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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Last night my family and I popped some popcorn and watched the new Disney Channel Original Movie “Princess Protection Program” on DVD. Disney has done it again and made one very cute movie!

I don’t want to tell you too much about it, because I don’t want to spoil it, but if you are a fan of Selena Gomez and Demi Lovato, then you will love their on-screen chemistry.

PPP has a cute story line and teaches a lesson about giving to others and treating everyone with respect. We learn quite a bit about what the job of a Princess requires.

Synopsis:
In the movie, royalty meets reality with Carter Mason, a rural Louisiana teen, and Rosalinda Marie Montoya Fiore, the soon-to-be teenage monarch of the tiny country of Costa Luna. The pair meets after Carter’s father, an agent in the covert international Princess Protection Program, rescues Rosalinda from a military take-over. He whisks Rosalinda to a PPP base where she receives a temporary new identity, Rosie Gonzalez, and is placed in his care until order can be restored in Costa Luna. When he arrives back in Lake Monroe, both teenagers are shell-shocked when Rosie moves into Carter’s room and the princess, posing as Carter’s visiting cousin from Iowa, begins adjusting to country life and enrolls in Carter’s school. Despite their differences, the girls slowly learn that there’s not only a lot to like about each other, but lessons to learn as well. That’s apparent when Rosie nominates Carter for homecoming queen over the heated objections of two jealous rivals, Chelsea and Brooke. And with her newfound realization, Carter brainstorms a way to help her new best friend regain her throne, even if it puts her own well-being at risk.

The bonus features were just as fun to watch as the movie. The DVD features an exclusive new music video of “One and the Same” performed by Selena Gomez and Demi Lovato and a behind-the-scenes look at the film with the teen stars.

The cast got along great and filming in gorgeous Puerto Rico with a bunch of friends is the best way to make a movie.

“Princess Protection Program” premieres on the Disney Channel June 26th and will be available on DVD June 30th.

For more pictures from the movie and a chance to win a PPP party kit, click here!

BFFs Demi Lovato and Selena Gomez have recorded a song together for their upcoming Disney Channel Original Movie “Princess Protection Program”. It’s called “One in the Same”. What do you think?

PPP airs on the Disney Channel June 26th and the DVD will be released on June 30th. Do you think this movie will be any good? I like what I’ve seen from the clips so far and I think Selena and Demi fans are thrilled to see them in a movie together.

Nicholas Braun has pulled out the “Ed cam” again and is taking us behind-the-scenes of “Princess Protection Program”. We get to see the cast, including Samantha Droke, Kevin Scmidt, Selena Gomez and Demi Lovato.

(Be sure and check out my exclusive interviews with Samantha and Kevin!)

Nicholaus turns the camera on Demi and says, “People have been saying that you act like a princess on set”. Demi’s reply was “I’m not a princess, I’m a queen”. LOL.

“Princess Protection Program” comes to the Disney Channel on Friday, June 26th!

So far, 2009 has given us three Disney Channel Original Movies. They include “Dadnapped”, “Hatching Pete” and the upcoming “Princess Protection Program”.

The ratings for Dadnapped and Hatching Pete were pretty darn good. Disney always seems to deliver good TV Movies that fans enjoy. So, what’s next as far as DCOM’s go?

According to IMDB, the “Wizards of Waverly Place” movie will be released sometime in 2009 and it about “how one of the Russo’s spills the families secret of being wizards to the world.” They are done filming the movie, so now I guess it’s all about editing, which means a 2009 date is definitely possible.

Back at the beginning of March, Disney announced that “High School Musical 4” is happening and that it will be released as a Disney Channel movie and is about “East meets West in a classic love triangle set against the cross-town school rivalry between the East High Wildcats and West High Knights.”

What we don’t know about HSM4 is who’s going to be in it! Matt Prokop, Jemma-McKenzie Brown and Justin Martin aren’t involved in the movie anymore, even though we were lead to believe they would be carrying on the franchise.

Gary Marsh, the entertainment president of Disney Channel worldwide had this to say about the movie: “In crafting this next iteration, we’ve challenged the entire creative team to raise the bar again and create something truly worthy of this extraordinary global phenomenon”.

