Thora Birch not returning for Hocus Pocus 2

Original film cast member Thora Birch will not be reprising her role as Dani Dennison in Hocus Pocus 2 for Disney+.

Thora Birch was one of the three children who faced the sisters back in the original 1993 movie. Disney reportedly approached the actress to play an adult version of Dani in a supporting role.

Supposedly, Dani would have assisted the three new teens who will resurrect the witches in 2022, leading the teens in banishing Winfred, Mary, and Sarah once more. However, Birch had to decline due to scheduling conflicts and prior commitments. It’s unfortunate she couldn’t join the movie because there’s quite an impressive list of stars in Hocus Pocus 2.

Related: First official photo from Hocus Pocus 2 coming to Disney+ Fall of 2022!

Bette Midler (“The First Wives Club,” “Beaches”), Sarah Jessica Parker (“Sex and the City,” “Divorce”), and Kathy Najimy (“Sister Act,” “Younger”) star as Winifred, Sarah, and Mary, the delightfully wicked Sanderson sisters who bewitched audiences in the 1993 film “Hocus Pocus.” Doug Jones (“The Shape of Water,” “What We Do in the Shadows”) also returns as Billy Butcherson. Joining them are Whitney Peak (“Gossip Girl,” “Molly’s Game”) as Becca, Lilia Buckingham (“Dirt,” “Crown Lake”) as Cassie, and Belissa Escobedo (“American Horror Stories,” “The Baker and the Beauty”) as Izzy, three young women in present-day Salem who incite the wrath of the three witches.

It’s been 29 years since someone lit the Black Flame Candle and resurrected the 17^th-century sisters who were executed for practicing witchcraft, and they are looking for revenge. Now it is up to three high-school students to figure out how to stop the ravenous witches from wreaking a new kind of havoc on Salem before midnight on All Hallow’s Eve. 

“Hocus Pocus 2” is written by Jen D’Angelo (“Happy Together,” “Workaholics”) and produced by Lynn Harris (“King Richard,” “The Shallows”), with Adam Shankman (“Disenchanted,” “Hairspray”), Ralph Winter (“Hocus Pocus,” “X-Men” franchise) and David Kirschner (“Hocus Pocus,” “Chucky”) serving as executive producers. 

Rounding out the cast are recent Emmy® winner Hannah Waddingham (“Ted Lasso,” “Game of Thrones”), Tony Hale (“Veep,” “Arrested Development”), Sam Richardson (“The Tomorrow War,” “Good Boys”), Juju Brener (“Vanquish”), Froy Gutierrez (“Teen Wolf”), Taylor Paige Henderson and Nina Kitchen.

Related: Bette Midler Shares that ‘Hocus Pocus 2’ Has Finished Filming

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Source: Entertainment Weekly

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