The Craft 3, if it happens, will focus more on Fairuza Balk's Nancy Downs, a main character from the original The Craft movie. Andrew Fleming's first cult-classic The Craft movie was released in 1996. The film featured Robin Tunney, Balk, Neve Campbell, and Rachel True as four teenage outcasts who take up witchcraft for their benefit unbeknownst of the doom it can effectuate. In 2020, under his Blumhouse Productions banner, Jason Blum followed up on Fleming's film with The Craft: Legacy. Zoe Lister-Jones directed the new movie, and it stars Cailee Spaeny, Gideon Adlon, Lovie Simone, Zoey Luna. It was released through premium VOD by Sony Pictures Releasing on October 28, 2020.
While The Craft: Legacy remained loyal to its predecessor's premise, it boasted a completely new line-up of lead characters that were seemingly inspired by the original movie's heroines. Lourdes (Zoey Luna), Tabby (Lovie Simone), and Frankie (Gideon Adlon) filled in for Bonnie (Neve Campbell), Rochelle (Rachel True), and Nancy, whereas Lily (Cailee Spaeny) occupied Sarah's (Robin Tunney) spot. Initially, the connection between The Craft: Legacy and Fleming's original movie wasn't clear. But during the film's final moments, a stunning revelation merged the two films. It was revealed that Lily wasn't Helen's (Michelle Monaghan) biological daughter; instead, she was actually born to Nancy, who entrusted Helen to raise Lily while making her promise never to reveal Lily's true lineage.
During an interview with Collider, Lister-Jones opened up about Balk's cameo in The Craft: Legacy and her plans to make a third movie for the franchise. As per the director, she deliberately avoided giving Balk a larger role in Legacy because she intended to include her in a third movie. Lister-Jones says that if she makes The Craft 3, she will allot more screen time to Balk's Nancy.
“I always wrote this with a third film in mind. I didn’t want to do a disservice to these other characters that really should have their own film, and so I think that would be my intention with the third is to give a lot more space to an intergenerational storyline."
Lister-Jones is interested in how "women inherit trauma." And she intends to explore them, possibly through Lily and Nancy's relationship, in The Craft 3. As for The Craft: Legacy, Lister-Jones prioritized establishing new characters in the film over exploring backstories. The director ensured that Legacy "fully fleshed out" the original characters' arcs so that she can jump on to detailing the characters' origins in the next movie without having to introduce them. In The Craft 3, Lister-Jones plans to dig deeper into Nancy's cursed powers and her time at the psychiatric facility; she also hopes to delve into the new witches' ancestry.
It will be interesting if Lister-Jones gets the opportunity to make The Craft 3, as she intends to touch upon opulent storylines in the new film. Fairuza Balk's Nancy was practically The Craft's villain, who was hungry for power and who did not think twice before putting her life and lives of those close to her in danger. Now that she has reunited with her daughter, who shares her unique gift, Nancy may attempt to regain her powers through Lily. She might also push Lily into casting spells for her gain, allowing for The Craft 3 to explore the flip-side of witchcraft and establish Lily as the heroine who denounces her mother's greed for power.
Source: Collider
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