It will be interesting to see what movie the Disney Channel cooks up for 2010.Which Disney Channel Original Movie are you looking forward to the most?

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“Hatching Pete” is coming to the Disney Channel next month on April 24th. It stars Mitchel Musso (Hannah Montana), Tiffany Thornton (Sony with a Chance) and Jason Dolley (Cory in the House). We have some new sneak peeks!

This brand new Disney Channel Original Movie is about “Pete Ivey (played by Dolley) is a quiet and often overlooked 16-year-old who must stand in for his outgoing best friend Cleatus Poole (played by Musso) when Cleatus cannot complete his duties as their high school mascot, a chicken. The chicken mascot, with Pete anonymously behind the mask, soon becomes the main attraction at school, but no one knows it’s not Cleatus in the suit. Once it’s revealed that Cleatus is not in the costume, it’s up to Pete to decide if he’s willing to step into the spotlight.”

2 more clips below. Are you excited about this movie?

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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 Disney Channel is celebrating Black History Month with several acclaimed Disney Channel Original Movies, as well as featuring kids from across the nation. They will share their unique stories, talents and goals.

Here’s a list of the DCOM’s that will air during the month of February:

• "The Color of Friendship”, Air dates: Tuesday, February 3 (8:00 p.m., ET/PT), Wednesday, February 4 (12:00 noon, ET/PT), Wednesday, February 25 (8:00 p.m., ET/PT) and Thursday, February 26 (12:00 noon, ET/PT).
• “Jump In!”, Aur dates: Saturday, February 7 (4:00 p.m., ET/PT), Saturday, February 21 (8:00 p.m., ET/PT) and Sunday, February 22 (12:00 noon, ET/PT).
• “The Cheetah Girls 2”, Air date: Saturday, February 7 (6:00 p.m., ET/PT).
• “The Cheetah Girls: One World”, Air dates: Saturday, February 7 (8:00 p.m., ET/PT); Thursday, February 26 (8:00 p.m., ET/PT) and Friday, February 27 (12:00 noon, ET/PT)
• “Twitches”, Air dates: Monday, February 9 (8:00 p.m., ET/PT) and Tuesday, February 10 (12:00 noon, ET/PT).
• “The Cheetah Girls”, Air dates: Tuesday, February 17 (8:00 p.m., ET/PT) and Wednesday, February 18 (12:00 noon, ET/PT)
• “Twitches Too”, Air dates: February 18 (8:00 p.m., ET/PT) and Thursday, February 19 (12:00 noon, ET/PT).
• “The Proud Family Movie”, Air dates: Monday, February 23 (8:00 p.m., ET/PT) and Tuesday, February 24 (12:00 noon, ET/PT).

That is a great lineup of movies!

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“Dadnapped” is a Disney Channel Original Movie starring a bunch of Disney Channel stars. We’ll get to see Emily Osment, Jason Earles, David Henrie, Moises Arias and Phill Lewis star in the movie.

“Dadnapped” is a daughter-father action comedy set in and around the fictional Western town of Mercury, 15-year-old Melissa Morris and her father, Neal, the author of a popular action hero book series featuring Tripp Zoome, attend a conference of the book’s most ardent fans and unwittingly become part of a prank dad-napping by three teens.

Emily Osment spoke to TigerBeat about filming a music video for the movie. I’m also chatting with Jason Earles today, so let me know if there’s anything you want to know about “Dadnapped”!

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The upcoming Disney Channel Original Movie “Dadnapped” has a new extended trailer. The movie, starring Hannah Montana’s Emily Osment and Wizards of Waverly Place’s David Henrie, airs February 2009 on the Disney Channel.

"Dadnapped" tells the story of Melissa Morris (Osment) who desperately tries to gain more attention from her always preoccupied father, best-selling author Neal. Melissa lives in the shadow of Tripp Zoome, the adventurous and clever hero from her father’s popular spy novels. During a long overdue father-daughter vacation, an unexpected detour leads to her father’s kidnapping, first by overzealous fans and then again by two brothers with ulterior motives. Melissa suddenly finds herself living in her own adventurous Tripp Zoome plot and is forced to find the courage and know-how to find her missing dad.

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