{"id":259770,"date":"2025-07-12T19:53:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-12T19:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/259770\/"},"modified":"2025-07-12T19:53:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T19:53:11","slug":"why-evan-rachel-wood-isnt-returning-for-practical-magic-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/259770\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Evan Rachel Wood Isn&#8217;t Returning for &#8216;Practical Magic 2&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tWhile several of the castmembers in the original Practical Magic are returning for the film\u2019s sequel, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/evan-rachel-wood\/\" id=\"auto-tag_evan-rachel-wood_1\" data-tag=\"evan-rachel-wood\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Evan Rachel Wood<\/a> has made it known she\u2019s not.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tFollowing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-news\/practical-magic-2-dianne-wiest-stockard-channing-return-1236312206\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-news\/practical-magic-2-dianne-wiest-stockard-channing-return-1236312206\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">news on Friday<\/a> that Dianne Wiest\u00a0and\u00a0Stockard Channing were reprising their roles as the Owens aunts, fans were wondering if Wood could possibly return, too. However, the actress took to Instagram Stories later that day to answer people\u2019s questions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t\u201cI am getting asked about this a lot, so l\u2019ll just clear it up now; I was not asked to come back and be in the Practical Magic sequel,\u201d Wood wrote. \u201cl offered my services, even if it was one scene or one line. I was told they are recasting. I am sorry to disappoint the fans. It was not in my control or my choice. I would have happily rejoined my sisters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe Hollywood Reporter reached out to Wood\u2019s reps for additional comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tIn the 1998 film Wood played Sally Owens\u2019 (Sandra Bullock) eldest daughter, Kylie. Sally and her sister, Gillian (Nicole Kidman), are raised by their Aunts, Jet (Wiest) and Franny (Channing), after their parents die, who teach the girls magic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tIt was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-news\/practical-magic-sequel-sandra-bullock-nicole-kidman-release-1236208733\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-news\/practical-magic-sequel-sandra-bullock-nicole-kidman-release-1236208733\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">previously known<\/a> that Bullock and Kidman were reprising their roles in the sequel. New additions to the cast include Joey King (Bullet Train), Lee Pace (Bodies Bodies Bodies), Maisie\u00a0Williams (Game of Thrones), Xolo Maridue\u00f1a (Cobra Kai)\u00a0and Solly McLeod (The Dead Don\u2019t Hurt). The movie is directed by Susanne Bier (The Perfect Couple, Bird Box, In a Better World), with a screenplay co-written by Akiva Goldsman (co-writer of the original film) and Georgia Pritchett (Succession).<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tProduction on the film\u00a0is currently underway. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/practical-magic-2\/\" id=\"auto-tag_practical-magic-2_1\" data-tag=\"practical-magic-2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Practical Magic 2<\/a> is set to release in theaters Sept. 18, 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While several of the castmembers in the original Practical Magic are returning for the film\u2019s sequel, Evan Rachel&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":259771,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3940],"tags":[4080,77,99606,99607,16,15],"class_list":["post-259770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-evan-rachel-wood","tag-practical-magic-2","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114842016454677907","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=259770"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259770\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/259771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=259770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=259770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=259770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}