Nicole Kidman Says She and ‘Sister’ Sandra Bullock ‘Tease’ Each Other on the “Practical Magic 2” Set (Exclusive)

Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock don't request to agelong their acting skills connected nan group of Practical Magic 2.

The 2 stars are reprising their roles arsenic witch sisters Gillian and Sally Owens successful nan long-awaited sequel to nan 1998 classic. In an exclusive question and reply pinch PEOPLE, Kidman — who was precocious named a world ambassador for Clé de Peau Beauté — revealed that she and Bullock, 61, person specified a adjacent enslaved that they are "like sisters."

"It's insane," she says of their dynamic.

And arsenic each siblings do, nan actresses bask poking nosy astatine each other. "I tin tease her, and she teases me," Kidman, 58, explains, noting, "We're some surviving successful London, very adjacent to each other."

She says nan brace tin hardly judge they are backmost successful nan Practical Magic world again aft 27 years.

"We're some like, 'What?' But we were conscionable correct backmost into it," she explains, adding of Bullock, "I adore her and she is truthful funny and truthful lovable. And we're conscionable having nan champion clip together."

Kidman besides had precocious praise for others progressive successful nan making of nan sequel.

"We person this awesome female director, Susanne Bier. Warner Bros. is down nan film. And they've been incredibly supportive successful making this, going backmost and past expanding it," she tells PEOPLE.

"And past we person beautiful Joey King, who I've worked pinch earlier and who's conscionable lovely," she continues. "So it's a group of amazing, astonishing women and immoderate awesome men who are creating nan adjacent phase, nan adjacent shape of nan witches' life."

Stockard Channing and Dianne Wiest are group to reprise their roles arsenic nan Owens sisters' aunts, Franny and Jet, respectively. Along pinch King, caller additions to nan formed see Lee Pace, Maisie Williams, Xolo Maridueña and Solly McLeod.

While specifications astir nan sequel's crippled are being kept nether wraps, nan 1998 movie — based connected Alice Hoffman's 1995 book of nan aforesaid sanction — follows nan Owens sisters, who must usage their witchy magic to conflict disconnected a curse that kills nan men they autumn successful emotion with.

“Twenty-five years ago, Sally, Gillian, Aunt Jet and Aunt Franny flew disconnected nan pages of Alice Hoffman’s beloved caller and into theaters astir nan world, and we are thrilled to bring nan Owens family backmost to nan large surface pinch Joey, Lee, Maisie, Solly and Xolo joining nan adjacent section successful our story," nan filmmaking squad down Practical Magic 2 said successful a connection via a property release.

"The enduring affection for these characters has been our inspiration to present nan adjacent installment successful nan Owens’ communicative to caller fans, and those who’ve been pinch america since nan beginning," they added.

Last month, Kidman treated fans to a behind-the-scenes glimpse of her and Bullock's first time connected group for nan caller movie, which is group to beryllium released successful theaters connected Sept. 18, 2026.

She shared a video connected Instagram of nan brace successful character, hugging each different tightly while opinionated successful what appeared to beryllium a cemetery. "The witches are backmost ✨. Owens sisters’ first time connected set! #PracticalMagic," she captioned nan clip.

In 2019, Today resurfaced a clip of Bullock discussing nan original movie with Katie Couric and reflecting connected her on-set narration pinch Kidman.

“I had specified a awesome time,” nan Bird Box prima said. “And nan truth is, we don’t have thing successful common, isolated from for astatine nan meal array pinch a vessel of wine, and everything benignant of blends together.”

Practical Magic 2 is scheduled for a theatrical merchandise connected Sept. 18, 2026.