Sandra Bullock had a witchy good outing and about with Sensible Magic costar Joey King.
King, who is about to painting Bullock’s daughter within the upcoming sequel Sensible Magic 2, took to Instagram on Wednesday, September 10, to share a candy photograph of the twosome leaping for pleasure and laughing whereas attending a Coldplay live performance in London final month.
Bullock wore a fitted gray off the shoulder lengthy sleeve shirt with black denims for the occasion, along with her darkish tresses pinned half up in free waves. King additionally stored it informal in a white T-shirt and denims, her hair dyed purple for the movie.
“🪄 💞 mamacita,” she captioned the candy publish.
Bullock, 61, starred alongside Nicole Kidman within the authentic 1998 movie as Sally and Gillian Owens, respectively. Primarily based on the sequence of novels by Alice Hoffman, the story follows the sisters — who’re descendants of a protracted lineage of witches — as they’re raised by their aunts after their mother and father are killed by a household curse. When Sally unintentionally kills Gillian’s abusive boyfriend, the pair are compelled to faucet into their powers to destroy his evil spirit earlier than he takes them each down endlessly.
The WB introduced in July 2024 {that a} lengthy awaited sequel was within the works, with Susanne Bier serving as director and a screenplay by Akiva Goldsman, who cowrote the primary movie. Whereas many of the plot has been stored below wraps, the sequel will heart on “a multi generational household of witches, cursed to be loveless for hundreds of years, makes an attempt to interrupt the spell by confronting darkish secrets and techniques and sacrificing for one another,” per an official logline.
King, 26, was introduced as a part of the brand new solid in Could alongside Lee Tempo, Maisie Williams, Xolo Maridueña and Sally McLead. It was revealed two months later that Stockard Channing and Dianne West would reprise their roles as Sally and Gillian’s aunts.
“Twenty-five years in the past, Sally, Gillian, Aunt Jet and Aunt Franny flew off the pages of Alice Hoffman’s beloved novel and into theaters around the globe, and we’re thrilled to deliver the Owens household again to the massive display screen with Joey, Lee, Maisie, Solly and Xolo becoming a member of the subsequent chapter in our story,” the filmmakers behind the film stated in an announcement on the time. “The enduring affection for these characters has been our inspiration to ship the subsequent installment within the Owens’ story to new followers, and those that’ve been with us because the starting.”
Whereas talking to Selection earlier this yr, Kidman, 58, gushed over the “lovely” King becoming a member of the ranks of the Owens witches after the twosome labored collectively on 2024’s A Household Affair.
She advised the outlet: “It’s a gaggle of fantastic, superb ladies and a few nice males who’re creating the subsequent section, the subsequent stage of the witches’ life.”
After getting the primary glimpse of Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman on the set of Sensible Magic 2, followers can not include their pleasure in regards to the upcoming sequel. “I nearly had a stroke in the course of the road! That is so severe!” one individual wrote by way of X, as a second individual stated, “I can’t consider […]
One authentic solid member who gained’t be returning is Evan Rachel Wooden, who portrayed one in all Bullock’s daughters within the first film. Wooden, 37, addressed her absence within the sequel in July, claiming she was open to return to the franchise however finally was not requested again.
“I get requested about this so much, so I’ll simply clear it up now,” she wrote by way of her Instagram Tales. “I used to be not requested to return again and be within the #PracticalMagic sequel. I supplied my providers, even when it was one scene or one line. I used to be advised they’re recasting. I’m sorry to disappoint the followers. It was not in my management or my selection. I might have fortunately rejoined my sisters.”
A primary have a look at the mission was launched by Kidman earlier this summer time by way of Instagram. The clip featured the costars hugging and smiling as “motion” was referred to as on their first scene. “The witches are again ✨ Owens sisters’ first day on set!” Kidman captioned the publish.
