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Practical Magic 2, the sequel to the 1998 movie, will arrive on Sept. 18, 2026. As previously reported, Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock will reprise their roles as Gillian and Sally Owens, a pair of sisters with unintentionally fatal attractions to men. The original movie follows their quest to rid themselves of the unfortunate curse, which includes bringing back an abusive ex and downing cocktails. Though the original film struggled commercially and critically, both actresses told Rolling Stone they’re proud of the film in a 2024 oral history of the beloved “midnight margaritas” scene.

Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman are returning as witch sisters Sally and Gillian Owens in Practical Magic 2, and the witchy sisters have summoned the official release date for the sequel.

Warner Bros. will conjure the sequel to theaters on September 18, 2026.

In the announcement below, Bullock and Kidman’s voices can be heard, casting a spell that leads to the release date reveal.

It was recently reported that Bird Box director Susanne Bier was in talks to helm Practical Magic 2. In the 1998 film, based on Alice Hoffman’s 1995 novel, “Two witch sisters (Bullock and Kidman), 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.”

No plot details have been revealed for Practical Magic 2 as of yet, but the sequel is reportedly based on a later installment in Hoffman’s Practical Magic book series.

The sequel to Practical Magic is aiming to enchant viewers in the fall of 2026.

Warner Bros. took to social media Tuesday to announce that director Susanne Bier’s forthcoming feature Practical Magic 2 is set to hit theaters Sept. 18, 2026. Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman are returning from the original that was released Oct. 16, 1998.

“Tooth of wolf and morning dew, something old and something new,” Kidman says in voiceover in the film’s social media post. “Let the spell begin to mix. September 18, 2026.”

Also set for release on that date is director Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil reboot for Sony.

Akiva Goldsman, who worked on the original Practical Magic’s script, penned the sequel’s screenplay. Denise Di Novi, the producer on the 1998 movie, is producing the new one with Bullock and Kidman.

Plot details for the sequel have not yet been shared. The first Practical Magic centers on Bullock and...

Warner Bros just announced on social that the Nicole Kidman-Sandra Bullock sequel, Practical Magic 2, is hitting cinemas on Sept. 18, 2026.

Note that’s not the post Labor Day weekend slot which Warners typically reserves for spooky movies; currently their DC title Clayface is occupying that date, Sept. 11, 2026.

Practical Magic 2 will go head-to-head with Sony’s Zach Cregger take on Resident Evil on Sept. 18. Warners always had the date on hold for an untitled movie.

Susanne Bier is directing the sequel which is penned by Akiva Goldsman. Bullock, Kidman and Denise Dinovi are producing.

The original 1998 movie, which was directed by Griffin Dunne and grossed more than $47 million stateside, followed two witch sisters, raised by their eccentric aunts in a small town, who are faced with closed-minded prejudice and a curse that threatens to prevent them from finding lasting love.

Bier’s directed Bullock’s big Netflix thriller,...

Grab everything y'all need for a midnight margarita and meet us on September 18, 2026. That's when Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman return for the Practical Magic sequel. The announcement was made today with a witchy and fun video on Warner Bros. social media. The highly anticipated sequel is an update to the 1998 film. The video is voice-only, narrated by Kidman and Bullock practically casting a spell, rhyming right into the release date of September 18, 2026.

Back in February, Kidman, who plays Gillian Owens, teased the movie at the Time's Women of the Year event in Los Angeles. She said the plans for the sequel were "moving ahead rapidly" but that "You can ask Sandy," for more details. "Sandy" being Bullock, who plays Sally Owens. Kidman teased that the sequel "just needs a little magic," to happen. If only we knew.

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“Practical Magic 2,” a follow-up to the 1998 fantasy comedy, will cast a theatrical spell next fall. The witchy sequel, starring Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman, is set to debut on Sept. 18, 2026.

