Disney announced yesterday that “Camp Rock 2 The Final Jam” will start production this summer. Demi Lovato, the Jonas Brothers, Alyson Stoner, Meaghan Jette Martin and Maria Canals-Barrera are all returning.

Now that you know Camp Rock 2 is a go, I imagine you want to know about the auditions! ActingInfo has the details you need for sending in your headshot and resume. There will be open calls for extras and dancers, but no information for that is available yet.

Also joining the film is hip hop artist Matthew “Mdot” Finley and Chloe Bridges, a 17-year-old classical pianist. Mdot plays the reigning  singer across the lake at Camp Star who challenges Camp Rock to a musical showdown. Nate (Nick Jonas) falls for Dana (Chloe Bridges), the daughter of Camp Star’s owner.

Are you excited about Camp Rock 2?

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Check out this brand new DCOM extra with the cast of “Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie”. It premieres sometime in August on the Disney Channel!

“Wizards of Waverly Place The Movie” follows the Russo family as they embark on a vacation to the Caribbean resort where Jerry and Theresa first met.  The adventure comedy has Alex upset that she must accompany her family on the trip and she ultimately conjures a spell that reverses her parents’ fateful first meeting and puts the Russo family’s very existence in question.  To cancel the spell, Alex and Justin must set out through the jungle to find the all-powerful ‘Stone of Dreams.’  Meanwhile, Max scrambles to make his parents fall in love again.

The Film Review has a list of “The Ten Most Expensive Movies Ever Made”. Three Disney films made the cut.

C0ming in at number 6 was “The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian”, which was made in 2008 and cost $200 million. Director Andrew Adamson shot the film in New Zealand, Prague, Slovenia and Poland, which definitely helped add to the costs of production. It had a gross revenue of $420 million, so I don’t think there were too many complaints.

Coming in at number at number 3 was “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest”, which was made in 2006. It cost $225 million to bring Johnny Depp, Keira Knightley and Orlando Bloom back for the sequel.It raked in over $1 billion at the box office. Not bad, not bad at all.

Coming in at number one was “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End”, which was filmed in 2007. This was the final installment of the Disney trilogy and cost $300 million. The critics were hard on the film, but it won ‘Best Movie’ at the People’s Choice Awards and brought in a gross revenue of $1 billion.

What will Disney do next to top these three films?

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Selena Gomez, star of “Wizards of Waverly Place”, chatted with Time Out Kids to talk about her new movie with BFF Demi Lovato, “Princess Protection Program”. She talked about what it was like to work with Demi,  is she always wanted to be famous and if she has been able to avoid the pitfalls that so many young stars fall into.

On working with Demi in PPP: “Picture doing a movie with your best friend at 16. It was like a big sleepover! It really didn’t feel like work at all. It was strange to pretend that I didn’t know her in the beginning of the movie, since I’ve known her for ten years now, but it was fun. My favorite scene is when my character, Carter Mason, a rural Louisiana tomboy, bonds with Demi’s princess. It was interesting to play a girl who takes an emotional journey and ultimately comes to understand and learn about the true meaning of friendship.”

On if she always wanted to be famous: “No. I started in this business because I love acting. I was ecstatic when I got The Wizards of Waverly Place. When we first started shooting it, we actually had to pay people to come and watch the show because no one knew what it was! Now we haven’t even started season three and all of our shows are sold out. It’s been really crazy, but it’s been wonderful.”

On avoiding the pitfalls: “Knock on wood! Having had to work really hard to get where I am has a lot to do with it, but mostly it’s my parents. I’ve never disobeyed them. I’ve always tried to listen to them and do my best to follow the rules since they obviously know what’s best for me. Of course, I am 16, so there are times when I fight with them, but that’s normal.”

You can check out the rest of the interview here.

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The Jonas Brothers and Demi Lovato are ready to go for “Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam”, which is set to debut in 2010. Production on the movie will begin this summer. The movie has a new director and writer and seems to borrow a plot from Shakespeare.

Demi and the Jonas Brothers will head back to “Camp Rock”, as well as Meaghan Jette Martin, Maria Canals-Barrera and Alyson Stoner. The characters will discover that some of the campers have ditched Camp Rock for a rival camp next door called Camp Star.

Also joining the film is hip hop artist Matthew “Mdot” Finley and Chloe Bridges, a 17-year-old classical pianist. Mdot plays the reigning  singer across the lake at Camp Star who challenges Camp Rock to a musical showdown.

So where does the Shakespeare plot come into play? It comes when Nate (Nick Jonas) falls for Dana (Chloe Bridges), the daughter of Camp Star’s owner. So Nick has a love interest! It was Joe last time, now it’s Nick’s turn.

It’s good to hear a little bit more about this DCOM! What do you think about it?

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Princess Protection Program: Royal B.F.F. Extended Edition releases today on DVD! Check out these still pictures from the film.

When a tiny country is invaded by a dictator, a young Princess (Demi) is taken into custody by the Princess Protection Program. She is whisked away to rural Wisconsin where she must learn the ins and outs of behaving like a normal American teenager. In the process of adapting to her new life, Rosie gives her new friend and roommate, Carter (Selena), a few lessons in how to act like royalty!

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• Royal & loyal BFFs - Selema Gomez and Demi Lovato reveal secrets about their real-life friendship

• “One and the Same” music video - starring Selena Gomez and Demi Lovato
• A royal reality - a real-life princess shares the realities about gowns, castles and her royal responsibilities

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Demi Lovato and Selena Gomez chat with Access Hollywood about their hit movie, Princess Protection Program!

Selena talks about how the movie is mostly about friendship. “At first we kind of butt heads,” Selena reveals. “But you get to see our character arc and what we go through.”

As for the music video, Selena says it’s basically just she and Demi fooling around! “You get to see our real friendship during this music video.”

Selena also talks about how Disney is really good at reinventing princess stories and putting a unique twist to all of them.

There’s a new trailer out for Disney’s upcoming film Ponyo.

The beginning is very similar to the first trailer, but starting around 50 seconds you see them name all the voices in the film, including Noah Cyrus and Frankie Jonas!

The film follows a young and overeager goldfish named Ponyo decides to leave her underwater world behind after making friends with a five-year-old boy who lives in a small coastal village.

Ponyo comes to the big screen as imagined by legendary Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki, whose credits include films Spirited Away and Howl’s Moving Castle.

Ponyo hits the big screen on August 14, 2009.

The Princess Protection Program was rated as TV’s No. 1 entertainment Ttelecast of 2009 in
Kids 6-11 and Tweens 9-14!

The film also pulled in Cable’s Most-Watched Scripted Telecast in viewers.

Among the Disney Channel’s 76 original movie premieres, PPP ranked as the third most-watched debut, coming in third to June 2008’s ‘Camp Rock’ & August 2007’s ‘High School Musical 2.’

There was nearly 20 million unique viewers who watched the movie last night!

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Check out the full length trailer for the next Disney Channel Original Movie - Wizards of Waverly Place The Movie!

David Henrie recently chatted about the plot line, saying, “Alex gets in a fight with her parents while the whole family is on vacation. She casts a temporary forbidden spell that wishes the parents never met and they don’t remember each other. Our goal is to get the parents back together. We search these ancient ruins for the stone of dreams which can make one wish happen. We go on a big adventure and there is a big twist at the end.”

Sounds exciting!