A Witch's Guide to Disney's Hexed: Everything a Witch Needs to Know Before November 25
Witches, Disney Animation has finally made a movie about us. Hexed, Walt Disney Animation Studios' all-new magical adventure, opens exclusively in theaters on Wednesday, November 25 — the day before Thanksgiving — and it is a full-on witch story: a teenage girl discovering her powers, a secret realm of witches, a three-eyed magical cat, and not one but two glorious villains. Consider this your official ParaHouse witch guide to everything a witch needs to know before opening day.
Meet Billie Doe
Billie Doe (voiced by Hailee Steinfeld) is sixteen, impulsive, unconventional — and newly expelled from school. She has never understood why her cautious mother, Alice (Rashida Jones), is so overprotective, or why there are so many rules around her life. Then Billie discovers the secret: she has magical abilities, and her mother has been suppressing them since childhood to protect her. One unleashed burst of magic hurtles Billie out of her Ohio suburbia and into Hexe, a vast, spectacle-filled hidden realm of witches — with Alice right behind her. Together, mother and daughter uncover long-buried family mysteries that could change the world of witches forever.
Yes, witches: at its heart, Hexed is a mother-daughter story about a girl coming into a power her family tried to hide. If you have ever felt like the magic in you was something to keep quiet… this one is going to land.
The Witches of Hexe
Queen Celeste (Jodie Foster) — the sinister ruler of Hexe, who will stop at nothing to hold onto her power forever. Astonishingly, this is the first voice role of Jodie Foster's career.
Cursula (Jodi Benson) — revealed just this week: the voice of Ariel herself is playing a Little Mermaid-esque villain. Our childhood princess is a sea-witch now, and we could not love it more.
Beef Roger Crummchuk (Walton Goggins) — a reclusive, magical three-eyed cat who forges an uneasy alliance with Billie and Alice. Every witch needs a familiar; Billie's has three eyes and a ramshackle trailer.
The spellbook of a cast also includes Tracey Ullman, Stephen Fry, Henry Winkler, Dan Stevens, and Yvette Nicole Brown as the Scared Little Teacup. The film is directed by Jason Hand and Fawn Veerasunthorn, co-directed by Josie Trinidad, written by Jared Bush and Dana Ledoux Miller, with an original score by Kris Bowers. It is rated PG and runs 99 minutes — and the animated short Lilo & Scratch plays with it in theaters.
Meet Billie in the Parks
Billie has already made her Walt Disney World debut — she surprise-appeared during the ABC Christmas Day Parade taping at Magic Kingdom on November 10. She begins meeting guests at Disneyland Park on November 20, and at Disney's Hollywood Studios starting opening day, November 25. Hollywood Studios also has a Hexed display, and AMC Disney Springs has gone full takeover — banner, standee and photo op — so your opening-week photo ops are covered, besties.
The Great Bucket Hunt
It would not be a Disney movie event without the merch, and Hexed's star is Bucket — a cauldron popcorn bucket named, perfectly, Bucket. Here is where to hunt him:
Regal — from November 24: the cauldron bucket, character cups and toppers, a Witch's Cauldron ICEE, and a collectible pin at screenings. Regal Crown Club members can also enter to win a trip to a future Disney animated film premiere (entries close December 10).
AMC — the cauldron bucket arrives for opening day, November 25, including at AMC Disney Springs 24.
Cinemark — a cauldron bucket of its own, plus a collectible charm on November 29.
Marcus Theatres — collectibles and a pin from November 25.
Online now — the Swan Drive-In shop has the cauldron bucket ($39.95), and Only In Theatres (the Marcus/B&B shop) lists it at $27.99, if you want yours before opening day.
See It Early — and Sing Along
D23 Gold Members: advance-screening tickets are on sale NOW for Monday, November 23 at 7pm at AMC Disney Springs 24 (and AMC Orange 30 in California) — $15 plus a $3 fee, with popcorn and a fountain drink included. One guest per member, tickets are non-transferable, and you will need your D23 membership and ID at check-in. The El Capitan in Hollywood also hosts a fan event on November 24. And the music is already casting its spell: the single "Magic" is out now, with Kris Bowers' full soundtrack arriving November 20.
Our Hexed Witchgiving
We are celebrating the only way ParaHouse knows how: with a little movie-night magic of our own. Our brand-new A Very Hexed Witchgiving Spell Guide arrives in the Good Witch Study shop on Tuesday, November 24 — cauldron gratitude rituals, a Thanksgiving table blessing, and Movie Night Magic to cast alongside the film.
And if today has you feeling the power of a certain number, our Friday the 13th Ritual Spell Guide is live in the shop right now. Reclaim it all, witches.
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