--- description: Because Disney "having trouble finding a virgin!" she tweets title: Bette Midler Jokes About Why 'Hocus Pocus' Sequel Is Delayed image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Bette Midler Jokes _Hocus Pocus_ Sequel Is Delayed Because ‘Disney Can’t Find a Virgin’ by [Jessica Derschowitz / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Jessica Derschowitz / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 28, 2015 3:18 AM CUT by [Jessica Derschowitz / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Jessica Derschowitz / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 28, 2015 3:18 AM CUT [_Hocus Pocus_](http://www.ew.com/article/1993/07/23/hocus-pocus "undefined") fans have been hoping to resummon the Sanderson sisters for a sequel to the 1993 classic, but according to Bette Midler, there’s a reason why that spell hasn’t been cast yet. “Breaking news!! SEQUEL DELAYED!!” she tweeted, tagging her costars Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy. “@Disney having trouble finding a virgin!” > [](https://twitter.com/BetteMidler/status/658723462786080768) But even if they do find a virgin to light a candle, Midler has said the fate of Winifred, Sarah, and Mary Sanderson is ultimately in Disney’s hands. (Rumors that Tina Fey would be penning a follow-up, sadly, [were unfounded](http://www.ew.com/article/2014/07/02/casting-net-tina-fey "undefined").) “Inundate the Disney company. Because I have canvassed the girls and they are willing to do it, but we have no say in it, so if you want a _Hocus Pocus 2_, ask the Walt Disney company,” she [said in a Reddit AMA last year](https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2lif4w/its%5Fthe%5Fgirl%5Fbette%5Fmidler%5Fama/ "undefined"). In the meantime, fans can still get a new dose of the Sandersons if they go to Disney World this Halloween season — the [_Hocus Pocus Villain Spelltacular_ stage show](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/05/27/hocus-pocus-stage-show-will-haunt-disney-world-this-halloween "undefined") is running at the park through Nov. 1. [_This article originally appeared on ew.com_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/10/27/hocus-pocus-sequel-bette-midler-jokes "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4090128/bette-midler-hocus-pocus-sequel/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4090128/bette-midler-hocus-pocus-sequel/"},"headline":"Bette Midler Jokes Hocus Pocus Sequel Is Delayed Because ‘Disney Can’t Find a Virgin’","datePublished":"2015-10-28T03:18:07.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T12:07:53.996Z","description":"Well, it’s definitely not because of a lack of candles","url":"https://time.com/4090128/bette-midler-hocus-pocus-sequel/","keywords":["movies"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jessica Derschowitz / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4090128/bette-midler-hocus-pocus-sequel/","name":"Bette Midler Jokes Hocus Pocus Sequel Is Delayed Because ‘Disney Can’t Find a Virgin’"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"The 10 Greatest Movies of the Millennium (Thus Far)","description":"TIME movie critic, Richard Corliss lists his top films of the millennium (Thus Far). For the full, list go to time.com/entertainment","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/S3M25t5U/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2012-05-17T00:06:49.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/S3M25t5U.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4090128/bette-midler-hocus-pocus-sequel/","duration":"PT4M16S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4090128/bette-midler-hocus-pocus-sequel/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```