Hocus Pocus 2 poster revealed with Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy

The Sanderson Sisters are almost here. 

An official Twitter account for the upcoming sequel tweeted out a shot of the movie’s poster which shows Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy as the three malevolent witches. 

Fog matching the colors of their outfits swirls around them and a full moon peeks above the clouds behind the sinister siblings. 

‘In ONE MONTH, the Sanderson Sisters are back…and running amok, amok, amok! [candle emoji],’ the caption of the tweet read.

‘#HocusPocus2, an original movie event, starts streaming September 30 on @DisneyPlus.’ 

The tweet came just one day after director Anne Fletcher revealed that some of the original cast would not return for the sequel. 

Omri Katz, Vinessa Shaw and Thora Birch who played Max, Allison and Dani respectively in the original movie were not involved with the sequel. 

Discussing her movie: The tweet came just one day after director Anne Fletcher revealed that some of the original cast would not return for the sequel (Fletcher pictured 2015)

Not returning: Omri Katz, Vinessa Shaw and Thora Birch who played Max, Allison and Dani respectively in the original movie were not involved with the sequel (left to right: Birch, Shaw, Katz)

‘We wanted to weave in all of the people that the fans loved, and when you sat back with all the ingredients and story, you’re like, how do we make this work?’ Fletcher said in an interview with Entertainment Weekly. ‘It was very difficult to try to have them be a part of it, because we did talk about it — painstakingly. 

‘You’re trying to stay on track with story, even if they came in as a cameo. People would say, “They could be in the background!” and I’m like, really? You’re going to put the leads of the first movie in the background and be satisfied? You’re not going to be satisfied, you’re going to be angry.’ 

Katz, Shaw and Birch stopped the Sanderson sisters’ plot of sucking out the souls of their town’s children. 

On top of talking personnel, Fletcher also revealed a bit of the film’s subject matter. She admitted that the sequel will explore the sisters’ origins. 

Going back to their roots: On top of talking personnel, Fletcher also revealed a bit of the film’s subject matter. She admitted that the sequel will explore the sisters’ origins

Before the hanging: The opening sequence will feature child actors Taylor Henderson, Juju Journey Brener, and Nina Kitchen as younger versions of Winifred, Sarah and Mary in the 1600s

The opening sequence will feature child actors Taylor Henderson, Juju Journey Brener, and Nina Kitchen as younger versions of Winifred, Sarah and Mary.

The sequence will also feature a young Billy Butcherson (Doug Jones), years before he became Winifred’s lover.

‘The opening sequence of the movie, we get some history of our witches and Billy. We get a little kiss — pardon the pun — of the Billy aspect of it and the world that they lived in and what happened to the witches,’ Fletcher explained. 

‘I always missed that in the first one. Like, what are the witches the way they are? I did have that question, and the script came, and I loved the opening 1600s,’ she added.