Arts & Entertainment
‘Hocus Pocus’ remake in the works
the original cast won’t return
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The Sanderson Sisters will rise once again in a “Hocus Pocus” TV remake but Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy won’t reprise their roles.
Deadline reports that the film will be made for Disney Channel and include a new cast. The original film’s director Kenny Ortega also is not attached to the project.
Scarlett Lacey (“The Royals”) will pen the script and David Kirschner, who produced the 1993 film, will executive produce.
“Hocus Pocus” told the story of three witch sisters who are brought back to life by a virgin lighting a candle.
A remake of the cult Halloween classic hasn’t been exciting news for everyone. Some people took to Twitter to complain that without the original cast, the film won’t be the same.
Disney channel is rebooting Remaking “hocus pocus” good luck finding an actor that can fill the shoes of @BetteMidler #classic #disney
— Brad (@BRADKREATIVE) September 28, 2017
Good morning to everyone except the person who decided to remake Hocus Pocus as a Disney Channel movie
— Nicole Pomarico (@nicolepomarico) September 28, 2017
Unless Winifred Sanderson is being played by RuPaul, I will not be watching this Hocus Pocus remake.
— Theatre Critic Trump (@TrumpMusicals) September 28, 2017
No release date has been announced.
Baltimore
This John Waters interview has been edited for readability — but perhaps not human decency
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By WESLEY CASE | At 80 years old, John Waters is still the ideal dinner guest — incisively sharp, quick-witted and funny as hell.
The chic Baltimore native proved it again and again in a recent Zoom interview, calling from his summer home in Provincetown, Mass.
The occasion was the Blu-ray releases of two of his movies — the 1977 dark comedy “Desperate Living” and his enduring 1988 musical “Hairspray” — on June 23 by the Criterion Collection, which publishes restorations of films it deems culturally important. The Criterion stamp of approval has become the gold standard among cinephiles.
“It’s like getting an award,” said Waters, who wrote and directed both films.
The rest of this article can be read on the Baltimore Banner’s website.
The Washington Blade held the seventh annual Pride on the Pier at The Wharf DC on Saturday, June 13.
(Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford)
The 2026 Lost River Pride Festival was held on the scenic grounds of the Lost River Farmers Market in Lost City, W.Va. on Saturday, June 13. Headliner Tom Goss performed at the festival and gave a second performance at the nearby Guesthouse Lost River.
(Washington Blade photos by Michael Key)
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