Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie

Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie
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Genre
Based onWizards of Waverly Place
by Todd J. Greenwald
Written byDan Berendsen
Directed byLev L. Spiro
Starring
Theme music composerKenneth Burgomaster
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Producers
CinematographyDavid A. Makin
EditorMatthew Colonna
Running time98 minutes
Production companiesPretty River Productions, LLC
It's a Laugh Productions
Original release
NetworkDisney Channel
ReleaseAugust 28, 2009 (2009-08-28)
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Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie is a 2009 American fantasy comedy drama television film based on the Disney Channel Original Series Wizards of Waverly Place. It was directed by Lev L. Spiro and filmed primarily in San Juan, Puerto Rico in February and March 2009.[1] The full cast of the series starred in the film, although Jennifer Stone only had a small role at the beginning of the film. The film focuses on Alex Russo having to reverse a wish she made that her parents never met after being grounded during a trip to the Caribbean.

The film premiered on August 28, 2009, on the Disney Channel in the United States. It received 11.4 million viewers at its premiere,[2] making it the second-most-viewed Disney Channel Original Movie premiere at that time, after High School Musical 2. It was also cable's No. 1 scripted telecast of 2009 in total viewers.[3] It premiered in the UK and Ireland on October 23, 2009, as part of Wiz-Tober 2009. It was released on DVD on December 15, 2009, as an Extended Edition. The film won the 2010 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Program.[4]

  1. ^ "Hit Comedy Series Inspires an Adventure-Themed Disney Channel Original Movie, "Wizards of Waverly Place The Movie," Premiering Friday, August 28 on Disney Channel" (Press release). Disney Channel. July 13, 2009. Archived from the original on January 13, 2010. Retrieved August 3, 2009.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Seidman11.4 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Top 100 Most-Watched Telecasts on Basic Cable for 2009 - TV Ratings, Nielsen Ratings, Television Show Ratings | TVbytheNumbers.com". tvbythenumbers.com. Archived from the original on January 2, 2010. Retrieved June 30, 2022.
  4. ^ "Nominations: Official Primetime Emmy Award Nominations 2010". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. July 8, 2010. Retrieved July 8, 2010.