Practical Magic 2 producer Denise Di Novi promises that sequel won't 'reinvent the wheel'

'Practical Magic 2' producer Denise Di Novi has promised that fans will be "very pleased" with the sequel.

A follow-up to the 1998 film was announced last month with Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock reprising their roles as witches the Owens sisters and Di Novi has explained that the picture will draw heavily from the source material – Alice Hoffman's 2021 novel 'The Book of Magic'.

She told Entertainment Weekly: "I think (fans are) going to be very pleased. We're going to be very faithful. We're cognizant to how important those characters and that movie are to so many people. We're not going to reinvent the wheel.

"We're going to draw from Alice Hoffman's books, as the first movie did, and we're going to be true to the chronology of how many years later it is."

Di Novi explained how the crew will "be respectful to the characters, story, and locations" from the original picture and confirmed that the sequel will be released at some point next year.

She said: "It's going to be in 2025, but I'm not exactly sure when. We're just beginning the script, and Akiva Goldsman, who worked on the original and 10 million other things since then, is writing the script."

Nicole confirmed that she and Sandra would be appearing in the sequel just days after the project was announced by Warner Bros. last month.

The 57-year-old actress told People magazine: "Yes I will be in it. And Sandy will be in it. And that's that.

"There's a lot more to tell which is why we go, 'OK, this is kind of interesting now to be able to do this.'

"(We) found a way in."