Overview

• Production officially began in July in London under director Susanne Bier, with Akiva Goldsman and Georgia Pritchett penning the screenplay.
• Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman will reprise their roles as Sally and Gillian Owens, joined by Stockard Channing and Dianne Wiest as their aunts.
• The filmmakers are drawing on Hoffman’s 2021 novel The Book of Magic to expand the Owens family’s narrative.
• A new ensemble cast—including Joey King, Maisie Williams, Lee Pace, Xolo Maridueña and Solly McLeod—will portray the next generation of the family’s witchcraft legacy.
• Evan Rachel Wood will not return as Kylie Owens, with the role officially recast ahead of the film’s Sept. 18, 2026 theatrical debut.