More than a decade later, the onscreen chemistry between Zac Efron and Nicole Kidman is still palpable.
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Meredith Woerner Deputy Editor, Variety.com Broom fell… company’s coming. After 26 years the Owens women are returning. Warner Bros.
announced a followup film to the 1998 classic, “Practical Magic,” with Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman in talks to return. The first movie starred Bullock and Kidman as the witchy Owens sisters, who get wrapped in supernatural coverup after Bullock (unintentionally) drugs and kills Kidman’s abusive ex-boyfriend (Goran Višnjić) forcing them to reanimate his corpse. Directed by Griffin Dunne and adapted from the 1995 novel of the same name by Alice Hoffman, the original film stands as a beloved, spooky season staple for people who are really into crystals.
Akiva Goldsman will write the screenplay for the new movie, with Bullock and Kidman expected to produce alongside Denise Di Novi. Fans began buzzing about the future of “Practical Magic” on Sunday, when an announcement was made at midnight on TikTok — a nod to the “midnight margaritas” scene from the first film — that the film was now available on digital and available to stream on Max. But the big news was saved for Monday morning, where it was revealed that “Practical Magic 2” was officially in the works.
Back in 2019, HBO Max was pursuing a “Practical Magic” spinoff series, “Rules of Magic,” based on Hoffman’s prequel novel. That series eventually disappeared into the Hollywood ether, but the fandom lives on. The film follows the women from the Owens family, a group of magically inclined, spellcasting ladies who are blessed with the supernatural gift but cursed by their matriarch.
More than a decade later, the onscreen chemistry between Zac Efron and Nicole Kidman is still palpable.
“A Family Affair,” the new, somewhat superficial Netflix rom-com from writer/director Richard LaGravenese (“The Last Five Years,” “Beautiful Creatures”), is by no means brilliant or full of depth. And yet, still, the trio of Nicole Kidman, Zac Efron, and Joey King create an interesting dynamic; the ultimately well-intentioned film has some interesting things to say about late-in-life love, the many facets of self-absorption, and the way we use the notion of protecting the ones we love under the guise of selfish self-interest.
Tomris Laffly Among the perennial reasons we go to the movies is the onscreen heat between impossibly charismatic stars. The summer of 2024 has delivered the goods in that department so far: Consider the sweltering Anne Hathaway-Nicholas Galitzine romance “The Idea Of You,” the disarming, post-Barbenheimer pairing of Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt in “The Fall Guy,” Zendaya, Josh O’Connor and Mike Faist’s scorching triangle in “Challengers,” or “Hit Man” turning Glen Powell and Adria Arjona into eager bedfellows.
.Here’s 15-year-old Kai Schreiber with Watts:And you can see Sunday Rose sitting on the end of this bench of legends. From left: Sunday Rose Kidman Urban, Joey King, Naomi Watts, Nicole Kidman, , Kerry Washington, and Teyana Taylor.This content can also be viewed on the site it from.Nicole Kidman shares Sunday Rose and her sister, Faith Margaret, with husband Keith Urban. The girls made their red-carpet debuts alongside their parents at the in April 2024, after appearing briefly (and remotely) .In a red-carpet interview at the AFI event, Kidman described her teen girls as “very supportive and incredibly loving.” But, like all teens, they’re interested in parties.
Nicole Kidman, born on June 20, 1967, has achieved great success in Hollywood with her many Oscar nods, one win, and a wide range of films. Kidman broke into the business with the 1989 thriller "Dead Calm." It wasn't long before she joined Tom Cruise, her future beau, for the 1990 film "Days of Thunder." Cruise and Kidman were married the same year the movie was released. During their marriage, they starred in two more movies together, "Far and Away" (1992) and "Eyes Wide Shut" (1999).
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Pat Saperstein Deputy Editor Griffin Dunne‘s family has done so many larger-than-life, unbelievable things that when the actor-director-producer started to write his memoir “The Friday Afternoon Club: A Memoir of Family,” he realized it wasn’t enough to start the story with his complex writer father Dominick Dunne. In fact, it was impossible to understand the forces that shaped the Dunnes, including his uncle John Gregory Dunne and sister Dominique Dunne — without understanding his father’s abusive upbringing in an Irish Catholic family, his mother’s Mexican heritage and all great love stories, clandestine affairs, celebrity encounters and tragedies that seem to surround them, buffeted with lots of pitch-black mordant humor.
