Get the latest gossip

Dianne Wiest, Stockard Channing Returning for ‘Practical Magic 2’

Dianne Wiest and Stockard Channing will reprise their roles in 'Practical Magic 2,' as Lee Pace, Maisie Williams, and Xolo Maridueña join the cast.

Dianne Wiest and Stockard Channing will reprise their roles as eccentric aunts with a deep knowledge of coven living in “ Practical Magic 2.” They join Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman, the stars of the 1998 romantic fantasy that is getting a sequel from Warner Bros. Channing is an Oscar nominee for her work in “Six Degrees of Separation.” Her other films include “Grease” and “Up Close and Personal.” She also appeared on “The West Wing” and won a Tony for “A Day in the Death of Joe Egg.” Susanne Bier (“Bird Box”) is directing from a screenplay co-written by Akiva Goldsman, who also co-wrote the original, and Georgia Pritchett (“Succession”).

Get the Android app