Hocus Pocus 2's Trailer Spell Hints It's Replacing An Original Character
As Hocus Pocus 2 resurrects the Sanderson sisters yet again, the trailer’s spell hints at replacing the original character Thackery Binx. While Dani, Max, and Allison won’t be returning for Hocus Pocus 2, Winifred (Bette Midler), Mary (Kathy Najimy), and Sarah Sanderson (Sarah Jessica Parker) will all reappear as the trio of witches faces a new generation of Salem teens on Halloween night. In the Hocus Pocus 2 trailer, three teens summon the Sanderson sisters with a black flame candle, while a mysterious black cat appears over a familiar spell from the original movie.
Before Max accidentally resurrected the Sanderson sisters in 1993, Hocus Pocus opened with Thackery Binx attempting to save his younger sister Emily from the witches back in 1693. Thackery was unsuccessful, with his sister’s life being absorbed by the sisters while they used a spell to turn him into an immortal black cat. 300 years later, the talking cat Thackery helps Max, Dani, and Allison put the sisters back in their graves for good, with the Sanderson's broken spell also meaning that Thackery's spirit was able to reunite with Emily in the afterlife.
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While it doesn’t seem that Thackery Binx’s spirit inhabits a cat yet again, Disney+'s Hocus Pocus 2 trailer hints at the witches turning another human into an immortal black cat. In the background of Hocus Pocus 2’s trailer, the Sanderson sisters can be heard chanting the spell “itch-it-a-cop-it-a-melaka-mystica.” This particular spell was used in the original Hocus Pocus movie to turn the human boy Thackery Binx into a death-defying feline, suggesting that Winifred, Mary, and Sarah’s return will be marked by cursing a new teen with
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