Selena Gomez is one busy woman in 2024! Not only is season four of Only Murders in the Building expected to drop this summer, but she will play Linda Ronstadt in an upcoming biopic. Perhaps most excitingly for fans from her early days, Selena will also relive her Disney days in an upcoming Wizards of Waverly Place revival.
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In 2007, Wizards of Waverly Place premiered on Disney Channel. Selena portrayed a spunky young wizard named Alex Russo alongside her on-screen brothers, Justin (David Henrie) and Max (Jake T. Austin). The series ran for four seasons, with the finale airing in 2012. It also inspired and a film, Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie, in 2009, and a standalone television special, The Wizards Return: Alex Vs. Alex, in 2013.
So what can fans expect from the upcoming Wizards of Waverly Place revival?
Disney ordered a pilot for the 'Wizards of Waverly Place' reboot—and Selena and David are executive producers.
On January 18, Deadline reported that Disney Branded Television ordered a pilot for a Wizards of Waverly Place revival. Not only will Selena and David appear on the show (she as a guest star and he as a series regular) but they will also serve as executive producers. Selena confirmed the news in her Instagram Story, writing, “We’re back!” along with a still from the original series.
David also confirmed the show's revival.
David took to Instagram on January 18 to announce the reboot was officially happening. He posted a photo of the cover of the pilot's script, writing, “The Russo’s are excited to become a part of your family, once again, but we’ve grown 2024, the year magic comes back! ” Among the excited comments, his on-screen dad, David DeLuise, wrote, “Reboot?”
Folks on social media are excited about the reboot.
Plenty of fans on X (formerly Twitter) were thrilled with the Wizards of Waverly Place revival news. One person exclaimed, “OKAY NOBODY PANIC THE WIZARDS OF WAVERLY PLACE IS COMING BACK?!”
Still, some were less than thrilled that a non-wizard Justin and his family will be the main focus instead of Alex. Someone tweeted, “Wizards of Waverly Place reboot except it’s only about Justin and also he isn’t a wizard anymore plus he’s old.”
Meanwhile another person pointed out, “So in the new Wizards of Waverly Place sequel show you’re telling me that Justin doesn’t end up with Juilet after everything Justin did and went through to get her back?"
What cast members are returning for the ‘Wizards of Waverly Place’ reboot?
So far, only Selena and David have been confirmed for the revival. It’s unclear whether their little brother, Jake, will join them. It has not yet been revealed if other main cast members—Jennifer Stone, Maria Canals-Barrera and DeLuise—will at least join for a cameo. (Be we have our fingers crossed!)
What is the plot of the 'Wizards of Waverly Place' revival?
The reboot follows an adult Justin Rosso, who gave up his wizard powers in favor of a regular human life with his wife and two sons. However, a “powerful young wizard in need of training” finds him after a “mysterious incident at WizTech,” forcing Justin to “embrace his past to ensure the future of the Wizard World.” Jed Elinoff and Scott Thomas, the minds behind the spinoff Raven’s Home, wrote the pilot for the reboot.
New cast members will join.
As with most reboots, new cast members will join the Wizards of Waverly place revival. Janice LeAnn Brown (Disney’s Just Roll with It), Alkaio Thiele (Call Me Kat) and Mimi Gianopulos (American Princess) have been announced as new faces so far. Janice will play the powerful young wizard, Billie, whom Justin helps. Alkaio will play Justin’s oldest son, Roman Russo. And Mimi will play Justin’s wife, Giada.
We can’t wait to welcome them to Wizards of Waverly Place!
