It's officially fall — a season that I also like to call Hocus Pocus season.
Fans of the Sanderson sisters have been patiently waiting for a sequel to the 1993 cult classic — and stars Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy have all said they'd be on board to get the sisters back together again.
So this morning — another glorious morning — when Deadline shared some news about a Hocus Pocus TV movie in the works at Disney Channel, I was thrilled, elated, overjoyed...until I looked a little bit closer:
The new Hocus Pocus iteration will have a new cast and a new director. Ortega, who has directed Disney Channel’s two biggest TV movie franchises, High School Musical and Descendants, is not involved.
A new cast?! And a new director?! WHYYYYYYYY?
I wasn't the only one. The PEOPLE OF TWITTER started voicing their demands for a sequel instead of a remake:
WE WANT A HOCUS POCUS SEQUEL NOT A FREAKING REMAKE
Hang on, they're doing a Hocus Pocus REMAKE not sequel?
We. Don't. Want. A. Remake. We. 👏🏽Want.👏🏽 A. 👏🏽Sequel. 👏🏽 K, thanks! 🤗 @BetteMidler #HocusPocus https://t.co/JEeqmEQ5CC
They wondered: Why mess with such a great thing?!
I am suddenly distraught over the news that Disney Channel is remaking Hocus Pocus omg why touch PERFECTION
Apparently Disney is remaking Hocus Pocus.... NOPE.
I'm sorry? #HocusPocus is getting a remake? Why mess with perfection? @DisneyChannel, you're flying too close to th… https://t.co/p9TSJpFMCC
I wish I had 280 characters (a thing that nobody asked for) to rage about the remake of Hocus Pocus (a thing that nobody asked for).
Some decided to quit life!
I QUIT!!!!!! (life!)
Others decided to go back to bed indefinitely until they could wake up in a world without this remake!
good morning, found out they are apparently remaking hocus pocus so i am going back to bed until that project is cancelled
People immediately sprang into action...
Can someone start a protest at Disney headquarters that we want the original Hocus Pocus cast #HocusPocus @BetteMidler
...and reminded us all just how well things go when you mess with the classics:
The #hocuspocus Disney remake will go over as well as the ABC version of Dirty Dancing. #why #plsdont
Some are just thrilled that there will FINALLY be a place to watch Hocus Pocus on television because it's such a rare commodity:
FINALLY a way to watch Hocus Pocus on TV on Disney Channel https://t.co/SmVhpPVWOG
But for the most part, this sums up the general *sentiment* on Twitter:
Whose dumb ass idea was it to remake Hocus Pocus??