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Updated · Los Angeles Times · Jun 24

Practical Magic 2 Trailer Unveils Owens Curse for Next Generation Ahead of Sept. 11 Release

Updated

Updated · Los Angeles Times · Jun 24

Practical Magic 2 Trailer Unveils Owens Curse for Next Generation Ahead of Sept. 11 Release

Q: The Owens witches travel to the UK to find their magic's source. What dark family secrets will they uncover?

They are expected to uncover buried truths about the Owens family history and the real origin of the curse tied to their magic. Based on the trailer and supporting details, “Practical Magic 2” centers on the discovery that the family’s centuries-old curse was never truly defeated. The Owens women travel from Massachusetts to the United Kingdom to confront the source of their power, and that journey appears to expose long-hidden secrets about how their magic began, why the curse persists, and what earlier generations may have concealed. The sequel also suggests these secrets are personal as well as supernatural. Sally’s daughter begins uncovering hidden family history while developing dark abilities of her own, indicating that the family’s past may be more dangerous and morally complicated than previously understood. The trailer frames this as a multi-generational reckoning, with the sisters and their daughters forced to face sacrifices, forbidden knowledge and the possibility that the curse is rooted in their own bloodline’s choices. What exactly they find in the UK has not been fully revealed publicly. But the available material points to a central mystery: the true history of the Owens magic, the unfinished story behind the love curse, and the dark legacy that has continued to haunt every generation of Owens women.

3 articles · Updated · Los Angeles Times · Jun 24

Joey King’s Kylie learns the Owens family curse is real in the new “Practical Magic 2” trailer after her love interest is caught in a tragic accident.
Sandra Bullock’s Sally tells her tearful daughter that the family are witches and that anyone who falls in love with an Owens woman is doomed to die.
The sequel follows Sally and Nicole Kidman’s Gillian as they chase Kylie after she sets out to fix the curse, a mission that pushes her toward dark magic.
Lee Pace appears as a mysterious scholar of the craft, while Dianne Wiest, Stockard Channing, Maisie Williams and Xolo Maridueña round out the returning and expanded cast.
Directed by Susanne Bier and based on Alice Hoffman’s 2021 novel “The Book of Magic,” the follow-up to the 1998 film reaches theaters on Sept. 11.