Bullock and Kidman are reprising their roles as sisters Sally and Gillian Owens, who descend from a long line of witches. In the original movie, based on the novel by Alice Hoffman, they find themselves fighting off a curse that kills the men they fall in love with. It’s unclear where the second film will pick up, though the story is reportedly based on a later installment in Hoffman’s “Practical Magic” book series.

Warner Bros. released a short, text-only teaser with a voiceover from Bullock and Kidman, who chant the following incantation: “Tooth of wolf and morning dew. Something old and something new. Let the spell begin to mix. Sept. 18, 2026.” On its current release date, “Practical Magic 2...

Exclusive: In a competitive situation, Lionsgate has landed Renegotiate, a high-concept action-thriller spec by Mark Townend, sources tell us.

The film centers on a troubled FBI crisis negotiator who finds himself stuck in a time loop, re-living the events of a bombing and struggling to stop it before time runs out. Think Source Code meets Phone Booth. Ric Roman Waugh and Brendon Boyea will produce for CineMachine, alongside Brian Kavanagh Jones and Fred Berger for Range, with Aj Bourscheid executive producing.

Townend’s deal is remarkable, we’re told, for a writer with no produced credits, particularly given that the script was taken out without any talent attachments. Sources described the outcome as a three-way bidding war that resulted in a mid-six-figure guaranteed fee against a low-seven-figure purchase/bonus. The script was taken out on the first Monday of April, and by Friday of that week, 20 premium production companies were chasing aggressively.

Nicholas Sparks, one of the world’s most celebrated novelists, is seeing his beloved 1999 novel, A Walk to Remember, get a modern makeover. Sparks, whose books have sold over 130 million copies globally, first captured hearts with The Notebook and has since seen 11 of his romantic tales adapted for the big screen, including hits like Dear John and Message in a Bottle.

The 2002 film adaptation of A Walk to Remember, a poignant coming-of-age romance starring Mandy Moore and Shane West, is now set for a reboot with the original producers, Denise Di Novi and Hunt Lowry, at the helm.

The first film, which grossed over $47 million against an $11 million budget, is revered as a cornerstone of modern romantic dramas, noted for its emotional depth and memorable performances. The reboot will see Steve Barnett, Alan Powell, and Vicky Patel of Monarch Media join the production team, alongside Margaret French-Isaac for Di Novi Pictures...

One of the most beloved coming-of-age romances is making its way back to the big screen as Monarch Media has secured the rights to A Walk to Remember, the adored Nicholas Sparksnovel, with plans to develop a modern reboot while working alongside Denise Di Novi and Hunt Lowry, the producers of the original 2002 film. The original 2002 film, directed by Adam Shankman, starred Shane West and Mandy Moore and became a cult classic. It also helped launch Moore's acting career.

A Walk to Remember is getting a reboot!

The 2002 movie, which starred Mandy Moore and Shane West, was based on one of acclaimed author Nicholas Sparks‘ best-selling novels.

The original film still has a cult following to this day, and it’ll now be reintroduced to a new generation with a new movie that will be created with assistance from members of the original creative team.

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According to reporting by Deadline, Monarch Media lined up the rights to work on the new movie. Producers Denise Di Novi and Hunt Lowry are returning for the new movie after working on the previous. Steve Barnett is also working on the production and was involved in the original production.

He opened up about the new movie in a statement shared with the outlet.

“A Walk to Remember has endured as a beloved coming-of-age drama, captivating audiences with...

Exclusive: Monarch Media has secured the rights to A Walk to Remember, the seminal early aughts coming-of-age romance from Nicholas Sparks, with plans to develop a reboot alongside the original film’s producers Denise Di Novi and Hunt Lowry.

An enduringly popular bestseller published in 1999, A Walk to Remember follows a rebellious high school senior who falls for a quiet, faith-driven girl after being forced to participate in a school play, discovering the transformative power of love, forgiveness and the beauty of living each day with purpose.

Famously, Shane West and Mandy Moore broke out with their turns in the original 2002 film adaptation from Warner Bros. While the Adam Shankman film made less than $48 million in theaters, it remains one of the most popular titles in the modern rom-com canon to this day.

