Evan Rachel Wooden Says She’s Not Returning for ‘Sensible Magic 2’

Evan Rachel Wooden is not going to be returning for Sensible Magic 2.

Wooden, 37, introduced that she wouldn’t return on Friday, June 11, in an Instagram Tales put up. “I get requested about this lots, so l’ll simply clear it up now;I used to be not requested to come back again and be within the #PracticalMagic sequel. l supplied my providers, even when it was one scene or one line,” she wrote.

The Instagram Tales put up continued, “I used to be instructed they’re re-casting. I’m sorry to disappoint the followers. It was not in my management or my selection. I might have fortunately rejoined my sisters.” Within the authentic movie, Wooden performed Kylie Owens, the eldest daughter of Sally Owens (Sandra Bullock), who goes to reside together with her eccentric aunts after the loss of life of her father Michael (Mark Feuerstein).

The announcement got here briefly following the information that Stockard Channing and Dianne Wiest are reprising their roles of the aunts to Sally Owens (Bullock, 60) and Gillian Owens (Nicole Kidman) from the unique 1998 movie.

Channing, 81, will as soon as once more play Frances “Franny” Owens, the extra no-nonsense of the pair, whereas Wiest, 77, returns as the sort, whimsical, understanding Bridget “Jet” Owens, reads an official launch.

New additions to the forged within the follow-up to the long-lasting witchy romance are Joey King as Sally’s daughter, plus Lee Tempo, Maisie Williams, Xolo Maridueña and Solly McLeod.

Deadline was the primary to report information of the extra casting alongside Bullock, 60, and Kidman, 58.

In an announcement, the filmmaking group behind Sensible Magic 2 — which incorporates director Susanne Bier, taking on from Griffin Dunne — stated, “Twenty-five years in the past, Sally, Gillian, Aunt Jet and Aunt Franny flew off the pages of Alice Hoffman’s beloved novel and into theaters all over the world, and we’re thrilled to convey the Owens household again to the large display with Joey, Lee, Maisie, Solly and Xolo becoming a member of the subsequent chapter in our story.”

“The enduring affection for these characters has been our inspiration to ship the subsequent installment within the Owens’ story to new followers, and those that’ve been with us because the starting,” they added.

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Sensible Magic, based mostly on Hoffman’s 1995 novel of the identical identify, stars Kidman and Bullock because the Owens sisters, a pair of witches descended from a fictional survivor of the Salem Witch Trials who’re preventing off a curse that kills the boys they fall in love with, whereas studying to simply accept essentially the most magical elements of themselves.

Sensible Magic 2 is scheduled for a theatrical launch on Sept. 18, 2026.