Disney Channel Series:

Good Luck Charlie (2010): If you are a reader of Disney Society, then you are familiar with this new series. It stars Bridgit Mendler and Jason Dolley and is about two teenagers, Teddy and Casey Holliday, and their 10-year-old brother, Gabe, whose parents enlist their help when they return to work after the birth of their fourth child, Charlotte, aka Charlie. With their parents juggling full time careers, the older Holliday siblings pitch in, getting very familiar with baby formula, burp clothes and babysitting while navigating typical teenage life. You can read more on this series here.

Untitled Mall Project (2010?): I am not so sure about this project and I have heard whispers here and there about it. It’s supposed to be a TV show based on Ashley Tisdale’s teenage years when she worked in a mall. It doesn’t look like it’s happening anytime soon and the project may either be on hold or shut down all together. Disney Society is keeping an eye on this one!

Disney Channel Movies:

Starstruck (2010): Production has already begun on this Disney Channel Original Movie and it stars Sonny With a Chance’s Sterling Knight. Starstruck is about Jessica Olson (played by Campbell), a down-to-earth girl from the Midwest who collides (literally) with Hollywood’s teen heartthrob, pop star Christopher Wilder (played by Knight). They wind up on a love-struck adventure in Southern California, but their bond is tested when she returns home and he publicly denies their relationship. You can read more about it here.

High School Musical 4: East Meets West (2010): Disney Channel announced back in March about another High School Musical. The shocker was, none of the characters from HSM3 (you know, the new ones they introduced!) would be returning. HSM4 is about when East meets West in a classic love triangle set against the cross-town school rivalry between the East High Wildcats and West High Knights. You can check out the audition info here and more about the movie here.

Avalon High: We are not sure when this movie is slated to be released, but do know that they started auditions for it quite awhile ago. You can see the audition info here. The film is about Elaine “Ellie” Harrison who has just moved from Minnesota to Annapolis, Maryland while her parents take a year long sabbatical to continue their medieval studies in nearby DC. Her new high school, Avalon High, seems like a typical high school with the stereotypical students: Lance the jock, Jennifer the cheerleader, Marco, the bad boy/desperado, and Will, the senior class president, quarterback, and all around good guy. But not everyone at Avalon High is who they appear to be, not even Ellie herself.

Eventually, it becomes apparent that Avalon High is a situation where the ancient Arthurian legend is repeating itself. Will, Jennifer, Lance, Marco, and Mr. Morton all correspond to King Arthur, Queen Guinevere, Knight Lancelot, Mordred, and Merlin, respectively.

Den Brother (2011): Today is the first I have heard of this movie. It’s about a high school hockey player who is forced to lead his sister’s Girl Guide troop. There is no casting info, no audition info…so basically we don’t know much yet about this DCOM. Stay tuned!

Which one of these projects sounds the most exciting to you!?

Sources: IMDB, Disney Channel, Disney Society

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Meet Sonny (Camp Rock’s Demi Lovato), a talented Midwestern girl who relocates to Los Angeles to join the cast of the most popular sketch comedy show for teens and tweens, “So Random!” But life behind the scenes on a Hollywood set is not as idyllic as Sonny imagined, especially because of her fellow performers: the selfabsorbed Tawni (Tiffany Thornton), suave Nico (Brandon Mychal Smith), funnyman Grady (Doug Brochu), quirky Zora (Allisyn Ashley Arm) and dreamy Chad Dylan Cooper (Sterling Knight), star of the teen drama “Mackenzie Falls” that films in the adjacent studio, and his simmering rivalry with the cast of “So Random!” Sonny With A Chance: Sonny’s Big Break comes with bonus features as well as a bonus world premiere episode on the DVD!

Bonus Episode
• “Sonny In The Middle” – World Premiere Episode on DVD, never before seen!
Bonus Features
• Backstage Disney – Demi Lovato Audition Tape
• Bonus Short – “Mackenzie Falls – Season Finale Cliffhanger” – an all original online series starring Sterling Knight

If you are a Sonny with a Chance fan, you’ll love this DVD.

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Not only will you get to see episodes of this hit show, but during the program breaks, you’ll be taken behind-the-scenes uring production and provide step-by-step instructions on how to draw the popular characters Phineas, Ferb, Candace, Agent P and Perry the Platypus. Printable instructions are also available for download at DisneyChannel.com.