The full producing team on the reboot will include Steve Barnett, Alan Powell and Vicky Patel for Monarch Media,...

Practical Magic 2 is in the works at Warner Bros. Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock will reprise their roles from the original 1998 movie for the live-action follow-up.

Speaking with Variety at Time's Women of the Year event in Los Angeles, Kidman was careful not to reveal too much about the highly-anticipated sequel, saying only that development on Practical Magic 2 was "movie ahead rapidly." After Variety pushed for more information, such as if Kidman had seen a script, the actor playfully remarked, "I'm not answering anymore. You can ask Sandy [Bullock]." Kidman then confirmed that "we're not doing it yet," meaning that Practical Magic 2 hasn't started production, as it "needs a little magic" still before filming can begin.

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Nicole Kidman's steamy erotic film, Babygirl, is heading back to theaters, just in time for Valentine's Day. A24 promoted it on their Instagram account with a short video of Kidman pouring and drinking a glass of milk, which echoes one of the film's more iconic moments. Additionally, A24's online store features five free and printable Valentine's Day cards featuring Kidman's Romy and her intern / lover, Samuel (Harris Dickinson).

Babygirl, written and directed by Halina Reijn (Bodies Bodies Bodies), originally opened on Christmas Day last year and was released to rent or purchase a month later on January 28, 2025. It should be available on Max soon, as the streamer has a deal with A24. Babygirl earned a sizzling $59 million at the worldwide box office, making it the ninth highest grossing film for A24, per The Numbers.

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After bursting on the scene as Friday Night Lights’ hellraising fullback Tim Riggins, Taylor Kitsch tried the fast lane to stardom and found it wanting, with John Carter and Battleship sinking. Kitsch regrouped and found a far more interesting path, playing film and TV roles that captured the heartland sensibilities and vulnerabilities that made the Dillon Panthers’ #33 so appealing, the rough-and-tumble Texas kid with a heart of gold.

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Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock are set to reunite nearly three decades after their first on-screen appearance as sisters Sally and Gillian Owens in ‘Practical Magic,’ for a highly anticipated sequel.

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Warner Bros' long-awaited Practical Magic sequel is reportedly in talks to secure an Oscar-winning filmmaker to lead the project. Susanne Bier is in negotiations with the studio for the film.

According to Deadline, a deal between Warner Bros and Bier hasn't been finalized yet. Bier, a Danish filmmaker, has directed Sandra Bullock before in 2018's Bird Box. Bier is the first female director to collectively receive an Academy Award, a Golden Globe, a Primetime Emmy Award and a European Film Award. Most recently, she directed Netflix's mystery drama miniseries The Perfect Couple, which premiered on Sept. 5, 2024.

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Deadline reports that Oscar, Golden Globe, and Emmy-winning director Susanne Bier has been tapped to direct the sequel to the beloved 1998 witchy rom-com Practical Magic. While the deal with Warner Bros., the studio behind the film, isn't quite sealed yet, it is a promising update on the highly anticipated reunion of Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman.

This will be a reteaming for both stars as Bullock worked with Bier on Netflix's Bird Box, an adaptation of the horror novel of the same name by Josh Malerman, and Kidman worked with the director on two previous projects, the HBO series The Undoing and the Netflix miniseries The Perfect Couple. Bier won an Academy Award for best international feature for her 2010 film In a Better World. She also directed the 2007 drama Things We Lost in the Fire, starring Halle Berry and Benicio del Toro, and is the main creative force behind...

Deadline reports that Susanne Bier is in talks to direct Practical Magic 2 for Warner Bros. The original film starred Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock as two witch sisters who are raised by their eccentric aunts in a small town where they are faced with closed-minded prejudice and a curse that threatens to prevent them from ever finding lasting love.

