Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman returned as the Owens sisters for the European premiere of Practical Magic 2, twenty-eight years after the original.
Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman, both Oscar winners, returned as the Owens sisters for the Practical Magic 2 premiere at Odeon Luxe Leicester Square on Wednesday 26 August 2026. The newcomers Joey King and Maisie Williams joined them.
Bullock was born in Arlington, Virginia, in 1964 and spent much of her childhood in Nuremberg. She studied drama at East Carolina University, and Speed made her a star in 1994. Her Best Actress award came for The Blind Side.
Kidman was born in Honolulu in 1967 to Australian parents and trained at the Australian Theatre for Young People in Sydney. Dead Calm brought her to Hollywood in 1989, and she won Best Actress for The Hours.
Susanne Bier, who made In a Better World and The Night Manager, directed the film from Alice Hoffman’s The Book of Magic. The Owens women are still bound by an ancestor’s curse on any man who loves them.
Warner Bros. held the European premiere in the West End 28 years after the first film. Stockard Channing, one of the aunts from the original, walked the carpet. Dianne Wiest also returns, with Lee Pace and Xolo Maridueña new to the cast.