In celebration of the upcoming release of the Dadnapped/Hatching Pete Double Feature DVD, we have some great clips for you. This exciting DVD will be available for purchase on May 12th and you can check out my review and all of the details of the DVD here.

Enjoy some video clips such as Mitchel Musso and Tiffany Thornton’s music video “Let it Go” and Emily Osment’s music video for “Hero in Me”.

Dadnapped / Hatching Pete Video Clips

Music Video: Mitchel Musso and Tiffany Thornton Let It Go

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On May 12th, two popular Disney Channel Original Movies, Dadnapped and Hatching Pete, will be released on DVD as a double feature. This is the first time that two Disney feature length movies are coming together on one disc.

I received my copy the other day and we watched both movies again, as well as all of the great bonus features. I really hope Disney continues to release DCOM’s in a double feature like this. It just makes sense and it’s such a great addition to any Disney fan’s DVD collection!

Dadnapped

In Dadnapped, fourteen year-old Melissa (Emily Osment) is struggling with a unique kind of sibling rivalry. To get her father Neil’s (George Newburn) attention, she has to compete with teenage spy Tripp Zoome, the main character in her father’s best selling novels. Her dad spends so much time on his imaginary son’s exciting missions that even Melissa’s special daughter-dad vacation gets interrupted by a promotional event for Neil’s newest book. But when Neil is abducted by overzealous fanboys and falls into the clutches of a pair of sinister brothers, the fictional Tripp can’t save him and Melissa will have to try to channel her "inner Zoome" to rescue her dad. 

Hatching Pete

A bashful high school student finds fames as a high-flying poultry impersonator in Hatching Pete. Pete’s (Jason Dolley) best friend Poole (Mitchel Musso) wants to keep up his family’s longstanding tradition of playing their high school mascot, the Chicken, but Poole is allergic to the costume. Pete agrees to stand in for his pal, but only on the condition that his identity remains a secret. The anonymity of the Chicken suit gives Pete the freedom he’s always dreamed of and a whole new personality emerges. His unexpectedly outrageous antics make the Chicken an instant celebrity— except no one knows it’s Pete. As Poole reaps the benefits of his pal’s talent, Pete must decide if it’s time to reveal that he’s the man behind the beak.

Hatching Pete Bonus Features
• Unmasking The Mascot – A Hatching Pete bonus feature so viewers can find out what it’s really like inside the suit!

Dadnapped Bonus Features  
• Exclusive Extended Ending  
• Trip Zoome: Off The Rails: An Animated Graphic Novel

Watch Leo’s Little Big Show with the stars of Hatching Pete and Dadnapped below.

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The Disney Channel Original Movie “Hatching Pete” premiered last night on the Disney Channel. I didn’t get a chance to see it because I was out, but I plan on catching it tonight.

On May 12th, you can purchase a Hatching Pete & Dadnapped double feature DVD. The cover is pictured to the left.

For those of you that did see it, I would love to know what you thought about it! Vote in the poll below and then share your thoughts in the comment section.

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Here is the encore schedule for the rest of the weekend:

SATURDAY, APRIL 25 (8:00 p.m., ET/PT)
• Encore presentation of “Hatching Pete” on Disney Channel, with a behind-the-scenes set tour from the upcoming Disney Channel series “JONAS,” hosted by its stars, Kevin, Joe and Nick Jonas, Chelsea Staub and Nicole Anderson.

SUNDAY, APRIL 26 (9:00 p.m., ET/PT)
• Encore presentation of “Hatching Pete” on Disney Channel, with an exclusive sneak peek of the upcoming DisneyPixar feature film, “Up.” The animated comedy adventure follows 78-year-old Carl Fredricksen as he fulfills his dream of a great adventure when he ties thousands of balloons to his house and flies away to the wilds of South America, only to discover that he has brought with him his biggest nightmare, a 9-year-old Wilderness Explorer stowaway.

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Disney Channel’s “Night of Stars” was full of great features for Disney fans.

We saw new music video, new episodes of “Hannah Montana” and “Wizards of Waverly Place” and of course the premiere of the DCOM “Dadnapped”.

“Dadnapped” went head-to-head with Nickelodeon’s original movie “Spectacular”.

Who ended up on top of the ratings chart? Dadnapped! In fact, it out performed Spectacular by double-digit percent margins. Sweet!

Check out all of the ratings for the individual shows below.

