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Kenny Ortega and the Hocus Pocus Cast Set to Bring Magic to 90s Con 2026, 28 Years After the Film’s Premiere (Exclusive)
By Angela Andaloro
October 31, 2025
- PEOPLE can exclusively reveal that director Kenny Ortega and the Hocus Pocus cast are the latest to announce they’ll be looking back with fans at 90s Con 2026
- The 1993 classic film has become a staple of the Halloween season
- 90s Con 2026 will take place March 13–15, 2026, at the Connecticut Convention Center
It’ll all be a bunch of hocus pocus at 90s Con!
Members of the Hocus Pocus cast and director Kenny Ortega are joining in the action, meeting with fans and appearing together at 90s Con 2026, March 13–15, 2026, at the Connecticut Convention Center.
Ortega, Thora Birch (Dani Dennison), Vinessa Shaw (Allison), Omri Katz (Max Dennison), Larry Bagby (Ice) and Tobias Jelinek (Jay) are set to reunite, 27 years after making the first film together. Jason Marsden, who voiced the cat version of Thackery Binx, will also join the reunion.
The creepy classic was first released in July 1993 and starred Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy as a familial witch trio.
Fans had to wait nearly 30 years from the premiere of the original film until the first sequel in 2022. It left fans still wanting more, and we’ve learned they won’t have to wait that long for the third one.
While the details and storyline for Hocus Pocus 3 have been kept quiet, Midler teased in October 2025 that she had received a script and thought it was “brilliant.” Prior to learning the plot, Parker said that she and her fellow witch sisters were “having some conversations” about development.
Disney initially announced that Hocus Pocus 3 was in the works when the president of Walt Disney Studios Motion Picture Production, Sean Bailey, told The New York Times the exciting news in June 2023.
Marsden will also join the cast, pulling double duty as he is also set to appear with his Step by Step costars at the fun-filled fan event. Patrick Duffy, Christine Lakin, Staci Keanan, Angela Watson, Christopher Castile, Sasha Mitchell and Josh Byrne will also appear.
The 2026 lineup already includes Backstreet Boys’ AJ McLean and Nick Carter, plus Perfect Strangers’ Bronson Pinchot and Mark Linn-Baker and Larry Brantley, the voice of everyone’s favorite ’90s pup, Wishbone.
Tickets for 90s Con are now available, including special opportunities for fans to meet their favorite stars.
