| Zoey 102 (Zoey 101 spin off movie) | |
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| Directed by | Nancy Hower |
| Screenplay by | Monica Sherer & Madeline Whitby
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| Based on | Zoey 101 by Dan Schneider, Apollo ProMovie, Co., Ltd., Dolphin Entertainment & Nickelodeon Productions, Inc. |
| Produced by | Shauna Phelan & Zack Olin
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| Starring | Jamie Lynn Spears, Erin Sanders, Sean Flynn, Christopher Massey, Matthew Underwood, Abby Wilde, Jack Salvatore Jr., Owen Thiele, Thomas Lennon, Dean Geyer & Katelynn Bennett
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| Cinematography | Mathew Rudenberg |
| Edited by | Ian Skalski |
| Music by | Roger Neill[1] |
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| Distributed by | Paramount+ |
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Running time | 101 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Zoey 102 is a 2023 American romantic comedy film directed by Nancy Hower from a screenplay written by the writing team of Monica Sherer and Madeline Whitby.[2] It is a sequel film to the Nickelodeon series Zoey 101 (2005–2008), and features many of its cast members reprising their roles, including Jamie Lynn Spears, Erin Sanders, Sean Flynn, Christopher Massey, Matthew Underwood, Abby Wilde, and Jack Salvatore Jr., with Owen Thiele, Thomas Lennon, Dean Geyer, and Katelynn Bennett joining the cast as new characters.
Nickelodeon announced a sequel film to Zoey 101 in January 2023, 15 years after the series concluded its run on the network. Sherer and Whitby were hired to write the screenplay, and Hower was confirmed to be directing. Spears confirmed her return the same month, and also served as an executive producer of the film alongside Hower, Sherer, Whitby, and Alexis Fisher, while Nickelodeon live-action production heads Shauna Phelan and Zack Olin served as producers. Sanders, Flynn, Massey, Underwood, Wilde, and Salvatore Jr. were also confirmed to reprise their roles, while new cast members Thiele, Lennon, Geyer, and Bennett joined soon after.
Principal photography took place primarily in Wilmington, North Carolina. Roger Neill was hired to compose the film's incidental score.
Produced by Nickelodeon Movies and AwesomenessTV, Zoey 102 was released on Paramount+ on July 27, 2023.[3][4] It received mixed to positive reviews from critics and fans.[5] The film was the third most watched on Paramount+ in the U.S. and the second most watched in Canada one day after its release.[6][7]
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