Nicole Kidman is ready for more “Practical Magic.” On the red carpet for her new Netflix movie “A Family Affair,” the Oscar winner confirmed to Variety’s Marc Malkin that she is planning to star in the sequel to the 1998 favorite opposite her returning co-star Sandra Bullock. When asked what the storyline for the sequel will be, Kidman said, “You have to ask Sandy.” “We’ve been circling it for a while, but you know it’s still in [the early stages],” Kidman added. As previously reported, Warner Bros.
Nicole Kidman officially confirmed that she and Sandra Bullock are returning for a “Practical Magic” sequel. The “Big Little Lies” actress gushed over the project ahead of the premiere of her upcoming Netflix film with Zac Efron and Joey King, “A Family Affair.”“Yes I will be in it. And Sandy will be in it.
Nicole Kidman, Joey King and Zac Efron get in group photos at the premiere of their new movie A Family Affair held at The Egyptian Theatre on Thursday evening (June 13) in Hollywood.
Nicole Kidman has confirmed that she’ll reprise her role as Gillian Owens in a sequel to 1998’s Practical Magic.
Nicole Kidman confirmed that rumors about about a sequel to her classic movie Practical Magic were indeed true!
Practical Magic 2, a Practical Magic sequel, is in the works.On June 10, reported that the Owens sisters are coming back to a theater near you (or possibly a streaming service, considering the original 1998 classic was recently ). Nineties pop culture was full of badass witches but the chemistry between and was magic unto itself, which leads me to the best news: the original stars are reportedly in talks to reprise their roles.Of course, some Practical Magic fans may be hesitant to celebrate with midnight margaritas, considering we've been spurned before.
Practical Magic 2 is in the works!
The Killers have played ‘Andy, You’re A Star’ for the first time in seven years at their surprise intimate gig in New York City – watch fan-filmed footage below:The band unveiled their last-minute concert just days ago, which was to take place on the same day as their 20th anniversary for their seminal debut album ‘Hot Fuss’.Now, The Killers have played their concert at the 500-capacity Bowery Ballroom, which saw them perform ‘Andy, You’re A Star’ for the first time since 2018. ‘Andy, You’re A Star’ originally appeared as the sixth track from ‘Hot Fuss’.Not only that, the Las Vegas band performed several ‘Hot Fuss’ classics including ‘Mr Brightside’, ‘Somebody Told Me’, and ‘All These Things That I’ve Done’.Check out footage of The Killers playing ‘Andy, You’re A Star’ below:The Bowery Ballroom show is a warm-up gig for their upcoming UK and Ireland tour later this June, which will see the band stop off at London’s O2 Arena for a whopping six dates.
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Nicole Kidman has offered an update on the third season of Big Little Lies.Kidman confirmed in November that, to the surprise of fans, a third season was in the works. Based on the novel by Liane Moriarty, Big Little Lies was originally billed as a mini-series but its success led to more episodes being commissioned.During an interview for Vanity Fair alongside co-star Reece Witherspoon, they briefly touched on what could come next for the show, with Witherspoon admitting that Kidman “has already said too much” about what’s in store.“I got excited,” Kidman admitted about letting some Big Little Lies Season 3 news slip out prematurely.
K.J. Yossman Banijay U.K. has acquired “Peaky Blinders” producers Caryn Mandabach Productions Limited (CMP) for an undisclosed sum.
Zack Sharf Digital News Director Nicole Kidman and her “Big Little Lies” co-star Reese Witherspoon reunited for a recent Vanity Fair video interview and briefly touched upon a potential third season of their Emmy-winning HBO series. Kidman has spoken publicly on numerous occasions about “Big Little Lies” Season 3 moving forward, to which Witherspoon now said: “This one has already said too much.” “I got excited,” Kidman admitted about letting some “Big Little Lies” Season 3 news slip out prematurely.
With networks and streaming services tightening their purse strings a bit, it’s becoming less and less common that we see massive prestige dramas with huge budgets and superstar casts. The epitome of this trend is “Big Little Lies,” an HBO series where the cast budget is seemingly bigger than production budget.