We’re not even halfway through 2024 yet, but Selena Gomez has already had a year to remember. The star had a Marilyn Monroe moment at the Golden Globes; her whispered (and intensely lip-read) conversation with Taylor Swift went viral; she brought her new boyfriend Benny Blanco to the Emmys; it was announced that she’d be playing Linda Ronstadt in a new big-screen biopic; and now her latest release, Jacques Audiard’s surreal musical Emilia Pérez, is due to premiere at the Cannes Film Festival. And the good news continues: the former Disney Channel actor will be returning to her roots by reprising the part of Alex Russo in Wizards Beyond Waverly Place, a Wizards of Waverly Place sequel for the network, poised to air later this year.
In addition to guest-starring in the forthcoming pilot for the reboot, the multihyphenate is set to executive produce too, alongside her former onscreen sibling, David Henrie, who will be returning to the role of Justin Russo as a series regular. Per the log line, the revival—penned by Jed Elinoff and Scott Thomas, and directed by Andy Fickman—will pick up “after a mysterious incident at WizTech, where an adult Justin Russo has left his wizard powers behind, opting for a normal, human life with his wife and two sons. But, he gets a surprise when a powerful young wizard in need of training shows up at his door… and Justin must embrace his past to ensure the future of the Wizard World.”
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