Disney+ film 'Hocus Pocus 2,'.
At the end of Hocus Pocus 2, the Sanderson sisters are defeated yet again with a little help from Becca (Whitney Peak), who is revealed to be a witch herself. After Winifred completes a dark spell called Magicæ Maxima to make her the most powerful witch of all, she quickly learns that it comes with a huge cost: the lives of her sisters.
After her sisters turn to dust, Winifred pleads with Becca for help. As the new owner of Winifred's spell book, Becca answers her request, performing a spell with her friends that reunites Winifred with her sisters in the afterlife.
As Becca and her newly minted coven walk down the street at the end of the film, delighted with their new magical abilities, they're followed by a bird identical to the one into which Mother Witch (Hannah Waddingham) shapeshifted at the beginning of the film.
In addition to that moment, the end credits scene teases the Sanderson sisters' possible return. Back in Gilbert's Olde Salem Magic Shoppe, the proprietor's black cat, Cobweb, is seen climbing onto one of the shelves in the store. As he perches himself next to a box, the camera zooms in on the label: "B.F. CANDLE #2," insinuating there is another Black Flame Candle that could bring the sisters back again.
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What has the cast said about returning for Hocus Pocus 3?
Walt Disney Pictures/Disney+ From left: Sarah Jessica Parker as Sarah Sanderson, Bette Midler as Winifred Sanderson and Kathy Najimy as Mary Sanderson in the 2022 Disney+ film 'Hocus Pocus 2,'.
Before the third film was officially greenlit, the cast had already expressed interest in reprising their iconic roles.
During the Hocus Pocus 2 premiere in New York City, Parker teased that she would sign on for a third Hocus Pocus if Midler also joined the project. "Bette is already starting rumors," she told Extra in 2022 of the sequel. "I hitch my wagon to her star. If she wants to do a third one ... No one says no to the Divine Miss M."
As for Najimy, she told PEOPLE that she's adamant about the "never say never" mantra.
"It was fun, but it's not nothing. It's a lot, but who knows? Who knew that almost 30 years later we'd be doing this sequel?" she told PEOPLE, joking, "I think if we did it 30 years later again, well, there would be walkers and canes involved. The flying might just be a little one-foot blip off the ground."
Since the announcement of Hocus Pocus 3, Midler told PEOPLE in July 2024 that she had high hopes for Winifred's future.
"Where I would like Winifred to go, hmm? Well, I think the Hamptons. Winifred in the Hamptons, I could go there. That would be fun," she said. "I can only figure out locations. Paris, London or the Hamptons!"
Meanwhile, Parker said on Watch What Happens Live in July 2025 that there were "no more developments" she was aware of — "other than we would like to do it."
"We would like to do it, and we've been having some conversations," she added.
However, in October 2025, Midler shared the exciting news that she was "sent a script" from Disney.
"And a lot of it was brilliant," she said during an appearance on Watch What Happens Live, while adding that she "got very excited, and now we're trying to figure out what it is and where it's going to be and how much it's going to cost and all those logistical things."
What have the writers and producers said about Hocus Pocus 3?
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Kathy Najimy as Mary Sanderson, Bette Midler as Winifred Sanderson, and Sarah Jessica Parker as Sarah Sanderson in 'Hocus Pocus 2'
In 2022, executive producer Adam Shankman applauded director Anne Fletcher's depiction of Becca's storyline in Hocus Pocus 2. He suggested that the discovery of her magical abilities could hint at future projects for the franchise.
"Anne, I think, handled that really, really beautifully," Shankman told The Hollywood Reporter of Becca's fantastical findings. "We went back and forth on how that was going to work ... if it was going to work, forever, and Anne was just like, 'This is what we're going to do.' And I think it's great. And it creates a lot of excitement about potential spinoffs."
Hocus Pocus 2 screenwriter Jen D'Angelo agreed and told Entertainment Weekly in October 2023 that they are trying to balance the fan's hopes with the character development.
"I'm hoping that we are able to explore every aspect of these stories and take these characters on a bunch of fun adventures," D'Angelo said. "3 is still very much in the early stages; we don't really know what it is."
D'Angelo continued, "I want to do right by the fans, and I definitely want to keep in mind what they want to see, but at the same time, I feel like movies can go slightly awry when they're only catering to the fans and trying to check off a list, like, 'We got this and this, so the fans should be happy.' "
However, she also made sure to note that they were "still in the story phase" and that they "have so many directions in which to go and so many new characters to explore." However, D'Angelo teased that the second movie "only scratched the surface of Waddingham's mother witch."
What is Hocus Pocus 3 about?
disney + Hannah Waddingham as Mother Witch in the 2022 Disney+ film 'Hocus Pocus 2,'.
Following the sequel's release, fans have been running wild with theories about what a potential third movie could entail. A popular theory is that it could revolve around the newly introduced character Mother Witch, who gifted the Sanderson sisters with her spell book when they were younger.
As she appears to be following Becca's new coven at the end of the film (in bird form), some think that Mother Witch could become the big villain in a third movie — perhaps following Becca's new coven rising to power and potentially seeking help from the Sanderson sisters.
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