Practical Magic 2: Book vs. Movie

Susanne Bier's 2026 film Practical Magic 2 adapts Alice Hoffman's The Book of Magic. Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman return as Sally and Gillian Owens in the sequel to the 1998 film.

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About the book and the movie
Book
The Book of Magic cover
Author
Alice Hoffman
Year
2021
Pages
416Buy book
Audiobook length
13 hr 9 minGet audiobook
Narrator
Jennifer Ehle
Series
Practical Magic, book 2

When Jet Owens senses that her death is approaching, the family curse is already threatening another generation's chance at love. An effort to save a young man's life sends members of the Owens family to Europe in search of a way to end it. Sally's daughters begin uncovering the magical inheritance she has tried to keep from them.

Movie
Practical Magic 2 poster
Director
Susanne Bier
Writer
Akiva Goldsman, Georgia Pritchett, Kelly Marcel
Year
2026
Runtime
2 hr 10 minWatch on Amazon
Cast
Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman, Joey King, Dianne Wiest
Genre
fantasy film, romance film
IMDb
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Sally Owens has tried to protect her daughters from their family's curse by making them forget that magic exists. When Kylie's boyfriend is seriously injured, keeping that secret becomes impossible. Kylie begins searching for a way to break the curse, bringing Sally and Gillian into a struggle over the danger that love poses to the next generation.

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