'Wizards Beyond Waverly Place' Final Season To See Selena Gomez Direct
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Key Points:
- The Russo family will return for a four-part concluding event of Wizards Beyond Waverly Place, set to premiere this summer on Disney+ and Disney Channel, with production starting next week.
- Selena Gomez, an executive producer on the sequel series, will make her directorial debut with the premiere episode and reprise her role as Alex Russo in multiple episodes.
- The finale picks up after Season 2's cliffhanger, where Billie, now aware that Alex is her mother, must reunite with her long-lost father to rescue Alex from the dark magic world.
- The series remains highly popular, ranking among the top five titles across key age groups on Disney platforms.
- The main cast includes David Henrie, Janice LeAnn Brown, and others, with Jed Elinoff and Scott Thomas as writers and executive producers alongside Gomez and Henrie.
