Sisters, behold: After years of speculation, Hocus Pocus, the beloved 1993 Disney film, is officially getting a reboot.
According to Deadline, the Disney Channel is "in the early stages of development" of a new made-for-TV version of Hocus Pocus. David Kirschner, a producer on the original, will be back, but here's the bad news: the original cast won't.
The internet wasn't exactly thrilled with the news.
The news first began circulating when the original film's writer, Mark Garris, was asked about the movie in an interview with Forbes:
It's kind of remarkable and fantastic to have something brought to the screen like that and to have it embraced generation after generation. Everybody I meet, it's either their daughters or their own favorite movie and it's incredibly exciting. There have been rumors of a Hocus Pocus sequel for the last 10 years that will not die. I have heard they are developing the script, I haven't been involved in it but I think there will be a sequel it might be for Disney Channel or Freeform or ABC. I think it will be for television but I hear that it is moving ahead.
Garris was also asked if the original cast would be back and his answer hints that not all might be lost:
If they don't do that I think it would be a big mistake because all three of them are still so incredibly potent and powerful and great performers and who else can recreate those characters.
But according to Deadline the reboot "will have a new cast and a new director." There is still no word on a release date.
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