Nicole Kidman offers an update on her 'fun and witchy' sequel to Practical Magic with Sandra Bullock
is opening up about her highly-anticipated sequel to her 1998 supernatural film Practical Magic.
The 57-year-old actress starred alongside Sandra Bullock in the original film, playing sisters who come from a long line of witches and use their powers to defeat an evil spirit.
The film wasn't a box office hit, earning just $68.3 million worldwide from a $75 million budget, but gained a cult following in the years that followed.
Now Kidman and Bullock are reuniting for a sequel, with a director they have both worked with, Susanne Bier.
The filmmaker directed Bullock in the 2018 Netflix film Bird Box and Kidman in HBO 's The Undoing and Netflix's The Perfect Couple.
Kidman appeared at the Cannes Film Festival to take part in Kering's Women in Motion event where she offered an update on the sequel (via THR).
The 57-year-old actress starred alongside Sandra Bullock in the original film, playing sisters who come from a long line of witches and use their powers to defeat an evil spirit
'Sandy's worked with her, too, so the two of us were like, well, this is the perfect triangle because we all know each other so well,' Kidman began.
'So to be able to work together on something that is fun and witchy, that's fun and it has something very different to say (than Babygirl),' Kidman added of her last film.
Bier will direct from a screenplay by Akiva Goldsman, who co-wrote the original alongside Alice Hoffman and Robin Swicord for director Griffin Dunne.
Both Kidman and Bullock will produce alongside original Practical Magic producer Denise Di Novi.
It's unclear if there are plans to bring back any other original Practical Magic stars such as Stockard Channing (Aunt Frances), Dianne Wiest (Aunt Jet) or Evan Rachel Wood, who played the daughter of Bullock's character Sally in her second film role.
It's also unclear when production will begin, though Warner Bros. recently handed out a September 18, 2026 release date.
While no plot details have been announced yet, producer Di Novi told People that the sequel will honor the spirit of the original.
'I think the big mistake people make with sequels is when they kind of want to reinvent the wheel and be totally original and surprise people that it's different or whatever,' the producer said.
She added that the entire team, 'gets how important the first movie is to so many people, women in particular, and we want to honor that for sure.'
'There's a joyousness to that movie, and there's such beautiful themes of sisterhood and family and acceptance, tolerance, love,' Di Novi added.
'Just the title that Alice Hoffman, the amazing author, thought of that's now become part of the vernacular of is that there's magic in daily life, in love, in family, in sisterhood,' she said.
'It's magical, and we all have our gifts, and women have very particular and specific gifts. We really want to honor all of that,' the producer said.
Di Novi had previously hinted the story will be adapted from Hoffman's 2021 novel The Book of Magic, the fourth book in Hoffman's Practical Magic series.
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