Kidman and Bullock will be reprising their roles of Gillian and Sally Owens, respectively. Both actresses have already worked with Bier. She directed Bullock on Netflix’s Bird Box and worked with Kidman on HBO’s The Undoing and Netflix’s The Perfect Couple.

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Producer Denise Di Novi has previously teased that the sequel will honour the original movie and not try to reinvent the wheel. “I think the big mistake people make with sequels is when they kind of want...

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 1998 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, 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...

Exclusive: We understand that Oscar winning filmmaker Susanne Bier is in negations to helm Warner Bros.’ Practical Magic 2 for the studio. A deal isn’t done quite yet.

The movie would reteam Bier with both Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock. The helmer worked with Bullock on Netflix’s Bird Box, and with Kidman on the HBO series The Undoing and the Netflix miniseries The Perfect Couple. Bullock is reprising her role as Sally Owens, while Kidman is coming back as Gillian Owens.

The original 1998 movie, which grossed over $47M stateside, followed two witch sisters, raised by their eccentric aunts in a small town, who are faced with closed-minded prejudice and a curse which threatens to prevent them from ever finding lasting love.

Akiva Goldsman, who co-wrote the original, is returning to write the screenplay. Bullock and Kidman are producing with Denise Di Novi.

Bier’s collaboration with Bullock, Bird Box,...

The Nightmare Before Christmas doesn’t explain or give hints about Jack Skellington’s backstory, but his appearance in another movie might have revealed he was a pirate. Directed by Henry Selick with a story by Tim Burton, The Nightmare Before Christmas was released in 1993 and introduced the audience to Jack Skellington, a skeleton who lives in Halloweentown and serves as its Pumpkin King, leading the yearly Halloween celebrations. Tired of doing the same things every year, Jack wanders through the forest and comes across the doors to other Holidays, and becoming fascinated by Christmas Town, he decides to bring Christmas to Halloweentown.

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A movie doesn't have to be successful to be a classic. Take "Heathers" — written by Daniel Waters, directed by Michael Lehmann, starring Winona Ryder.

Ryder, fresh off "Beetlejuice," played another death-obsessed teenager. Unlike gothic outsider Lydia Deetz, though, Veronica Sawyer from "Heathers" is in the in-crowd. She hangs out with Westerburg High School's trio of mean girls, all named Heather, but feels disillusioned. So her new bad boy lover J.D. (Christian Slater) convinces her to pull a lethal prank on queen bee Heather Chandler (Kim Walker).

"Heathers" is the template for other biting black comedy teen movies, from "Mean Girls" to "Jennifer's Body." It even inspired a "Heathers" musical! But it only made $1.1 million on a $3 million budget.

Entertainment Weekly's oral history of "Heathers" (published in 2014 for its 25th anniversary) has some explanations for why it flopped. Distributor New World Pictures...

Even if you haven’t seen Practical Magic — the 1998 fantasy film starring Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock as cursed sister-witches — you know the “midnight margaritas” scene. It happens shortly after Gillian and Sally Owens (Kidman and Bullock, respectively) accidentally murder Gillian’s abusive boyfriend Jimmy Angelov (Goran Višnjić). They revive an even worse version of Angelov from the dead, kill him again with a frying pan, and frantically cover up their crime. You know, normal witch stuff.

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Alan Ritchson has booked another acting gig. The actor, who currently stars in Prime Video's Reacher, has signed on to star in Counting Miracles, a film adaptation of Nicholas Sparks' best-selling novel of the same name.

Per Variety, Counting Miracles focuses on a former Ranger (Ritchson) who "returns to his small hometown with one mission: to find the father he never knew. While there he crosses paths with a doctor who is balancing her own life as a single mother of two and a reclusive old man with a mysterious past, leading to unexpected connections and a journey toward belonging." The novel was published by Random House on Sept. 24, 2024, and reached No. 1 on the New York Times bestseller list on Oct. 2, becoming Sparks' 20th book to hit the top of the chart. The film adaptation is set up at Amazon MGM Studios.

