Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie

Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie
	; Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie Official Movie Poster
Directed by	Lev L. Spiro
Produced by	Todd J. Greenwald and Peter Murrieta
Written by	Dan Berendsen
Starring	Selena Gomez; David Henrie; Jake T. Austin; David DeLuise; Maria Canals Barrera; Jennifer Stone
Cinematography	David A. Makin
Editing by	Matthew Colonna
Distributed by	Disney Channel ; Family
Release date(s)	August 28, 2009
Country	USA
Language	English
IMDb profile

Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie is the 2009 film adaptation of the American television series, Wizards of Waverly Place. The film will be released as a Disney Channel Original Movie August 28, 2009. Production for the movie and filming began on February 15, 2009 in Puerto Rico^[3]. The rest of the movie was filmed in New York City, New York^[4] and Los Angeles, California.

Plot

Wizards-of-waverly-place-movie-title-card — Title Card

The film follows Alex, Max, Justin, and their parents on a trip to the Caribbean. Alex is upset that her parents are telling her what to do despite being sixteen years old. When her parents confiscate her wand, and she gets in a fight with her mother, she wishes her parents had never even met. This in turn causes her wish to come true, and her parents forget about each other and about Alex, Max, and Justin. Justin knows his father must have his powers since his dad and mom had never met and asks his father, who has no recollection of Justin and just regards him as a random tourist and wizard on what to do about the situation, he tells him that they must find The Stone Of Dreams, a magical stone that can reverse any spell and grant any wish. Justin and Alex then embark on a journey to find The Stone Of Dreams. Meanwhile, Max scrambles to make his parents fall in love again.^[5]

Cast

Selena Gomez as Alex Russo
David Henrie as Justin Russo
Jake T. Austin as Max Russo
David DeLuise as Jerry Russo
Maria Canals Barrera as Theresa Russo
Jennifer Stone as Harper Finkle

Trailer

A teaser trailer of the movie was released on Disney Channel June 17, 2009.^[6] The full length trailer was released on June 26, 2009.^[7]

Music

Main article: Wizards of Waverly Place (soundtrack)

Walt Disney Records will release a soundtrack for the movie on August 4, 2009.^[8] The soundtrack will include songs from and inspired by the TV series, songs from the movie, and bonus interviews and music video featuring Selena Gomez.^[8]^[9]

Music Video

A music video for the movie has been released which shows clips from the movie. The song is sung by Selena Gomez and the song will be on the Wizards of Waverly Place soundtrack.

International release

Country / Region	Network(s)	Premiere
United States	Disney Channel	August 28, 2009
United Kingdom	Disney Channel UK and Ireland	September 18, 2009
Template:Country data GERGermany	Disney Channel Germany	October 2009
Template:Country data ESPSpain	Disney Channel Spain	December 2009
Canada	Family Channel	August 28, 2009
Template:Country data MEXTemplate:Country data ARGTemplate:Country data COLTemplate:Country data PERLatin America	Disney Channel Latin America	December 2009
Template:Country data JapanJapan	Disney Channel Japan	December 2009
Template:Country data FranceFrance	Disney Channel France	December 2009

References

External links

Official website
Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie on the Internet Movie Database
Wizards of Waverlyplace Wikia

Preceded by
Princess Protection Program

Disney Channel Original Movies

Succeeded by
Starstruck

List of Disney Channel Original Movies
1997-1999	Under Wraps • You Lucky Dog • Brink! • Halloweentown • Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century • Can of Worms • The Thirteenth Year • Smart House • Johnny Tsunami • Genius • Don't Look Under the Bed • Horse Sense
2000-2009	Up, Up, and Away • The Color of Friendship • Model Behavior • Alley Cats Strike • Rip Girls • Miracle in Lane 2 • Stepsister from Planet Weird • Ready to Run • Quints • The Other Me • Mom's Got a Date With a Vampire • Phantom of the Megaplex • The Ultimate Christmas Present • Zenon: The Zequel • Motorcrossed • The Luck of the Irish • Hounded • Jett Jackson: The Movie • The Jennie Project • Jumping Ship • The Poof Point • Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge • 'Twas the Night • Double Teamed • Cadet Kelly • Tru Confessions • Get a Clue • Gotta Kick It Up! • A Ring of Endless Light • The Scream Team • You Wish! • Right on Track • The Even Stevens Movie • Eddie's Million Dollar Cook-Off • The Cheetah Girls • Full-Court Miracle • Pixel Perfect • Going to the Mat • Zenon: Z3 • Stuck in the Suburbs • Tiger Cruise • Halloweentown High • Now You See It... • Buffalo Dreams • Kim Possible Movie: So The Drama • Go Figure • Life Is Ruff • The Proud Family Movie • Twitches • High School Musical • Cow Belles • Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior • Read It and Weep • The Cheetah Girls 2 • Return to Halloweentown • Jump In! • Johnny Kapahala: Back on Board • High School Musical 2 • Twitches Too • Minutemen • Camp Rock • The Cheetah Girls: One World • Dadnapped • Hatching Pete • Princess Protection Program • Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie
2010-2019	Starstruck • Den Brother • Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam • Avalon High • The Suite Life Movie • Lemonade Mouth • Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure • Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension • Geek Charming • Good Luck Charlie, It's Christmas! • Frenemies • Radio Rebel • Let It Shine • Girl vs. Monster • Teen Beach Movie • Cloud 9 • Zapped • How to Build a Better Boy • Bad Hair Day • Teen Beach Movie 2 • Descendants • Invisible Sister • Adventures in Babysitting • The Swap • Tangled: Before Ever After • Descendants 2 • Z-O-M-B-I-E-S • Freaky Friday • Kim Possible • Descendants 3
2020‍-present	Z-O-M-B-I-E-S 2 • Upside-Down Magic • Spin • Under Wraps (2021) • Christmas Again • Z-O-M-B-I-E-S 3 • Under Wraps 2 • Prom Pact • The Slumber Party • The Naughty Nine
Upcoming	Big City Greens: The Movie • From the Desk of Zoe Washington
Unofficial DCOMs	Harriet the Spy: Blog Wars • 16 Wishes • My Babysitter's a Vampire

[imdbcredits-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Film credits at IMDB

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[3] ttp://www.disneysociety.com/2009/02/16/david-henrie-heads-to-puerto-rico-to-film-wowp-movie/

[4] ttp://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1598305/20081030/story.jhtml

[dcmedianet2-5] Disney Channel Media Net movie description

[DisnetChannel1-6] Disney Channel release Trailer.

[DisnetChanne11-7] Disney Channel Full Trailer

[Amazon_st-8] 8.0 ^8.1 Wizards of Waverly Place soundtrack listing at Amazon.com

[9] "Tommy2.net - Wizards of Waverly Place Soundtrack". Tommy2.net (06-19-2009). Retrieved on 2009-06-22.

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