Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman ‘Want to Look Hot’ in ‘Practical Magic 2’

Nicole Kidman is excited to get to filming Practical Magic 2 with old pal Sandra Bullock, and a source exclusively tells Life & Style that she’s been encouraging her good friend to let go of her conservative side and embrace a sexier image on screen and off!

“Sandra, Nicole and their respective teams are pretty fired up to make Practical Magic 2 and it’s not just going to be a nostalgic retread of the first movie, it’s going to be a reinvention and hopefully more of a ‘water cooler’ kind of movie that gets people talking,” the insider, who is involved in the planning of the anticipated sequel, reveals.

The insider notes that the “biggest difference” so far with the sequel is that Nicole and Sandra will have a “woman behind the camera, a middle aged woman in fact,” as director, “and they’ll have free reign to explore the kind of adult and interesting issues that Nicole especially has been fond of during her many recent streaming projects and films.”

“This is going to be a Practical Magic for the people who made Big Little Lies a hit,” continues the insider. “Sandra loves that Nicole has this edgy sensibility she wants to bring to this project, which is going to be one big metaphor for women rediscovering their sexuality later in life.”

The insider explains that while The Blind Side actress also plans to “lean into” those themes, their characters will still be very different.

“Sandra is going to continue to play the shyer and more bookish of the two,” adds the insider. “That said, they both want to look hot as hell in this movie, on the movie poster and on the red carpet when they’re out promoting it.”

The insider says this doesn’t come as naturally for Sandra, “but for this project, Sandra’s more than willing to put in the hours in the makeup truck and the wardrobe trailer.”

“They’re both all-in on this and if anything, they wished it happened a lot sooner,” the insider reveals. “It’s been pretty exciting how fast this sequel has come together and how the press and fans have been so supportive.”

As Life & Style previously reported, the Babygirl actress confirmed both she and Sandra would be reprising their roles in Practical Magic 2 in a June 2024 interview.

“There’s a lot more to tell which is why we go, ‘OK, this is kind of interesting now to be able to do this,’” she told People at the time.

On May 6, 2025, the Warner Bros Instagram account also shared a hauntingly enticing teaser confirming the release date for the highly anticipated sequel.

“Tooth of wolf and morning dew / something old and something new / let the spell begin to mix,” Sandra and Nicole could be heard saying together in a voiceover. “September 18, 2026.”

“The spell is cast. The date is set. Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman return,” the network captioned the clip. “Rewatch the original #PracticalMagic now streaming on MAX.”