{"id":3823,"date":"2021-12-03T13:26:25","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T13:26:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4guysmagazine.com\/?p=3823"},"modified":"2021-12-03T13:26:28","modified_gmt":"2021-12-03T13:26:28","slug":"hocus-pocus-2-confirms-epic-song-drag-queens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/4guysmagazine.com\/?p=3823","title":{"rendered":"Hocus Pocus 2 Confirms Epic Song &#038; Drag Queens!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The highly anticipated sequel to&nbsp;<em>Disney\u2019s<\/em>&nbsp;hit 1993 film&nbsp;<em>Hocus Pocus<\/em>&nbsp;is getting more exciting every step of the way.&nbsp;<strong><em>We\u2019ve recently learned who is joining megastars<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Bette Midler<\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong>Sarah Jessica Parker<\/strong>, and&nbsp;<strong>Kathy Najimy<\/strong>. While newcomers are welcome with open arms, our nostalgia-fueled fandom was a bit let down trying to understand that, so far, the original \u2018kids\u2019 of the film,&nbsp;<strong>Omri Katz<\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong>Thora Birch<\/strong>, and&nbsp;<strong>Vinessa Shaw<\/strong>&nbsp;won\u2019t be returning \u2013 despite being together with the original witches for a COVID-19 charity event last year. However, behind-the-scenes gossip and simply seeing the three Sanderson witches reunite almost thirty years later has anyone ready to watch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Social media users have pointed out a young adult novel,&nbsp;<strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Hocus-Pocus-All-New-Sequel-Jantha\/dp\/1368020038\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hocus Pocus and the All-New Sequel<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, by author&nbsp;<strong>AW Jantha<\/strong>, exists \u2013 and should be considered canon. The plot of the novel follows Katz\u2019s now-not-a-virgin character of Max Dennison and Shaw\u2019s inquisitive Allison in their adulthood battling the Sanderson sisters once again when their daughter must become the hero her parents once were in Salem. Yet, as we know, Disney doesn\u2019t consider that a part of the Hocus Pocus legacy and we\u2019re now getting a brand new storyline that pits three high school girls against the children-seeking witches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fans of the original film \u2013 and anyone into show tunes \u2013 knows one of the best scenes is when Midler gets to show off those old school \u2018Bathhouse Bette\u2019 chops when she performed,&nbsp;<em>I\u2019ll Put A Spell On You<\/em>&nbsp;\u2013 causing the adults in Salem to be hypnotized. It looks like we\u2019re in for another epic show tunes soon enough as video footage released showcases an outside Halloween festival with Midler hypnotizing the crowd (and at-home viewers) again with a rendition of Blondie\u2019s One Way Or Another! Check it out in the videos below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Hocus Pocus 2 New Song - &quot;One Way Or Another&quot; (Blondie)\" width=\"749\" height=\"562\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/e4-udShvEUk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not only is Midler still forever a treasure with a voice that doesn\u2019t quit \u2013 but yes, look who happens to be standing next to the Sanderson Three\u2026 their drag queen counterparts! While this Halloween festival probably won\u2019t be exclusively gay, like we\u2019ve seen in the gayborhoods of both West Hollywood and Chicago, we can be thankful that the creators and stars themselves are paying homage to their gay fans who have been keeping Winifred Sanderson\u2019s dance party going twenty-nine-years later. At every drag bunch or heck, any Halloween period, you always see a group of three [men] donning drag to represent some of our favorite Disney live-action villains. Just thinking of the character\u2019s interactions with the queens is going to be hysterical and you can bet it will have something to do with Parker\u2019s Sarah Sanderson smelling \u2018boys\u2019 and then being confused.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Hocus Pocus 2<\/em>&nbsp;is gearing up to be one hell of a show! How excited are you for its premiere next fall?!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The highly anticipated sequel to&nbsp;Disney\u2019s&nbsp;hit 1993 film&nbsp;Hocus Pocus&nbsp;is getting more exciting every step of the way.&nbsp;We\u2019ve recently learned who is joining megastars&nbsp;Bette Midler,&nbsp;Sarah Jessica Parker, and&nbsp;Kathy Najimy. While newcomers are welcome with open arms, our nostalgia-fueled fandom was a bit let down trying to understand that, so far, the original \u2018kids\u2019 of the film,&nbsp;Omri Katz,&nbsp;Thora<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3825,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/4guysmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/4guysmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/4guysmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/4guysmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/4guysmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3823"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/4guysmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3823\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/4guysmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/4guysmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/4guysmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/4guysmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}