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Don’t forget that tonight, February 16th, is Disney Channel’s Night of Stars. It is definitely a star-studded night that you are not going to want to miss! Here’s a quick list of what the night will hold:

• New Jonas Brothers’ music video “BB Good”.
• New Miley Cyrus music video “The Climb” and “HoeDown ThrowDown,", from “Hannah Montana: The Movie”
• The premiere of the Disney Channel Original Movie “Dadnapped”. Watch the first four minutes here.
• New episode of “As the Bell Rings”.
• New episode of “Hannah Montana”.
• New episode of “Wizards of Waverly Place”.

It all kicks off from 7:00-9:40 p.m., ET/PT. Are you going to watch!?

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The new Disney Channel Original Movie “Dadnapped” airs on February 16th, as part of the Night of Stars event.

I had the chance to chat with Jason Earles, who plays Merv in “Dadnapped”, and he told me a little bit about the movie. Here’s an excerpt of our interview:

Disney Society: So, ‘Dadnapped’ is coming out on February 16^th. I know that you play Merv. What can you tell me about that character?

Jason: Merv is the hotel manager of the hotel that Emily, who plays Melissa, and her dad stay at. Her dad’s a writer of these really popular, sort of spy books and there’s a convention going on there, so they swing by and he’s doing a little event at the convention. Her dad gets kidnapped, Dadnapped, and I help Melissa try to track down her father. He’s [Merv] a really big, sort of silly character. He’s probably the biggest, broadest, sort of silly character in the show. He’s got this rat pack sort of a vibe about him with the big pompadour hair, the white jacket. He definitely stands out.

The thing that’s really cool is he is completely different from Jackson. I think that all of the Disney fans that watch the movie will be excited to see all of these characters from the different shows play parts that are totally different. David Henrie is different than he is in Wizards. Moises and Emily are both from my show and they both play very different roles. And even Phil Lewis who is like the butler from Suite Life – Mr. Moseby – he plays a bad guy. So, it’s a lot of familiar faces, but you see them in cool, different ways.

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Here is Part 2 of my great conversation with Jason Earles, who plays Jackson on “Hannah Montana”. Jason has SO much going on that I had to break up the interview into two parts. We had a lot to talk about! You can check out Part 1 here.

In Part 2, we talked about “Hannah Montana: The Movie”, “Space Buddies”, “Dadnapped”, “Aaron Stone” and more! Whew!

Jason was so gracious to answer all of my questions and I wanted to give him a big “Thank You!!”.

Enjoy!

Disney Society: What was it like filming “Hannah Montana: The Movie” in Tennessee?

Jason: It was awesome! Probably the coolest part of it was, we went from taping our show, (that we shot 60 episodes on our sound stage from, it was always in that one place never out in the world), to this beautiful setting in Tennessee. So, all of these characters that we got to know intimately, you suddenly get to see where they came from, out in the world, driving cars, out on the ranch and doing big giant concerts. It was just cool to see the scale of it all change from our little TV show to a big giant movie.

Disney Society: What can you tell us about the movie and Jackson’s role in it? Do you go to TN with Miley?

Jason: My role in the movie is sort of like the show where I sort of pop in and provide a little comic relief. The premise is Jackson is going off to TN to go to college and then he sort of gets sucked into Miley’s troubles in TN a little bit.

The overall story for the movie is that Miley sort of loses her way a little bit and doesn’t really understand the distinction between Miley and Hannah Montana anymore. So, we take her back to TN to sort of make her remember where she came from. It’s kind of like a finding yourself again story. I’d say that’s what 90 percent of the movie is about and it’s a really beautifully shot, beautiful music, sweet moments, funny moments….it’s the total package for a good family movie.

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February 16th is all about a Night of Stars!

The evening is full of new episodes and new music videos. You can see brand new episodes of “Hannah Montana”, “Wizards of Waverly Place” and “As the Bell Rings”.

We will also get to see new Jonas Brothers and Miley Cyrus videos.

The night is also the debut of the DCOM “Dadnapped”. Yep, it’s a BIG night! Here’s the promo for the new “As the Bell Rings”, starring Tony Oller.

Don’t miss this great night of TV on the Disney Channel!!

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Check out Emily Osment’s new music video “The Hero in Me”. The song is from the upcoming Disney Channel Original Movie “Dadnapped”, which airs on February 16th! Are you planning on watching it? Watch the music video and tell me what you think about Emily.

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Don’t forget that Monday, February 16th is Disney Channel’s “Night of Stars”. You can see the whole schedule for the night here. Check out the promo for this fun filled night:

We get new music videos from the Jonas Brothers & Miley Cyrus, new episodes of Hannah Montana & Wizards of Waverly Place and of course, a brand new DCOM “Dadnapped”. One awesome night!

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