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Alan Ritchson will star in a new Nicholas Sparks movie adaptation. Ritchson is best known for playing the title role in the Reacher cast, leading the Prime Video Lee Child television adaptation as the imposing Jack Reacher, an ex-military drifter with a heart of gold. Sparks is an author of romantic drama novels who has had many of his works adapted to the screen, including A Walk to Remember, The Notebook, Nights in Rodanthe, and The Longest Ride. Collectively, his movies have earned more than $800 million at the box office worldwide.

Per Variety, Sparks' latest novel Counting Miracles, which was published on September 24, 2024, is being adapted into a movie by Amazon MGM Studios. Ritchson will play the lead romantic role in the Nicholas Sparks movie in addition to producing via AllyCat Entertainment alongside Theresa Park, Industry Entertainment's Dan Spilo, and Di Novi Pictures Denise Di Novi and Margaret French Isaac.

Iconic author Nicholas Sparks’ new bestseller “Counting Miracles” is being adapted into a movie at Amazon MGM Studios starring “Reacher” star Alan Ritchson.

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When asked by Jimmy Fallon about what she remembered about making the film, Berry stated she “loved it” despite it being “panned” by critics. Once asked if she would don the cat suit again, Berry told Fallon “Maybe, if I could direct it.”

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Practical Magic producer Denise Di Novi has opened up about the upcoming sequel to 1998s romance fantasy movie. Despite initially receiving mixed reviews, the film went on to become a cult classic among fans due to its timely themes.

During a recent interview with People, Di Novi assured that Practical Magic 2 would honor the legacy and themes of the original movie, while delivering something different for fans to enjoy. She stressed that the sequels creative team is adamant on retaining the things that people had loved from the first installment. "I think the big mistake people make with sequels is when they kind of want to reinvent the wheel and be totally original and surprise people that it's different or whatever," Di Novi said. "[The team] gets how important the first movie is to so many people, women in particular, and we want to honor that for sure."

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A couple months ago, it was officially announced that Warner Bros. is moving forward with a sequel to the 1998 film Practical Magic, with Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman reprising the roles of sister witches Sally and Gillian Owens. Now producer Denise Di Novi has given an interview to People where she promised that the new film will honor the original and not attempt to reinvent the wheel.

Based on a novel by Alice Hoffman and directed by Griffin Dunne from a screenplay by Robin Swicord, Akiva Goldsman, and Adam Brooks, Practical Magic revolves around two witch sisters, Sally Owens (Sandra Bullock) and Gillian Owens (Nicole Kidman), who live in a small town alongside their eccentric Aunt Frances (Stockard Channing). As the sisters attempt to practice their craft, they face closed-minded prejudice and a curse that threatens to prevent them from ever finding lasting love. The curse dictates that whoever falls...

Sometimes, when legacy sequels happen, producers and filmmakers misinterpret what fans actually want to see from the film, making the finished product a disappointment, especially when it's a modern follow-up to an older movie. Producer Denise Di Novi is aware of this trend and wants to ensure fans that they don't intend to let that happen with the recently announced Practical Magic sequel.

Talking to People, Di Novi, who worked as a producer on the original 1998 movie, discussed their intentions for the upcoming film, saying she believes "the big mistake people make with sequels is when they kind of want to reinvent the wheel."

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Practical Magic producer Denise Di Novi, who is also set to co-produce the romantasys upcoming sequel, is back with more updates about the project less than a month after blessing fans with a teaser of the new storyline. Di Novi wont be the only one returning to Practical Magic 2, as the iconic duo Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock will reprise their roles as Sally and Gillian Owens, respectively, while Akiva Goldsman, who penned the original movie, will be back as a scribe.

The forthcoming Practical Magic sequel will keep the spirit of the original.

In an interview with People magazine, producer Denise Di Novi, who worked on 1998 film and will co-produce the upcoming follow-up, teased that the new film will “honor” the original.

