Twenty-eight years. That’s how long fans of the beloved 1998 cult classic Practical Magic have been waiting — and today, Warner Bros. finally delivered the trailer that proves the wait was worth every single spellbound second.
There is something genuinely thrilling about watching Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman step back into the moonlit world of the Owens sisters. These are two of the most iconic, magnetic actresses of their generation — Oscar winners, box office royalty, and living proof that some performances are simply timeless. Seeing them together again as Sally and Gillian Owens doesn’t just feel like a sequel. It feels like a homecoming.
The trailer wastes no time pulling you back in. “I’m sure you’ve heard of the Owens family,” Bullock’s Sally narrates with that warm, wry familiarity. “The ones from Massachusetts. The ones their neighbors whisper are witches.” And just like that — you’re home. The iconic house on the cliff has been rebuilt, the ancestral magic is very much alive, and the curse that has haunted the Owens lineage for centuries isn’t done with them yet.
Set 25 years after the events of the original, Practical Magic 2 finds Sally now raising two grown daughters — played by the brilliant Joey King and Maisie Williams — while Gillian, still gloriously boy-crazy, is living with her black cat and her signature chaos. When Sally’s eldest daughter Kylie begins uncovering dark family secrets and developing powers of her own, the entire Owens family is pulled into a multi-generational battle to finally, once and for all, break the curse.
The brooding Lee Pace enters their lives as Ian Wright, an academic who studies the history of magic — and, naturally, becomes a love interest for Sally. Which means, of course, that he’s in terrible danger. “Everyone we love dies,” Kidman’s Gillian deadpans. “It’s not great for the Tinder bio.” Classic Gilly. Some things never change.
Directed by Susanne Bier (Bird Box) from a screenplay by Akiva Goldsman (who co-wrote the original) and Georgia Pritchett (Succession), the film is based on Alice Hoffman’s 2021 novel The Book of Magic. And in a wonderful full-circle moment, Bullock and Kidman are producing the film themselves alongside Denise Di Novi — meaning the women who defined this story now own it completely.
Beloved original stars Stockard Channing and Dianne Wiest are back as the iconic aunts Frances and Jet, and the ensemble is rounded out by Xolo Maridueña and Solly McLeod. The trailer even brings back Harry Nilsson’s “Coconut Song” — a touch that will send any true fan straight back to 1998.
This is exactly the kind of film Hollywood rarely gets right: a legacy sequel that honors everything that made the original magical while carving out something genuinely new. The chemistry between Bullock and Kidman is as electric as ever, the atmosphere is lush and witchy and wonderfully cinematic, and the emotional stakes feel real. This isn’t nostalgia bait. This is the Owens sisters’ story, continued.
Practical Magic 2 opens in theaters on September 11, 2026. Mark your calendars, pour yourself a midnight margarita, and get ready to believe in magic all over again.