A third “Hocus Pocus” film is officially in development, Walt Disney Pictures president Sean Bailey has confirmed.
In a profile with The New York Times, Bailey stated that “Yes, ‘Hocus Pocus 3’ is happening” when discussing additional upcoming live-action projects in development at the company.
“Hocus Pocus 3” comes after the success of the 2022 sequel “Hocus Pocus 2,” which saw Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy reprise their children-hungry witching roles. The sequel broke records amongst the Nielson Top 10 streaming charts, taking home the largest opening weekend with 2.7 billion minutes viewed following its Sept. 30 premiere. The Disney+ movie also became the most watched original film for Disney+ over the frame of the first three days of release.
Though not all original “Hocus Pocus” characters were featured in “Hocus Pocus 2,” screenwriter Jen D’Angelo hinted at a potential sequel that would showcase Omri Katz’s Max Dennison and Vinessa Shaw’s Allison Watts.
In a profile with The New York Times, Bailey stated that “Yes, ‘Hocus Pocus 3’ is happening” when discussing additional upcoming live-action projects in development at the company.
“Hocus Pocus 3” comes after the success of the 2022 sequel “Hocus Pocus 2,” which saw Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy reprise their children-hungry witching roles. The sequel broke records amongst the Nielson Top 10 streaming charts, taking home the largest opening weekend with 2.7 billion minutes viewed following its Sept. 30 premiere. The Disney+ movie also became the most watched original film for Disney+ over the frame of the first three days of release.
Though not all original “Hocus Pocus” characters were featured in “Hocus Pocus 2,” screenwriter Jen D’Angelo hinted at a potential sequel that would showcase Omri Katz’s Max Dennison and Vinessa Shaw’s Allison Watts.
- 6/4/2023
- by McKinley Franklin
- Variety Film + TV
After In the Heights, director Jon M. Chu is slated to helm a couple of musicals for his follow-ups. Firstly, he’s announced to adapt the popular broadway show, Wicked, into a feature film. Now, Deadline reports that Chu will be reuniting with his In the Heights producing partner, Scott Sanders, to develop and shoot the musical treatment of the Old Testament tale of Joseph, who is driven from his home by his 11 jealous brothers in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. This will be a new version of the famous Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber musical to be made for Amazon Studios.
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Really Useful Group has been seeking to adapt the musical into a film adaptation for a while, and the Crazy Rich Asians director has long dreamt of taking on the task of bringing this vision to the big screen in a classic Hollywood spectacular.
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Really Useful Group has been seeking to adapt the musical into a film adaptation for a while, and the Crazy Rich Asians director has long dreamt of taking on the task of bringing this vision to the big screen in a classic Hollywood spectacular.
- 4/12/2023
- by EJ Tangonan
- JoBlo.com
After spending some time in the Emerald City, director Jon M. Chu is expanding his color palette. He’ll next take on a film adaptation of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” for Amazon Studios.
Based on the 1968 hit musical with lyrics by Tim Rice and music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, the film is now in development, and will see Chu reunite with his “In the Heights” producing partner Scott Sanders, with Mara Jacobs also producing.
Sanders and Jacobs will produce for Sanders’ production company Sgs Pictures, while Benjamin Lowy will executive produce. Chu will also produce produce film, alongside Lance Johnson, for Chu’s Electric Somewhere banner, with Jane Lee overseeing for the company. Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber will executive produce.
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Chu is, of course, currently working on the film adaptation of “Wicked,” in the U.
Based on the 1968 hit musical with lyrics by Tim Rice and music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, the film is now in development, and will see Chu reunite with his “In the Heights” producing partner Scott Sanders, with Mara Jacobs also producing.
Sanders and Jacobs will produce for Sanders’ production company Sgs Pictures, while Benjamin Lowy will executive produce. Chu will also produce produce film, alongside Lance Johnson, for Chu’s Electric Somewhere banner, with Jane Lee overseeing for the company. Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber will executive produce.
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Chu is, of course, currently working on the film adaptation of “Wicked,” in the U.
- 4/12/2023
- by Andi Ortiz
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Wicked filmmaker Jon M. Chu will direct a new film version of the famed Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat for Amazon Studios.
Chu will reunite with his In The Heights producing partner Scott Sanders to develop and shoot the musical treatment of the Old Testament tale of Joseph, who is driven from his home by his 11 jealous brothers.
Lloyd Webber’s Really Useful Group has long wanted to develop the show into a Hollywood spectacular and had been seeking partners to achieve that aim.
We hear Chu has been “dreaming” about Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat for years, and he is now set to direct for Amazon Studios.
Scott Sanders
The director is currently in the UK filming Wicked for Universal Pictures and Marc Platt Productions with a cast that includes Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Michelle Yeoh, Jonathan Bailey and Jeff Goldblum.
Chu will reunite with his In The Heights producing partner Scott Sanders to develop and shoot the musical treatment of the Old Testament tale of Joseph, who is driven from his home by his 11 jealous brothers.
Lloyd Webber’s Really Useful Group has long wanted to develop the show into a Hollywood spectacular and had been seeking partners to achieve that aim.
We hear Chu has been “dreaming” about Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat for years, and he is now set to direct for Amazon Studios.