“I think the big mistake people make with sequels is when they kind of want to reinvent the wheel and be totally original and surprise people that it’s different or whatever,” Di Novi said.

She noted that the team behind the new film “gets how important the first movie is to so many people, women in particular, and we want to honor that for sure.”

“There’s a joyousness to that movie, and there’s such beautiful themes of sisterhood and family and acceptance, tolerance, love,” Di Novi added. “Just the title that Alice Hoffman, the amazing author, thought of that’s now become part of the vernacular...

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Di Novi will reveal another side of herself when she unveils Portal, an exhibit of her paintings beginning August 10 at the Honarker Foundation Gallery in Laguna Beach. The exhibition runs through September 14.

She is passionate about her art, though she cannot really describe her style, because she isn’t trained in the traditional manner. It is just something that bubbles up and comes out of her.

Tempus edax rerum time, devourer of all things. "It is my feeling that time ripens all things; with time all things are revealed; time is the father of truth," Franois Rabelais is alleged to have said, and it's relative but true. Hindsight is well-equipped to be wiser than the present moment, and we often look back on the past and reevaluate things. Producer Denise Di Novi has been doing that with the 20th anniversary of what she tells us is "the biggest failure of [her] career," the Halle Berry movie, Catwoman. She recently spoke with MovieWeb about the film, shortly after discussing it in depth elsewhere.

"I did an interview with Entertainment Weekly about how it's incredibly popular now, and the ratings have gone up to like, 4.8 out of five, and it's one of the most downloaded movies," said Di Novi, who is no stranger to producing popular movies. She added:

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Practical Magic 2 will focus on essential themes like sisterhood, family, and self-acceptance. The sequel will adapt the book "The Book of Magic" and stay true to the original movie's essence. Practical Magic 2 must avoid relying solely on nostalgia to succeed.

Practical Magic 2 is officially in development, with Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman confirmed to return, and a recent update gives me hope for it to do justice to the first movie. Along with the trends of reboots and remakes, the film industry has been producing many legacy and long-awaited sequels of movies that came out many years ago. Among the most recent additions to the list of sequels in development is Practical Magic 2, the continuation of Griffin Dunes 1998 romantic fantasy movie Practical Magic, based on the 1995 novel of the same name by Alice Hoffman.

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Halle Berry portrayed Patience Phillips, a 9 to 5 office worker killed by her employer after uncovering a corporate secret. Resurrected by cats, Patience transforms into Catwoman, seeking vengeance against Sharon Stone’s Laurel Hedare.

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Catwoman continues to divide opinion 20 years after its release, with star Halle Berry bearing the brunt of its criticism. The Academy Award winner and a producer of the derided superhero film believe the furor surrounding the titular character's suit helped ignite the negativity.

Speaking with Entertainment Weekly, Catwoman producer Denise Di Novi insisted that the backlash towards the movie began with Berry's revealing catsuit for the film, with an earlier version of the outfit leaking online and sparking fan outrage. "That was the first thing that started the negativity. It was an early shot before wed perfected it," she said. "A catsuit, by definition, everything is covered up. We thought itd be cool to be more rock & roll and bare. Halle was famous for wearing a bikini in her Bond movie, and we were like, why not? People had such a reaction to it, which is so ridiculous. We...

Catwoman starring Halle Berry is widely regarded as one of the worst comic book movies of all time, but the notorious 2004 flop had attracted its share of negativity before it even hit theaters - in part due to Berry's revealing costume.

All previous takes on Catwoman had donned a variation of a single-piece catsuit, while the outfit Patience Price wore in the movie exposed more skin and completely revamped the mask.

Apparently, an image of Berry sporting an earlier version of the suit leaked online, and fans of Batman's feline foe were not pleased.

"That was the first thing that started the negativity," producer Denise Di Novi tells EW. "It was an early shot before we’d perfected it. It was so different than what people were used to in the other movie. A catsuit, by definition, everything is covered up. We thought it’d be cool to be more rock & roll and bare.

