Practical Magic 2 Puts Bullock and Kidman Back on a London Carpet
Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman, Joey King, Maisie Williams and more gathered in London for the Practical Magic 2 European premiere. The photos mark the sequel’s first big public handoff from beloved 1998 movie to new cast chapter.
Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman stepped out for the Practical Magic 2 European premiere at Odeon Luxe Leicester Square in London on August 26, 2026, with Joey King, Maisie Williams, Stockard Channing, Dianne Wiest and Xolo Maridueña also among the names photographed. Deadline reported the London event and published the red carpet gallery, while Yahoo and Hello described the sequel as a return to the world of the 1998 film. For film readers, that matters because this is the first big public look at how Warner Bros. is handing an old favorite back to its original stars, while asking a younger cast to join the spell without breaking it.
Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman Return to Leicester Square
Deadline reported that Bullock and Kidman attended the European premiere together in London, with Getty photographers Hoda Davaine, Simon Ackerman, Eamonn M. McCormack and Jeff Spicer credited across the gallery. There is something tidy about that pairing arriving first in the public mind. Practical Magic was always sold, and remembered, around the charge between Sally and Gillian Owens: one sister holding herself steady, the other lighting matches near the curtains.
Yahoo reported that Bullock is reprising Sally Owens, with Kidman back as Gillian. Hello also noted Bullock’s return as Sally and Kidman’s as Gillian. That is the sort of casting news that looks simple on a call sheet and becomes more complicated under lights. These actors are not just returning to parts. They are returning to the audience’s memory of them in those parts, which can be a warm room and a hard room at the same time.
Just Jared reported that the new movie arrives nearly 30 years after the first. That is a long time for any screen family. Viewers age. Actors age. The camera, if it is kind, lets that be the point.
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Joey King and Maisie Williams Join the Owens Family
The younger half of the premiere belonged, in the reporting, to King and Williams. Yahoo reported that King plays Kylie Owens, Sally’s elder daughter, while Williams plays Antonia Owens, Sally’s younger daughter. Hello carried the same character details. Just Jared also named King as Kylie and Williams as Antonia.