Scott Sanders
The director is currently in the UK filming Wicked for Universal Pictures and Marc Platt Productions with a cast that includes Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Michelle Yeoh, Jonathan Bailey and Jeff Goldblum.
- 4/12/2023
- by Baz Bamigboye
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Film and TV producer and former studio executive Lynn Harris is joining Matt Reeves’ 6th & Idaho Productions as producing partner. The news comes in the wake of Hocus Pocus 2, which Harris produced, being Disney+’s most watched movie ever.
Reeves, who is currently at work on the sequel to this year’s critical and 771M grossing global box office hit The Batman as well as an HBO Max spin-off series from the film, The Penguin, has an overall deal for film and TV at Warner Bros.
“I am so excited to be partnering with Lynn at 6th & Idaho,” said Reeves. “She is a terrific producer and has an amazing track record of working with filmmakers on memorable and important films. I can’t wait for the stories we will tell together.”
“I have long admired Matt as a filmmaker, and to have the opportunity to work with...
Reeves, who is currently at work on the sequel to this year’s critical and 771M grossing global box office hit The Batman as well as an HBO Max spin-off series from the film, The Penguin, has an overall deal for film and TV at Warner Bros.
“I am so excited to be partnering with Lynn at 6th & Idaho,” said Reeves. “She is a terrific producer and has an amazing track record of working with filmmakers on memorable and important films. I can’t wait for the stories we will tell together.”
“I have long admired Matt as a filmmaker, and to have the opportunity to work with...
- 11/22/2022
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
New Zealand’s dappled forests, rolling hills and towering ice cliffs have formed the visual signature for the Lord of the Rings franchise, including Amazon’s latest instalment, The Rings of Power. But with some of these towering trees carved out of polystyrene, workers involved in The Rings of Power and other international studio productions in New Zealand say they have serious concerns about the enormous environmental impact – including emissions and waste – of the film industry, partly underwritten by New Zealand’s government.
Nz correspondent Tess McClure speaks to Jane Lee about some of these concerns and how the standards of its film industry compares with those in other countries
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Nz correspondent Tess McClure speaks to Jane Lee about some of these concerns and how the standards of its film industry compares with those in other countries
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- 11/20/2022
- by Reported by Tess McClure and presented by Jane Lee. Produced by Ellen Leabeater, Jane Lee and Emily Waterson. Sound design and mix by Joe Koning. Executive producers Laura Murphy-Oates, Gabrielle Jackson and Molly Glassey.
- The Guardian - Film News
True crime podcast “The Clearing” is set to be adapted as a TV series by Chernin Entertainment and Weimaraner Republic Pictures.
The scripted series will revolve around the life of April Balascio, whose story is the focus of the “The Clearing” podcast. Balascio was 40 in 2009 when she reached out to detectives to Ohio to discuss her suspicion that her father, Edward Wayne Edwards, had committed a double murder when she was 11 years old. Balascio’s revelation set off an investigation that led to her father’s confession to several murders.
The series will examine the impact of Edwards’ crimes on his family and how Balascio’s life changed after she turned him in to law enforcement. The story took another unusual turn when a retired detective began to try to connect Edwards to other notorious unsolved murders including the 1996 death of JonBenet Ramsey.
The “Clearing” series adaptation will be produced...
The scripted series will revolve around the life of April Balascio, whose story is the focus of the “The Clearing” podcast. Balascio was 40 in 2009 when she reached out to detectives to Ohio to discuss her suspicion that her father, Edward Wayne Edwards, had committed a double murder when she was 11 years old. Balascio’s revelation set off an investigation that led to her father’s confession to several murders.
The series will examine the impact of Edwards’ crimes on his family and how Balascio’s life changed after she turned him in to law enforcement. The story took another unusual turn when a retired detective began to try to connect Edwards to other notorious unsolved murders including the 1996 death of JonBenet Ramsey.
The “Clearing” series adaptation will be produced...
- 12/18/2019
- by Cynthia Littleton
- Variety Film + TV
Chernin Entertainment and Lynn Harris and Matti Leshem’s Weimaraner Republic Pictures (The Shallows) are teaming to produce a television adaptation of the hit true crime podcast The Clearing, based on the life of April Balascio. The Clearing marks the first project under a new first-look television deal between Chernin Entertainment and Wrpco announced today by the two companies. Chernin Entertainment and Endeavor Content will serve as the studio on the project via their previously existing partnership.
Hosted by Josh Dean, The Clearing podcast is produced by Pineapple Street Studios in association with Gimlet Media. One of the biggest hits last summer, the podcast was No. 1 on the Apple charts for over a month.
The Clearing is about the life April has lived since learning about evidence that connected the haunting memories of her father, Edward Wayne Edwards, to an unsolved double homicide in a town they lived in when she was 11 years old.
Hosted by Josh Dean, The Clearing podcast is produced by Pineapple Street Studios in association with Gimlet Media. One of the biggest hits last summer, the podcast was No. 1 on the Apple charts for over a month.
The Clearing is about the life April has lived since learning about evidence that connected the haunting memories of her father, Edward Wayne Edwards, to an unsolved double homicide in a town they lived in when she was 11 years old.
- 12/18/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
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