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. The helmer worked with Bullock on Netflix’s Bird Box, and with Kidman on the HBO series The Undoing and the Netflix miniseries The Perfect Couple. Bullock is reprising her role as Sally Owens, while Kidman is coming back as Gillian Owens.
The original 1998 movie, which grossed over $47M stateside, followed two witch sisters, raised by their eccentric aunts in a small town, who are faced with closed-minded prejudice and a curse which threatens to prevent them from ever 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.
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Bier’s collaboration with Bullock, Bird Box, is one of the most watched movies ever on Netflix at 157.4M global views. She is an Oscar/Emmy/DGA winning filmmaker who won the International Academy Award for her film In a Better World and was the architect behind The Night Manager, The Undoing, and 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.
Bier is repped by CAA, Brillstein and Narrative
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