In January 2024, it was reported that the television series Wizards of Waverly Place would be “rebooted” on Disney Channel with the characters Justin Russo and Alex Russo starring David Henrie and Selena Gomez.

“So excited,” Selena shared via her Instagram at the time. In the second post, the singer captioned a photo of her scene with Henrie and wrote: “We’re back.”

Previously, in 2020, Henrie excitedly shared with fans in a video posted on YouTube that this movie would be restarted.

In addition to playing the female lead, many outlets also reported that Selena Gomez has been appointed as the project’s executive producer. Henrie continues to play Justin Russo. Janice LeAnn Brown follows in the footsteps of Henrie and Gomez to play a young witch named Billie, while Mimi Gianopulos will play Justin’s wife.

Alkaio Thiele has been cast as one of Justin’s two sons, Roman. Aside from Henrie and Gomez, no other original cast members from the film have been confirmed to return.

What content the “reboot” of Wizards of Waverly Place will have is something that many audiences are interested in. According to the reveal, the new film will take place after a mysterious incident at WizTech, where adult Justin Russo left behind his witch powers to choose a normal life when he got married, had a wife, and had 2 children. male.

But he is surprised to see a powerful young wizard in need of training appear on his doorstep, and Justin must come to terms with his past to ensure the future of the wizarding world.

“It’s going to be really fun and I’m excited to bring the characters back. This is not a reboot, it’s going to be a different version. I’m so excited for you guys to see it,” Selena said. Gomez said during an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! in February this year.

Wizards of Waverly Place (original title: Wizards of Waverly Place) is a television series extremely popular with audiences, which premiered on Disney Channel from 2007 – 2012.

The film is about the three Russo children, including the mature eldest brother Justin Russo (David Henrie), the rebellious second sister Alex Russo (Selena Gomez) and the stubborn youngest brother Max Russo (Jake T. Austin). As they reach adulthood, the Russo siblings begin to fall under the family’s magical curse. At this time, all three have to face challenges in the journey of learning to be witches, and also have to deal with the psychological and physiological troubles of puberty.