Really, It Was All Destined
Executive producer Adam Shankman shared his personal connetction to the first film. “I was actually privileged enough in a very weird way to come and visit the set of the original Hocus Pocus. I remember my first day there was one of the flying scenes outside the cottage. It was incredibly magical at the time,” he said. He recalled how that experience, where he made friends with the cast and creative team, got him to say “yes” to the sequel. “A lot of it had to do with ‘Can I just please do something with my friends?’ And because you make new friends in every project that you do, hopefully. This time, this period of our lives has been incredibly isolating. And I hadn’t gotten to see people I know and love in a really long time. And so to be able to have the opportunity to be forced together [laughes] was really, really special to me.”
Hocus Pocus 2 is now streaming on Disney+.
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