Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but it seems Tina Fey is not producing a sequel to “Hocus Pocus.”
Deadline has squashed rumors that the “30 Rock” star is attached to a follow-up film that would bring the Sanderson sisters on another Halloween adventure.
According to Deadline, the cause of the confusion was that Fey is simply attached to a different supernatural film involving witches. There’s currently no word on what Fey’s actual project will be.
Fey’s publicist did not immediately return a request for comment from The Huffington Post.
Twitter users were (understandably) disappointed by the news. Apparently, some were more crushed than others.
OK so it seems the Hocus Pocus 2 story is a rumor. WHYYY, Internet.
— Allison Chopin (@allisonchopin) July 2, 2014
Welp, the internet has fucked us again. Hocus Pocus sequel is bogus. I quit.
— Andrew Rizzi (@andrewrizzi) July 2, 2014
The “Hocus Pocus 2″ hubbub began after Hollywood insider site The Tracking Board published a report about the sequel Wednesday. The piece included the following plot synopsis:
The sequel will pick up years after the original, focusing on a housewife who is related to the Sanderson sisters, who teams up with a witch hunter to save her children after they run afoul of some resurrected witches while out trick-or-treating.
The outlet seems to be sticking to the news.
In 6 months when it’s revealed as “surprise” it is a Hocus Pocus sequel we’ll be happily sitting here with our story http://t.co/xsU4at6pND
— The Tracking Board (@MyTrackingBoard) July 2, 2014
It’s unclear whether a “Hocus Pocus 2″ project is currently in the works.