Jed Elinoff: Last News

Disney+ and Disney Channel are ramping up their original movies slate, ordering an Under Wraps sequel, Under Wraps 2, and holiday heist title The Naughty Nine.

Wizards Beyond Waverly Place has been renewed for a second season.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter “Wizards Beyond Waverly Place” has been renewed for a second season at Disney Channel and Disney+. The followup to the classic Disney sitcom “Wizards of Waverly” place originally debuted in October 2024. Production on the new season of the Disney Branded Television series will begin in May in Los Angeles.

Wizards Beyond Waverly Place has premiered on Disney Channel!

Julia MacCary editor Selena Gomez‘s career took off as she took on the iconic role of Alex Russo in the beloved Disney Channel series “Wizards of Waverly Place” — and now she’s paying it forward with her TV brother David Henrie. For years, the two friends would have wine nights and discuss what their characters would be up to as they grew up. “We kept talking about it!” Gomez tells Variety at the “Wizards Beyond Waverly Place” premiere in Los Angeles.

Laughter echoes from a Los Angeles, California, soundstage on a Friday afternoon in September, as the cast of Wizards Beyond Waverly Place works on nailing a midseason cold open. 

EXCLUSIVE: Excitement is clearly brewing for the premiere of Wizards Beyond Waverly Place, as the trailer has already set a record for Disney Channel.

UPDATED with latest: Wizards Beyond Waverly Place now has a premiere date — in time for spooky season — and directors, familiar faces from Disney Channel. A first look video gave a glimpse at David Henrie’s and Selena Gomez‘s return for the sequel show and more.

Justin Russo (David Henrie) is taking a young wizard under his wing in Wizards Beyond Waverly Place.

Diego Ramos Bechara editor “Wizards Beyond Waverly Place,” the sequel series to the Disney Channel original “Wizards of Waverly Place,” will premiere on the network in October. Disney Channel will premiere the series’ first two episodes on Oct. 29 at 8:00 p.m.

Wizards Beyond Waverly Place will debut just in time for Halloween.

Selena Kuznikov A first look video at “Wizards Beyond Waverly Place” has been revealed by Disney, featuring behind-the-scenes moments with the series lead cast, including David Henrie and Janice LeAnn Brown, along with executive producer and guest star Selena Gomez. “This is where it all started,” Gomez says in the production first look. “We’re home!” The “Wizards of Waverly Place” spinoff follows an adult Justin Russo (Henrie) who chooses to lead a normal, mortal life with his family Giada (Mimi Gianopulos), Roman (Alkaio Thiele) and Milo (Max Matenko).

EXCLUSIVE: Kimberly Carver, who represents the likes of Jed Elinoff and Scott Thomas, who are behind Wizards of Waverly Place reboot, has moved from Anonymous Content to Avalon.

Raven-Symoné is extending her partnership with Disney!

Ethan Shanfeld Raven-Symoné has signed a multiyear overall deal with Disney Branded Television that includes a pilot greenlight for a “Raven’s Home” spinoff series titled “Alice in the Palace.” Disney also announced that “Raven’s Home,” itself a spinoff of “That’s So Raven,” will not return for a seventh season. The sixth and final season aired from April to September 2023.

EXCLUSIVE: Raven-Symoné is extending her relationship with Disney, which she has called home for many years, with a new multi-year overall deal at Disney Branded Television. Under the pact, she will produce, direct, and develop projects across linear and streaming, with a focus on multi-cam comedies.

UPDATED with latest: Selena Gomez revealed the Wizards of Waverly Place sequel title at Disney’s upfront Tuesday. The spinoff will be called Wizards Beyond Waverly Place. She also shared two first-look images which can be found below.

Selome Hailu Disney Channel’s upcoming “Wizards of Waverly Place” sequel series has a new title: “Wizards Beyond Waverly Place.” Selena Gomez, who starred in the original series as Alex Russo and executive produced the spinoff, announced the news during Disney’s 2024 upfront presentation, during which the company also released new images from the show — giving a first look at the grown-up versions of Alex and her brother Justin (David Henrie), as well as the new Russo family members. “Wizards: Beyond Waverly Place” follows an adult Justin Russo, who has chosen to lead a normal, mortal life with his family, Giada (Mimi Gianopulos), Roman (Alkaio Thiele) and Milo (Max Matenko).

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large Disney Channel has given an official series order to its “Wizards of Waverly Place” sequel, this time with the working title “Wizards.” Original stars Selena Gomez and David Henrie are set to exec produce, while Gomez will appear in a guest role and Henrie will be back full time as a series regular. Production will begin next month in Los Angeles on “Wizards,” which is aimed for a premiere later this year on both Disney Channel and Disney+.

Wizards of Waverly Place is creating its own universe as Disney Channel has officially greenlit a sequel series Wizards (w/t) with original stars Selena Gomez and David Henrie reprising their roles and taking on executive producer duties. Production on the new series begins In April in Los Angeles with a premiere tentatively scheduled for later this year on Disney Channel and Disney+.

Disney‘s Wizards Of Waverly Place is set to return for a sequel series, with Selena Gomez reprising her role as Alex Russo.The Disney Channel fantasy sitcom, which helped launch Gomez’s career, originally ran from 2007 to 2012.As reported by Deadline, Disney has now ordered a pilot for a reboot of the series, which will also see David Henrie return as Gomez’s onscreen sibling Justin.The pair are joined by new cast members Janice LeAnn Brown (Disney’s Just Roll with It), Alkaio Thiele (Call Me Kat) and Mimi Gianopulos (American Princess).The original Wizards Of Waverly Place followed a group of teenage wizards living on the titular street in New York’s Greenwich Village.The new series will reportedly pick up its story after a mysterious incident at WizTech, where an adult Justin Russo has neglected his wizard powers in favour of pursuing a normal, human life with his wife and two sons.However, he’s soon drawn back into the world of magic when a powerful young wizard in need of training shows up at his door, and Justin realises he must embrace his past to secure the future of the Wizard World.The revival pilot comes from writers and executive producers Jed Elinoff and Scott Thomas, who are behind another Disney Channel comedy spin-off, Raven’s Home.“Ohhhh we are sooo back to our childhoods,” wrote one excited fan on X/Twitter in response to the news. Another posted: “I hope the show is able to appeal to both kids and adults.

Selena Gomez and David Henrie is currently in the works. According to Deadline, Disney had ordered a pilot of the new series that will reportedly include Gomez, 31, as a guest star, while Henrie, 34, will be reprising his role as Justin Russo as a season regular.