Joey King (“The Kissing Booth,” “Bullet Train”) is in negotiations to star alongside Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman in the “Practical Magic” sequel at Warner Bros. Pictures.
Susanne Bier (“Bird Box,” “The Perfect Couple”) directs the feature which is a follow-up the witchy-themed supernatural dramedy that was released back in 1998.
Bullock and Kidman are reprising their roles as witch sisters Sally and Gillian Owens, who in the original movie fight a family curse that dispatches the men with whom they fall in love.
The original film was based on the novel by Alice Hoffman and juggled themes and ideas of sisterhood, female empowerment and domestic abuse.
King will play one of Bullock’s daughters, the one who discovers the dark family secrets and her own dark powers, plunging the family into a crisis.
Akiva Goldman, who co-wrote the first movie, co-wrote the script for this installment with Georgia Pritchett. Bullock, Kidman and Denise Di Novi with filming to begin late Summer in London.
Source: THR
