Doug Jones Will Return As Billy Butcher in HOCUS POCUS 2; Release Set For Fall 2022 By Disney+!

Halloween may be over but that doesn’t mean we can’t have a little Hocus Pocus.

News has just dropped that Hocus Pocus 2 has been given a broad release timeline of Fall 2022 by Disney+ today and we also found out actor Doug Jones will be reprising his role as Billy Butcher! (Remember, Billy just went back to sleep in Hocus Pocus so he was for sure gonna get dug up for part 2!)

As we already know, the spooky sequel to the 1993 Halloween classic has Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy all back as the beloved Sanderson Sisters.

Joining them are Whitney Peak (“Gossip Girl,” “Molly’s Game”) as Becca, Lilia Buckingham (“Dirt,” “Crown Lake”) as Cassie, and Belissa Escobedo (“American Horror Stories,” “The Baker and the Beauty”) as Izzy, three young women in present-day Salem who incite the wrath of the three witches.

In addition to the previously reported Sam Richardson (Werewolves Within), “Arrested Development” favorite Tony Hale and “Ted Lasso” boss Hannah Waddingham have also both landed roles with Froy Gutierrez, Juju Brener, Taylor Paige Henderson, and Nina Kitchen.

Here’s the first official synopsis:

“It’s been 29 years since someone lit the Black Flame Candle and resurrected the 17th-century sisters who were executed for practicing witchcraft, and they are looking for revenge. Now it is up to three high-school students to figure out how to stop the ravenous witches from wreaking a new kind of havoc on Salem before midnight on All Hallow’s Eve.”

Hocus Pocus 2 is being directed by Anne Fletcher, written by Jen D’Angelo, and produced by Walt Disney Pictures.