Hocus Pocus cast then and now as new and original stars film sequel 30 years later
THE child actors from Hocus Pocus look unrecognizable nearly 30 years after the film premiered.
The hit film was first released in 1993, and featured a great cast including the all-star Sanderson sisters roles played by Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy, and a sequel movie is now filming.
Thora Birch
She's gone on to have a fruitful acting career – appearing in a mix of TV series and films.
One of her most famous roles includes Carrie Bradshaw in the hit Sex and the City franchise. She is currently filming Hocus Pocus 2, which will be released in 2022.
In 1997, she tied the knot with actor Matthew Broderick.
Sarah is set to appear in the , which checks in on the SATC cast more than a decade after the series ended.
Bette Midler
Bette Midler, 75, was already a famed actress when she starred as Winifred in Hocus Pocus.
She's continued acting in a range of TV series and movies over the years.
Recently, she's appeared in Adam's Family 2 (2021), the TV series The Politician (2019-2020), The Glorias (2020), and voiced Grandma in The Addams Family (2019). She is also currently filming Hocus Pocus 2, set to be released in 2022.
Kathy Najimy
Kathy Najimy, 64, played the third Sanderson sister, Mary, in the 1993 Halloween favorite movie.
Over the years, she's kept acting in various TV series and movies.
Most recently, she appeared as Millie's Mom in the movie Dumplin' (2018), and as Mayor Jen in the TV series Duncanville. She is currently filming Hocus Pocus 2, set to be released in 2022.
She and husband Dan Finnerty wed in 1998 and have one 24-year-old daughter.
Sean Murray
Sean Murray, 43, had viewers swooning as the real, non-cat version of Thackery Binx in the classic flick.
He went on to have roles in shows like Harts of the West and JAG and movies like The Lottery (1996) and Spring Break Lawyer (2001),
A decade after Hocus Pocus came out, Sean began his career-turning role as Timothy McGee in the CBS procedural, NCIS.
Starring alongside Mark Harmon and David McCallum, the actor has been in hundreds of episodes of the long-running drama since 2003.
He’s been married to his wife, teacher Carrie James, since 2005, and the pair have two kids – daughter Caitlyn and son River.
Doug Jones
Doug Jones, 61, played everyone’s favorite zombie, Billy Butcherson, in Hocus Pocus, and he’s only continued to work on fantastical movies ever since.
He took on the role of Pecilhead in the action-comedy Mystery Men (1999), was a yeti in Brendan Fraser’s Monkeybone (2001), alien Joey in Men in Black II (2002), and Abe Sapien in the Hellboy franchise.
In 2006, he portrayed the Fauno / Pale Man in Pan’s Labrynth, was The Bye Bye Man in the matching-titled movie in 2017), and starred as the Amphibian Man in The Shape of Water that same year.
Doug also stars on Star Trek: Discovery as Cmdr. Saru and is now set to reprise his role as Billy Butcherson for the Hocus Pocus sequel.
The trio of kids posed with the film’s director Kenny Ortega – showing just how different they look these days in a reunion 25 years after the film.
“We had a good time making it, and I feel that energy of what was present when we were making it is evident in the movie. You can see everyone’s having a good time. It’s there. It lives underneath the dialogue and underneath the music.”
Speaking about the film, Kenny said: “It’s a fun movie that just takes you away and there’s just magic there.
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