Warner Bros In Talks With Susanne Bier To Direct ‘Practical Magic 2’

EXCLUSIVE: We understand that Oscar-winning filmmaker Susanne Bier is in negations to helm Warner Bros’ Practical Magic 2 for the studio. A deal isn’t done quite yet.

The movie would reteam Bier with both Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock, who starred in the original film and are set to return. The helmer worked with Bullock on Netflix’s Bird Box, and with Kidman on both the HBO series The Undoing and the Netflix miniseries The Perfect Couple.

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In Practical Magic 2, Bullock is reprising her role as Sally Owens, while Kidman is coming back as Gillian Owens.

The original 1998 movie, which was directed by Griffin Dunne and grossed more than $47 million stateside, followed two witch sisters, raised by their eccentric aunts in a small town, who are faced with closed-minded prejudice and a curse that threatens to prevent them from finding lasting love.

Akiva Goldsman, who co-wrote the original, is returning to write the screenplay. Bullock and Kidman are producing with Denise Di Novi.

Bier’s collaboration with Bullock, Bird Box, is one of the most watched movies ever on Netflix with 157.4M global views. She is an Oscar/Emmy/DGA winning filmmaker who won the 2011 International Feature Academy Award for her film In a Better World and was the architect behind The Night Manager, The Undoing, The First Lady and the recent hit The Perfect Couple. For each of these shows, she has directed the entire run of the series.

Bier’s movie After the Wedding received an Oscar nomination for International Film in 2007. She also directed Brothers and Open Hearts. She is the first female director to win a Golden Globe, Emmy and European Film Award, collectively.

She is repped by CAA, Brillstein and Jackoway Austen Tyerman.

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