“I hate that it got all put on me… that it’s my failure,” says Catwoman star Halle Berry, 20 years after the film’s calamitous release.

Readers with long memories may remember the derision that greeted the release of Catwoman in 2004. Directed by French filmmaker Pitof, it starred Halle Berry – then on a run of success, having won an Oscar for her work in Monster’s Ball – as new imagining of the titular superhero.

It was clear from the finished film that there were problems behind the scenes, and to mark its 20th anniversary, several of the main people involved in making it have spoken to Entertainment Weekly about its troubled production.

One obvious issue, going by producer Denise Di Novi and screenwriter John Brancato’s comments, is that the film went into production without a finished script. Di Novi and Brancato had initially thought of their Catwoman as a “lower-budget...

Catwoman premiered on July 19, 2004, starring Halle Berry in the leading role. The film was heavily criticized and now Berry addresses the film's poor reception while celebrating the film's 20th anniversary.

Speaking with Entertainment Weekly alongside the film's director, Pitof, producer Denise Di Novi and writer John Brancato, Halle Berry opened up about the film's criticism. The movie was a huge box office disappointment, as it wasn't even able to win back its initial $100 million budget. At the end of its theatrical run, the film only made $82 million worldwide (via The Numbers). On top of that, the film was a major "winner" at the Golden Raspberry Awards, with Halle Berry herself receiving a nod, which she accepted in person while holding her Oscar (which she won for her role in 2001's Monster's Ball).

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“Catwoman” producer Denise Di Novi is claiming studio Warner Bros. brought out some claws during the production of the infamous 2004 film.

Di Novi told Entertainment Weekly for the 20th anniversary of the critically panned superhero feature that the film shifted from being a “small, lower-budget origin story” to a “big superhero movie with a big star” due to Warner Bros.’ urging. However, the studio then saddled the production with plot notes that were riddled with “sexism,” according to the producer.

“It evolved into a bigger movie. It started off like a small, lower-budget origin story with this French director and a newer star. A couple of other movies fell through, and they were like, ‘We want this to be a big superhero movie with a big star,'” Di Novi said.

Of course, Halle Berry was cast in the lead role for the “Batman” spinoff, made more than a decade...

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Heathers has long been celebrated as a quintessential piece of modern American cinema, renowned for its biting critique of 1980s high school culture. Set at Westerburg High School, the film follows the story of Veronica Sawyer, a bright and popular student who reluctantly becomes part of an elite group of girls known as the “Heathers.” Disillusioned by their cruelty, Veronica finds herself drawn to the enigmatic Jd. Their partnership takes a deadly turn when a prank on the clique’s leader, Heather Chandler (Kim Walker), leads to her accidental poisoning, staged as a suicide.

Rene Zellweger is attached to star in a new television series. The actress is set to lead Max's upcoming James Patterson adaptation of his novel 12 Months to Live.

Per Variety, the two-time Academy Award-winning actress has found a new television series in James Patterson's adaptation. Zellweger, who won the Oscars for 2019's Judy and 2003's Cold Mountain, has also been nominated twice for 2002's Chicago and 2001's Bridget Jones's Diary. While she is mostly known for her roles in feature films, Zellweger made her series regular television debut with the Netflix series What/If, and also starred in the true crime limited series The Thing About Pam.

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A sequel to the 1998 romantic fantasy film Practical Magic is currently in the works at Warner Bros. While very little plot information was released when the follow-up was announced, producer Denise Di Novi says that the movie will remain rooted in the source material.

Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, Di Novi revealed that the plot will draw heavily from Alice Hoffman's 2021 novel, The Book of Magic. "I think [fans are] going to be very pleased. We're going to be very faithful. We're cognizant to how important those characters and that movie are to so many people," Di Novi explained. "We're not going to reinvent the wheel. We're going to draw from Alice Hoffman's books, as the first movie did, and we're going to be true to the chronology of how many years later it is."

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