Hocus Pocus 2: How The Original Sequel Novel Is Different From The Movie

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Warning: The following contains spoilers for Hocus Pocus 2.For the 25th anniversary of the theatrical debut of Hocus Pocus, a novelization of the movie and a sequel novel were published by Disney-Hyperion. The sequel, set in 2018, followed just what happened when the Sanderson sisters were brought back from the dead yet again by the black flame candle. It was a new generation of Salem teens that had to stop them though. That idea might sound exactly the same as what Disney Plus fans are seeing in the sequel movie on the streaming service, but that brief description is where the similarities end.

Despite both sequels being set in Salem more than two decades after the events of the original film, the two are very different stories with completely different sets of characters. Some differences are likely down to availability of actors in addition to just what story the writers of the different projects wanted to bring to life.

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The sequel novel relied heavily on nostalgia for fans who grew up watching the original movie. As such, the brand new characters introduced on the page included the daughter of Max and Allison, the main teens of the first movie, and her friends. Max, Allison, and Max’s little sister Dani don’t get mentioned by name in the Disney Plus sequel at all, and as far as the audience can see, none of the new characters are related to them.

Instead, the high schoolers at the center of the story aren’t connected to the events of the original movie, which makes sense considering they would have been born over a decade after the events of the original movie. The sequel does, however, maintain a link to the 1993 Hocus Pocus story with another new character.

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