Bette Midler excited about 'brilliant' Hocus Pocus 3 script
Bette Midler says the script for Hocus Pocus 3 is “brilliant” and she is very excited.
Bette Midler says the script for Hocus Pocus 3 is “brilliant”.
Two years ago, Sean Bailey, president of Walt Disney Studios Motion Picture Production, confirmed a third film was in the works and Bette, 79, has now revealed that she has finally seen a script.
Speaking on Watch What Happens Live, she said: “Well, you know, they sent a script, and a lot of it was brilliant. So I got very excited.
“And now we’re trying to figure out what it is and where it’s going to be and how much it’s going to cost and all those logistical things.”
In the 1993 original Bette Midler and Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy appeared as the Sanderson sisters, a trio of witches who were resurrected on a Halloween night.
And previously, Midler, 79 - who reprised her role as witch Winifred 'Winnie' Sanderson in the successful fantasy comedy sequel in 2022 - urged Disney to hurry up with Hocus Pocus 3 while the cast are "still breathing".
Speaking on Busy Philipps' QVC+ talk show Busy This Week, she said: "I haven't seen the script, but, I've heard rumblings.
"I think if they're gonna, they oughta, because time is not just marching, time is barrelling to the finish line.
"Get us while we're still breathing, I mean, God!"
Midler also admitted on the show that she initially thought the 1993 original movie was a "dud", until it later became a "cult classic".
Midler also insisted her Hocus Pocus alter-ego is "probably the least like me of any character" that she has played during an acting career that has spanned more than half a century.
The Stepford Wives star said: "She is the closest thing I will ever get to Shakespeare. She's from the era, from the time of Shakespeare.
"She really does put it on, and yet she has all the great things you love in a great villain. She's vicious, she's hilarious, she's ridiculous-looking, and she doesn't know any of that. It goes completely over her head."
