News Practical Magic The Practical Magic Sequel May Get a Director Who Has Already Worked With Both Its Stars More possession and murders, coming right up! By Molly Templeton | Published on January 27, 2025 Comment 0 Share New Share The almost-thirty-year-old magic will continue—and now it might have a director. Last summer, Warner Bros. confirmed that a sequel to the 1998 Sandra Bullock/Nicole Kidman film Practical Magic was in the works, with both stars returning along with writer Akiva Goldsman. The original film was directed by Griffin Dunne, who of late has been spending a lot of time directing television (47 episodes of This is Us!). But Deadline has the news that the studio may be going in a different direction for this bit of spellcasting: Oscar winner Susanne Bier is in talks to direct the sequel. Not only does Bier have an Oscar (for In a Better World), but she’s also collaborated with both Bullock and Kidman before. Bier directed Bird Box, which Deadline describes as “one of the most watched movies ever on Netflix”; the adaptation of Josh Malerman’s novel starred Bullock as a parent trying to survive a disaster that must not be looked at. Bier has also directed a ton of television episodes; she worked with Kidman on The Undoing and The Perfect Couple (another adaptation). It’s still not clear what the story of Practical Magic 2 will be. The first movie, based on Alice Hoffman’s 1995 novel, was about sisters living under a lingering curse from a witchy ancestor—and dealing with the small-minded opinions of the locals in their small Massachusetts town. Its cast included Aidan Quinn, Stockard Channing, Dianne Wiest, and a young Evan Rachel Wood. There are four books in Hoffman’s Practical Magic series, but two take place before Practical Magic, which seems to make them unlikely candidates for adaptation at this moment. The other, The Book of Magic, ends the series; Hoffman’s website says it “spurs three generations of the Owens women, and one long-lost brother, to use their unusual gifts to break the curse” laid upon them by their ancestor. But its summary doesn’t mention Gillian Owens, Kidman’s character, at all. There’s no word on when we can expected to see magic on screen again.[end-mark] The post The <i>Practical Magic</i> Sequel May Get a Director Who Has Already Worked With Both Its Stars appeared first on Reactor.