Character information She is portrayed by Hannah Waddingham. The Witch Mother is a powerful witch, with the ability to transform into a bird, and resides in Salem.
Once again, Salem's teens are able to beat the Sanderson Sisters, but Hocus Pocus 2's characters have the advantage of Becca unknowingly being a witch. In Hocus Pocus 2's ending, Becca shares her powers with Izzy and Cassie and becomes stronger than the sisters, which is due to Winnie's refusal to divide her magic.
Sarah Jessica Parker returns as aloof Sara Sanderson, the youngest of the three sisters, with her blonde hair but unfortunately not her rat tails. Sara was Billy Butcherson's actual love, apparently.
She is a 16-year-old teenage girl from high school, alongside her friends, Izzy and Cassie. By using the Black Flame Candle, she accidentally resurrects the Sanderson Sisters after 29 years, seeking a plan to defeat the sisters for good. Along the way, Becca discovers she is a witch herself.
Sarah Sanderson is one of the secondary antagonists of Disney's 1993 film Hocus Pocus and its 2022 sequel, alongside her sister Mary. She is the youngest and most beautiful but air-headed witch who lived during the time of the Salem Witch Trials, along with her two sisters: Winifred and Mary.
Disney boss Sean Bailey confirmed that Hocus Pocus 3 was in the works in June 2023, following the long-awaited sequel being a hit on the streaming service. Hocus Pocus 2's director, Anne Fletcher, is returning for the new movie, according to TheWrap.
Throughout Hocus Pocus, Winifred, Sarah, and Mary demonstrate a terrifying range of abilities. For the most part, the Sandersons share many of the same powers, which include casting curses (such as their transformation of Thackery Binx, deadly Halloween dance, etc.), making cleaning equipment fly, and brewing potions.
Najimy said there's a simple explanation for the change. “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,” the actor told Entertainment Weekly.
Director Kenny Ortega hints at the possibility of Allison being a witch, expressing that he felt there was a little witch in the character throughout Hocus Pocus. While it is not confirmed that Allison is a witch in the Hocus Pocus canon, her fascination with witches and the supernatural raises the theory.
Is the witch in Hocus Pocus 2 supposed to be dani?
Hocus Pocus 2 originally had Thora Birch's Dani battling Sanderson Sisters with 'arsenal of anti-magic' "I was so invested in trying to get Dani back into the story. We had a bunch of different versions of that," sequel writer Jen D'Angelo tells EW.
Tony Hale as Jefry Traske, the Mayor of Salem and father of Cassie. Hale also played Reverend Traske, Jefry and Cassie's ancestor from the Sanderson Sisters' past, who is also responsible for the Sisters becoming evil witches.
Towards the end of the movie, the Sanderson sisters succeed in completing their spell but it is revealed that the spell has a catch in which the user will lose what they care about the most. Winifred (Midler), the lead sister, loses her sisters, who both slowly disappear into thin air.
While the sequel appears self-contained, there is an extra surprise after the credits that opens the door for another return for the Sanderson Sisters. "I think you can never fully get rid of the Sanderson Sisters," Belissa Escobedo told EW.
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.
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.
Still, Najimy says they explain it in the film, anyway: "We can justify it because there's a scene at the beginning where Winnie slaps me, and my mouth goes to the other side, and then she slaps me again and it goes to the other side, and sticks."
Conveniently overlooking that the Sanderson Sisters actually exploded at the end of the first film, it ignores that fact and brings them back for the exact same story. But without the humour or the thrills. Or characters that we even care for. It's just bland and doesn't evoke any sense of nostalgia or fun.
Why did Leonardo DiCaprio turned down Hocus Pocus?
DiCaprio has said he was offered a large sum to be in Hocus Pocus. Nevertheless, he went with his gut and decided to decline the offer, as he was determined to get Arnie Grape's part (in What's Eating Gilbert Grape).
Enhanced Smell: The ability to possess a sense of smell drastically beyond what was naturally possible. Mary's sense of smell was such that she could locate children both in close proximity and from great distances and could even accurately determine the children's genders and ages.
CNN reported that the Sanderson sisters are fictional characters. There were not three sisters named Winifred, Sarah and Mary who were executed for practicing witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts.
