This fall, however, I decided to change my usual routine and also check out the belated 2022 sequel, “Hocus Pocus 2” for the first time. The original “Hocus Pocus” movie is set in Salem, Mass. and ...

even though scheduling conflicts kept her from reprising her role in 2022’s Hocus Pocus 2. Over the years, Birch’s films have come to define key moments in millennial nostalgia—from ...

Although there were talks about her being in the Hocus Pocus 2 movie, which came out in 2022, it didn’t work out because of her schedule. “There were three options we had for how to bring Dani ...

Parker, Midler and Najimy later reprised their roles for the sequel, Hocus Pocus 2, though Birch notably didn't participate in the 2022 film.

While scheduling conflicts prevented Birch from reprising the part in 2022's Hocus Pocus 2, the actress has continued to work steadily in recent years. In 2024, Birch appeared in the movie The ...

She made her onscreen debut in the 1988 movie Purple People Eater and held an iconic role in the 1993 classic Hocus Pocus as Dani Dennison, the child who inadvertently helps bring the Sanderson ...

Former Disney child star Thora Birch looked all grown up at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival. Her appearance came 32 years after the release of her hit movie, Hocus Pocus, where she played headstrong ...

Sarah Jessica Parker appears at the premiere of "Hocus Pocus 2" in New York on Sept. 27, 2022, left, and Amber Ruffin appears at the 28th annual Critics Choice Awards in Los Angeles on Jan. 15 ...