Are Max and Dani in Hocus Pocus 2?

Max, Dani, and Allison, however, don't have any impact on Hocus Pocus 2. None of the three original characters return for cameos, with director Anne Fletcher citing their absence as due to difficulties in organically integrating them into the story.
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Is Max Dani and Allison in Hocus Pocus 2?

While the Sanderson Sisters are at the heart of Hocus Pocus, the first movie also relied on central characters Max, Dani, and Allison. Unfortunately, the trio did not return in Hocus Pocus 2 after the sequel went in a different direction.
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Does Max show up in Hocus Pocus 2?

Released last year and marking a comeback for the Sanderson sisters — played by Bette Midler, Kathy Najimy and Sarah Jessica Parker — the follow-up to 1993's Hocus Pocus didn't include some beloved characters, such as protagonist Max (Omri Katz).
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Is the witch Dani in Hocus Pocus 2?

However, like her brother, Dani doesn't appear in Hocus Pocus 2 to the dismay of many fans of the series. Since Dani was a small child in the original movie, her Hocus Pocus 3 role would undoubtedly be a major departure from her part in Hocus Pocus.
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Why isn't Dani in Hocus Pocus 2?

Thora Birch (Dani)

Although the actress was asked to come back, she had to decline the offer due to scheduling conflicts. "Everybody tried so hard. Everybody tried so hard to make that happen and it just didn't, but everybody tried so hard," she later told ComicBook.com.
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Why weren't any of the kids in Hocus Pocus 2?

'Hocus Pocus' stars open up about why they aren't in sequel: 'It just didn't work' The Sanderson sisters were brought back to life in “Hocus Pocus 2,” but the children's franchise couldn't strike the right alchemy for some of its original cast members.
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Why wasn't Binx in Hocus Pocus 2?

The original movie actor explained why he and several other stars did not return for Hocus Pocus 2, citing the sequel's need to simply move onto a new story involving the Sanderson Sisters. In Murray's case, Thackery Binx also died at the end of the first movie.
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What happened to Max in Hocus Pocus?

Omri Katz (Max)

He is in a relationship with Michele Watters and the pair live in Los Angeles. Katz runs The Mary Danksters, a cannabis company. Though he didn't return for Hocus Pocus 2, Katz has reunited with his castmates at various conventions over the years.
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What is the Easter egg in Hocus Pocus 2?

The Sun. While the sun doesn't actually make an appearance in Hocus Pocus 2, the sisters once again believe they're being melted by daylight. It turns out they're only blinded by car headlights — a reference to when Max, Dani and Allison tricked the sisters by simulating sunrise the same way in 1993.
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Where is Dani from Hocus Pocus now?

Thora Birch as Dani

Birch continues to work regularly, with two movies recently wrapped up and a bevy of other on her résumé. Her most notable role after Hocus Pocus came in 1999's American Beauty.
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What happens to Max Dennison?

In the novel Hocus Pocus and the All-New Sequel, which is set 25 years after the events of the first film, Max and Allison are revealed to have married and had a daughter named Poppy.
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Who is Max's crush in Hocus Pocus?

Allison Watts is one of the tritagonists of the 1993 Halloween comedy-fantasy film, Hocus Pocus. She is the crush and later girlfriend of Max Dennison.
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Was Max high in Hocus Pocus?

The actor, who plays Max Dennison in the 1993 Halloween movie, admitted to being high while acting, telling Entertainment Weekly, “That was at an age where I started experimenting with cannabis. Let's just say some of those scenes, I was having a good old time. I don't exactly remember which scene.”
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How did Max save Dani again in Hocus Pocus?

The witches come after Dani, Max and Allison in a graveyard. They place Dani in an open grave lined with salt. Dani is captured again, and Winifred tries to kill her because Dani called her ugly. To save Dani, Max drinks a potion and asks the witches to take him in her place.
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Why is Max not in Hocus Pocus 2?

Due to the film focusing on a new batch of teens, Katz and Shaw have not reprised their roles as Max and Allison. EW reported that Katz said via his representative Nery Lemus: "People have been asking, and unfortunately, I'm not in it. I would have loved to be involved.
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What happened to Allison on Hocus Pocus?

Allison Dennison (nee Watts) is the tritagonist of Hocus Pocus and one of the main characters in the official sequel novel, Hocus Pocus & the All-New Sequel. In the sequel, she is and Max have married and a daughter, named Poppy.
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Why is her smile backwards in Hocus Pocus 2?

Speaking to Entertainment Weekly Kathy Najimy explained she switched the side of the smile to the left as it was getting too difficult to do it on the right side. She said: "It's on the other side mainly because it's so hard for me to do it on the side I did it on 30 years ago.
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What is inappropriate in Hocus Pocus 2?

Parents need to know that Hocus Pocus 2 is the highly anticipated sequel to Disney's hugely popular 1990s fantasy comedy Hocus Pocus. Like the original, the witchy sequel is family-friendly overall but does have magical violence, name-calling, and gross-out scenes, mostly involving a decapitated zombie.
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What went wrong with Hocus Pocus 2?

This film suffers from a lazy script due to several rehashed lines or sequences from the original film. I get that the writers were aiming for the nostalgia of the original film, but it was completely overdone.
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Why weren't the dennisons in Hocus Pocus 2?

Max, Dani, and Allison, however, don't have any impact on Hocus Pocus 2. None of the three original characters return for cameos, with director Anne Fletcher citing their absence as due to difficulties in organically integrating them into the story.
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Is Dani the witch in Hocus Pocus 2?

Dani Dressed As Mother Witch

Thora Birch may not have returned for the sequel, but a piece of the beloved Dani Dennison lived on in Hocus Pocus 2. On Halloween night in 1993, Dani dressed as a witch, a red and black costume with some fiery fur and covered in golden moons.
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How old is Max Dennison?

Max is 15 years old, with brown hair and green eyes.
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Did Billy Butcherson love Sarah?

Billy greatly despises Winifred, but he did have a relationship with her when he was alive because they shared one kiss. He put up with it until he is fed up with her obsession and fell in love with her youngest sister Sarah.
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Why wasn't Omri in Hocus Pocus 2?

During the panel discussion, a fan asked why the actors weren't involved in the recent sequel. “We weren't invited to that meeting. So we don't really know why we weren't invited,” Katz answered. “I think the fan base really wanted to see something with us. ...
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Which actress didn't come back for Hocus Pocus 2?

Though original Hocus Pocus actress Thora Birch didn't reprise her beloved role as Dani in Hocus Pocus 2, the sequel stars who took the reins from the 1993 film's OG roster of teens tell EW what might've happened if a grown-up version of her character appeared in director Anne Fletcher's film as first planned.
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