This has already aired in the UK and I’ve seen some video clips of how they draw the characters. It’s pretty cool and if you have any artistic abilities what-so-ever, you might want to give it a shot.

Source: Disney Channel Press Release

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How will they cast the roles? A National Casting Call will be held in several major cities all over the United States. You must submit a resume and head shot. For where to send this information, see Acting Info.

Here are the roles they are trying to fill and the plot:

Bob Breman
Anne Breman
Casey Breman
Gabe Breman
Teddy Breman

The show follows the antics of the suburban Breman family, Bob and Anne, their two sons and one daughter, their newborn baby Daisy, and the family dog Roscoe.

As I find out more information about the National Casting Call, I will post it here at Disney Society.

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There is SO much happening on the Disney Channel right now and on the big screen. Disney has a ton of projects underway including lots of new Disney Channel Original Movies and Disney movies headed our way. It’s hard to keep up with it all!

I thought I would update you on what’s coming, so you can make sure not to miss a thing!

• Camp Rock: Behind the Scenes – July 13th – Disney Channel
• High School Musical 3: First Look – July 13th – Disney Channel
• 2008 Disney Channel Games beginning July 27th – You can see the schedule and teams here. – Disney Channel
• The Cheetah Girls:One World – August 22nd – Disney Channel
• J.O.N.A.S. - September 2008 – Disney Channel Series
• The Suite Life on Deck - Sometime fall of 2008 – Disney Channel Series
• Dadnapped – October 10th – Disney Channel
• High School Musical 3:Senior Year - October 24th – Theatrical Release

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• BOLT – November 26th – Theatrical Release
• TinkerBell – October 28th – Theatrical Release
• Princess Protection Program – January 2009 – Disney Channel
• Hatching Pete – March 7, 2009 – Disney Channel
• Hannah Montana the Movie - May 1, 2009 – Theatrical Release
• UP – May 29, 2009 – Theatrical Release

I think that’s it for now. If I missed anything please let me know. We have a very full schedule ahead and I am looking forward to it.

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Disney has officially greenlighted the new Disney Channel series “Welcome to Mollywood” starring Camp Rock’s Demi Lovato! Guess what everyone is saying? “Watch out Miley and Hilary!”

This show has the potential to put Demi at the same star status as Miley Cyrus and Hilary Duff.

The series centers on Molly, a 15-year old small town girl, is chosen to join the cast of the most popular and long-running teen sketch comedy show on television, after a nation-wide search. The series will feature a show-within-a-show and will have quite its fair share of comedy sketches.

The “Welcome to Mollywood” cast also includes Tiffany Thornton, Brandon Mychal Smith, Doug Brochu and Allisyn Ashley Arm. Production is set for September.

“This series is rooted in one of the core thematic attributes that we stand for, which is following your dream,” said Gary Marsh, president of entertainment at Disney Channels Worldwide. “There also was the opportunity to do a hybrid show.”

Demi is rising to the top of the heap of Disney Channel Stars fast! She has a lot going on right now including Camp Rock, Princess Protection Program, As the Bell Rings and she also signed on with Disney’s Hollywood Records and will tour with the Jonas Brothers this summer. WOW! We will be seeing a lot of Demi in these next few months.

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Disney has been busy making announcements lately. The newest ones are which series they have ordered back for more and what Disney Channel Original Movies are in the works.

If you were wondering about the future of “Hannah Montana“, don’t worry. Disney ordered a third season of the hit show, so we can all expect new episodes which will make some of you very very happy! They have also picked up a second season of “Wizards of Waverly Place” and “Phineas and Ferb“.

As far as the hugely popular Disney Channel Original Movies, we have all heard that High School Musical 4 is already being written. Which was pretty exciting news. What else is on the DCOM schedule?

• “Dadnapped” starring Emily Osment, Jason Earles, Moises Arias, David Henrie and Phill Lewis, which is built around a girl who is frustrated with her author-father, who is never around. During a father-daughter vacation, her dad goes missing and she must find him.
• “Princess Protection Program” starring Demi Lovato, Selena Gomez and Tom Verica, which is about a teenage princess who must flee and go into a top-secret protection program.
• “Hatching Pete” starring Jason Dolley and Mitchell Musso, which is about a shy high school student who’s struggling to be noticed. He fills in for a friend as school mascot, and while in costume becomes a star.

I’d say all of us Disney Channel fans have a lot to look forward to! When I get definite release dates for these movies I will let you know.

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