‘Bird Box’ Director Susanne Bier in Talks to Helm ‘Practical Magic 2’
Bird Box director Susanne Bier is in negations to helm Practical Magic 2, Deadline reports. Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman are set to reprise their roles as witch sisters Sally and Gillian Owens from the 1988 supernatural romantic comedy. Bier has worked with both actresses in the past: Bullock on Bird Box and Kidman on […]
Bird Box director Susanne Bier is in negations to helm Practical Magic 2, Deadline reports.
Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman are set to reprise their roles as witch sisters Sally and Gillian Owens from the 1988 supernatural romantic comedy.
Bier has worked with both actresses in the past: Bullock on Bird Box and Kidman on “The Undoing” and “The Perfect Couple.”
Akiva Goldsman (I Am Legend, A Beautiful Mind), who co-wrote the original, is returning to pen the script. Bullock and Kidman are producing alongside returning producer Denise Di Novi.
Despite only grossing $68.3 million worldwide against a $75 million budget, Practical Magic has since gained a cult following that Warner Bros. hopes to leverage for the sequel.
Directed by Griffin Dunne, the original film saw two witch sisters, raised by their eccentric aunts in a small town, face closed-minded prejudice and a curse which threatens to prevent them ever finding lasting love.
Bier is the first female director to collectively receive an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a European Film Award (for In a Better World) and a Primetime Emmy Award (for “The Night Manager”).
