Practical Magic 2 Trailer: Bullock and Kidman Are Witches Again
After nearly three decades, the Owens sisters return. The first full trailer for Practical Magic 2 dropped on June 24, with the film hitting theaters September 11.
- The first full trailer for Practical Magic 2 was released on June 24, 2026.
- Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman return as sisters Sally and Gillian Owens after nearly three decades.
- The film opens in theaters on September 11, 2026.
- Four newcomers join the cast: Joey King, Maisie Williams, Xolo Mariduena and Lee Pace.
The moment fans have waited nearly thirty years for has finally arrived. The official trailer for Practical Magic 2 landed on June 24, 2026, with Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman once again at the center as witch sisters Sally and Gillian Owens. The tagline that accompanied the trailer leaves no doubt about the tone of the sequel: “No magic is stronger than sisterhood.”
The 1998 original long ago outgrew the status of a watch-it-once movie. It became an autumn ritual, a title people return to every year the moment the leaves start to turn. That is why news of a sequel is not just another Hollywood announcement, but the return of a world that has stayed close to several generations. Bullock and Kidman are not coming back as cameos, but carrying the whole film, exactly as they did before.
Who returns, and who is new?
Alongside the two leads, the sequel also brings back Dianne Wiest as aunt Jet and Stockard Channing as aunt Frances, completing the Owens family circle as audiences remember it. That very continuity of the original cast gives the project a weight that few belated sequels manage to carry.
Joining them is a new generation. The film features Joey King, Maisie Williams, Xolo Mariduena and Lee Pace. The blend of familiar nineties faces and actors followed by today’s younger audiences feels like a deliberate move, a bridge between those who remember the original and those who might only now discover it.
Behind the camera sits Susanne Bier as director, while the screenplay is credited to Akiva Goldsman and Georgia Pritchett. This is an experienced team that knows how to balance nostalgia with something fresh, which is perhaps the hardest task with returns like this one.
Why bring the witches back now?
The timing is no accident. The premiere is set for September 11, right on the edge of the season when the original is watched most. The studio is clearly counting on the emotion this title stirs, on an audience that grew up with the story of the Owens sisters and now has a chance to live it again, this time with their own children.
The first trailer offered only a hint, a visual tone, an atmosphere and a promise that the spirit of the original is not lost. Only in September will we find out whether the sequel measures up to a film that became part of personal history for so many. So, would you step back into the world of the Owens sisters after nearly thirty years?
