Nicole Kidman + Sandra Bullock: 25 years later, this fantastic ’90s movie is getting a surprise sequel

Who would have bet on Les Ensorceleuses returning to cinema except by way of a re-release? But that’s the magic trick that Warner offered us about starting work on the sequel to this fantasy comedy in the late 90s, in which Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock played two witches trying to come to terms with their powers every day. basis.

Opening in French theaters on March 15, 1999, Griffin Dunne’s (Martin Scorsese’s After Hours hero) attracted only 282,649 viewers and grossed less than $47 million in the United States. And he did not get this status “worship” Adopted by several films that did not work in theaters, the title is used indiscriminately today.

So we can wonder how this sequel came to the table, what Deadline does not specify. A bit nostalgic as the original film celebrated its 25th anniversary last year in the US where it was released in October 1998? The return of the hype is tied to an episode the podcast recently dedicated to it Lost 2 hours ? As with many magic tricks, the mystery is complete.

Are Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock back?

But the biggest question, so far, concerns the casting. Because it’s hard to imagine this new version without Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock in talks to return. In front of the camera and as producers, while the screenwriters are already guaranteed to return, in the absence of Griffin Dunne as director.

The synopsis of this new adventure is also kept under wraps. But the original film is adapted from Alice Hoffman’s book of the same name, the first volume of a literary saga that includes four sequels and two prequels. Thus, a feature film can adapt one of these stories, or mix both, like Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, which took place both after and before the original opus.

Which would be a way for Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock to return and pass the reins to a new generation of witches. Echoes the story of The Bewitchers, where the two heroines were raised by their aunts, played by Stockard Channing and Dianne Wiest.