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After nearly 25 years since its original release, Hocus Pocus is making a comeback. Disney Channel is working on a reboot of the Halloween classic, Deadline reports.
The 1993 film centered on a teen named Max (Omri Katz) who stumbles into an abandoned house with his sister Dani (Thora Birch) and his crush, Allison (Vinessa Shaw). He unwittingly summons a trio of evil witches (Bette Midler, Kathy Najimy and Sarah Jessica Parker) who seek immortality by sucking the lives out of children. The trio, with the help of a talking cat named Binx, then must work together to stop them.
The new TV movie would be a reimagining of the original story with an all-new cast. It's in early development but has already enlisted David Kirschner, who produced the original, along with Scarlett Lacey (The Royals) who will pen the script.
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The film's original director Kenny Ortega -- whose credits include all three High School Musical films and both Descendants movies -- is not attached to the new project.