New details about the return of Wizards of Waverly Place. Recently, Selena Gómez spoke about what the new installment of the Disney series will be like.
In an interview on the program Jimmy Kimmel Live! Selena Gómez, who played Alex Russo, promised that the sequel to Wizards of Waverly Place will be different from the original version.
“It’s going to be a lot of fun and I was excited to bring the characters back. It is not a reboot, it will be a different version,” said the actress, who will appear in the pilot episode and is also the executive producer.
According to Gómez’s comments, it seems that the return of Wizards of Waverly Place will maintain some of the familiar characters and elements of the original series, but the story it will address will be different.
In January it was learned that Disney would begin work on the sequel to Wizards of Waverly Place.
At that moment, Selena Gomez and David Henriewho played the eldest brother of the wizard family, They shared the good news on their social networks.
On his Instagram account, Selena Gómez shared a photo of her character and Henrie’s in the Disney series. “We are back,” the actress wrote in a Story to announce the news.
For its part, Henrie followed suit and took to his Instagram account to announce the news with an image of the script. “The Russos are excited to be part of their family once again, but we have grown. 2024, the year the magic returns!” he wrote.
Disney also shared the news in a TikTok video, which features a montage of clips from the show in which Alex waves his wand and an image of the script that says “Wizards” appears on the table.
In accordance with deadline, the sequel to The Wizards of Waverly Place Selena Gomez will tell and David Henrie as executive producers of the series. Furthermore, the latter will also star in the sequel to the show that premiered in 2007.
Gomez will guest star in the pilot episode of the sequel. The actress will return as Alex Russo, a character who helped launch her career.
Unlike the singer, David Henrie will be a regular character from the series along with Janice LeAnn Brown, Alkaio Thiele and Mimi Gianopulos, who complete the cast of the sequel.
So far, it has not been confirmed whether David Deluise (Jerry Russo), Maria Canals-Barrera (Theresa Russo) or even Jake T. Austin (Max Russo) will participate in the sequel to the Disney series; However, everything seems to indicate that it could be possible.
The pilot is helmed by writers and executive producers Jed Elinoff and Scott Thomaswho are behind another Disney Channel spin-off comedy, Raven’s House (2017).
In accordance with deadline, The sequel’s story will begin after a mysterious incident at WizTech, where an adult Justin Russo left his wizard powers behind and opted for a human life. normal with his wife and two children. But he gets a surprise when a powerful young wizard in need of training appears on his doorstep and Justin must reconnect with his past to secure the future of the Wizarding World.
The series created by Todd J. Greenwald ran from 2007 to 2012.and followed the story of the Russo family, in which the three brothers Alex, Justin and Max learned to use the magic that they inherited from their father, who gave up his powers when marrying a mortal woman.
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