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The red carpet at the Wizards Beyond Waverly Place premiere was a nostalgic and star-studded event, bringing together Disney Channel favorites, both old and new. Fans were thrilled to see Selena Gomez and David Henrie reunite on the carpet, alongside other familiar faces from Wizards of Waverly Place and stars from Disney classics like Camp Rock and Hannah Montana!
This Disney-filled celebration took place on Monday, Oct. 28, just one day before the series premiere on Disney Channel.
ICYMI, the reboot follows David’s character Justin as he lives a normal, non-magical life with his wife Giada (played by Mimi Gianopulos) and sons Roman Russo (Alkaio Thiele) and Milo Russo (Max Matenko). Things pick up when Justin is thrust back into the world of magic after a young wizard (Janice LeAnn Brown) goes to Justin for help to save the Wizarding world.
Both David and Selena served as executive producers for the Disney spinoff, with the Rare Beauty founder returning as a guest star, appearing in the first episode.
“Selena and I sat around for so many years, just talking about what the characters would be doing with no expectation that we’re doing a sequel show or a reboot or anything like that,” David told J-14 Magazine exclusively, explaining that he and Selena stayed good friends since the Wizards of Waverly Place‘s final episode in 2012.
“Then, she became good friends with my wife, and so the three of us would be sitting around talking about it, having a glass of wine,” he recalled. “And then eventually it got to the point where we were like, ‘You know what? We should just go sit and have the same conversation in front of Disney, ’cause I think we got something,’” he said, adding with a laugh: “Obviously no wine, but we should sit in front of them and have this conversation and pitched them a show.”
One element David and Selena wanted to make sure this new era of Wizards had was making a show that’s “in this spirit of the original.”
“So a show that’s for kids as well as adults who could sit down and watch it,” he added. “We didn’t want to make some edgy, 180 degree departure from the original show and do some single cam adult edgy thing. We really wanted to pass this down to another generation and have the original fan come on the ride with us.”
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