Disney Channel Original Movies tend to bring out the nostalgic side of millennials, but Hocus Pocus has become a next level cult classic. Viewings of the Halloween tale are often used to usher in the return of fall and fans have been clamoring for the return of the Sanderson sister for quite a while. The original cast has expressed interest at returning in the past, and there was even a weird rumor that Tina Fey would be handling a sequel, but all of that hubbub eventually came to nothing.
Well, Disney heard fans’ cries for a sequel and decided… to do a remake instead. According to Variety, Hocus Pocus is getting a reboot without the original cast or director Kenny Ortega. Fans were decidedly not amused. Which of you virgins lit the black flame candle?
I WAS FINE WHEN YOU REMADE BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. I WAS FINE WHEN YOU REMADE ALICE. BUT DON'T TOUCH HOCUS POCUS WITHOUT THE ORIGINAL CAST pic.twitter.com/bYWtdJD5Ae
— anthony amorim is nostalgic (@AnthonyAmorim) September 28, 2017
https://twitter.com/lauradreyfuss/status/913528452002848768
good morning, found out they are apparently remaking hocus pocus so i am going back to bed until that project is cancelled
— Mags (@maggiecarucci) September 28, 2017
When you find out they're remaking Hocus Pocus pic.twitter.com/lOnsqRwEbc
— Jamie (@DoubleJ_Jonesy) September 28, 2017
https://twitter.com/lexxbeck/status/913411265481121793
https://twitter.com/itslaurenyap/status/913407972864389120
https://twitter.com/Jbunnyxoxo/status/913545648649195522
This #HocusPocus remake news is bringing up painful memories of when they recast Marnie in the Halloweentown sequels. #NotMyMarnie pic.twitter.com/nL29ClJwB1
— Andy Swift (@AndySwift) September 28, 2017
https://twitter.com/cheshiregirlie/status/913407177804697600
When you and your friends find out Hocus Pocus is being remade without the original cast pic.twitter.com/bynrHf20jD
— Lumi (@ArcaneLumi) September 28, 2017
https://twitter.com/AustinCTweets/status/913457593141665795
Hang on, they're doing a Hocus Pocus REMAKE not sequel? pic.twitter.com/ZYvSFyn7Br
— Liam (@liamo_dh) September 28, 2017
I'm sorry but any #HocusPocus that doesn't involve @BetteMidler, isn't one that I'm interested in. pic.twitter.com/kfI8kT0KC0
— Kelly Schremph (@Kellybean0415) September 29, 2017
https://twitter.com/davidjscalea/status/913597337058074624
https://twitter.com/ajhensch85/status/913597232557051909
https://twitter.com/_Hannah_/status/913597164848386048
Ok, I take it back. There is a SINGLE acceptable option for a #HocusPocus remake and it is this. https://t.co/xXTuFogW72
— Bri (@Steer_Displaced) September 29, 2017
https://twitter.com/KTVproductionz/status/913596885666906112
https://twitter.com/KristenS_Writes/status/913596874384437248
Are they really remaking hocus pocus how could the all powerful one, bette midler, allow this to happen to me,
— WAYV LOCKDOWN (@babeykun) September 29, 2017
https://twitter.com/ttow94/status/913596096017874945
How can Disney remake Hocus POCUS?!
Don't mess with classics 🙄😜
ITS ALREADY THE BESTTTT! Haha
— Sierra Dallas (@SierraDallas) September 28, 2017
https://twitter.com/jbrowneyed_girl/status/913594181276200960
when the guy who came up with the idea for a hocus pocus REMAKE instead of SEQUEL finds out it flops: pic.twitter.com/7l1wrWk0BY
— ᴱ ᴿ ᴵ ᴷ ᴬ (@ohthaterika) September 29, 2017
https://twitter.com/aliciamarino10/status/913593015544971264
The thought of a Hocus Pocus without the combined powers of Bette Midler, Kathy Najimy, and Sarah Jessica Parker seems pretty undesirable to Halloween enthusiasts, so we’ll have to see how this shakes out. I mean, Midler still pulls off the outfit! Still, at the very least the remake could become a seasonal hate watch. However, Disney might be better off leaving this one in development hell.
(Via Variety)