| North Pole Elementary: The Sequel | |
| Directed by | Duke Johnson |
|---|---|
| Produced by | Chris Turner Alex Wilkerson |
| Written by | Mark William |
| Starring | Josh Hutcherson Keke Palmer Dylan Patton Dakota Fanning Jason Dolley Alyson Stoner |
| Music by | Ted Wilson |
| Cinematography | Mark Williams |
| Editing by | Mark Williams |
| Production company | It's a Laugh Productions |
| Distributed by | Walt Disney Picutres |
| Release dates | April 9, 2010 |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $75 million |
North Pole Elementary: The Sequel is the sequel to the 2008 film adaptation North Pole Elementary: The Movie of the Teen sitcom North Pole Elementary on Disney Channel. Filming has began on April 10, 2009 in Los Angeles, California and in Dinsleyland, for a release in theaters worldwide on April 9, 2010. Duke Johnson, the director of the series and the 2008 movie will return to direct this film, as of Chris Turner and Alex Wilkerson, who both produced the entire series and the movie. Reba Ortiz was replaced by Ted Wilson, after discover not returning for Jane Hoop Elementary: The Final Rush over it's motion picture soundtrack, with his brother returning.
Plot[]
On December 29, 2009, Disney released it's official summary for the film:
After the school wins with most money to take spring break vacation to Disneyland where they'll be a concert with Green Day performing, The Students for Oakwood High School are challenging each grade level to reciede a spring break vacation to Disneyland, which class of 2012 wins the challenge, but the workers decideds to tear it down, as it didn't make much money than any kind of carnivals. The students must protect Disneyland in order to enjoy their dreams, with the help of Sasha Henry's musical popularity to perform a concert along with Green Day, which seems to be overwhelmed, threating to take over. She must keep her musical life together in order to save Disneyland.
During that time, Amy Montana and Cassie Hilliard lets Bradley Johnson to come with them on vacation instead, during the time Cassie is letting some people and Bradley to become friends with her ex-boyfriend Tristan Black, and Maria Anderson is dating Nick David's childhood best friend Duncan Harris (Mitchel Musso), and the faith of Disneyland that they will protect is in their way to rescue their and everyone elses dreams.
Cast[]
- Main article: List of North Pole Elementary characters
- Josh Hutcherson as Nick David
- Keke Palmer as Sasha Henry
- Dylan Patton as Zack Peck
- Dakota Fanning as Cassie Hilliard
- Alyson Stoner as Amy Montana
- Jason Dolley as Chris Taylor
- Mitchel Musso as Duncan Harris
- Taylor Momsen as Amanda Hudson
- Cole Sprouse as Mark Cornwell
- Dylan Sprouse as Johnny Bark
- Ali Lohan as Brenda Thompson
- Shanica Knowles as Becky Adams
- Taylor Lautner as Adam Black
- Sahara Garey as Emmetta Elizabeth
- Justin Gaston as Bradley Johnson
- Taylor Horn as Maria Anderson
- Courtney Jines as Jennifer Dawson
- Paul Raymond as Kevin Lewis
- Zachary Tyler Eisen as Jeffery Peters
- Billie Joe Armstrong as himself
- Mike Dirnt as himself
- Tré Cool as himself
- Jamie Lynn Spears as herself
Production[]
Development[]
On April 18, 2008, a week after North Pole Elementary: The Movie was released, it was reported that rumors slashed that fans are wanting a North Pole Elementary movie sequel. Director for the show Duke Johnson and co-stars Josh Hutcherson and Keke Palmer says that they don't want a sequel for the movie. Dakota Fanning reported while at the premiere of The Secret Life of Bees that they would be making a movie about school challenging against other schools or about the main best friends meet with new things they really didn't see before.
On September 12, 2008, Chris Turner and Alex Wilkerson were thrilled when they want to make another movie for the show, which it will be about the kids start taking their vacation and some of the student are not happy, and want to take care of the life he/she really want. The producers has set scripts of category for "Road Trip", "Comedy", "Comedy", "Drama" and "Romance", which the movie will make everyone laugh and cry and they'll enjoy this movie, and even better than North Pole Elementary: The Movie. On December 17, 2008, with Alyson on her series of TheRealAlysonStoner on YouTube, Stoner heard about it and, planning to ask questions to fans and she and her co-stars are going to start making their second movie, just like last time this year of 2008, and just talking about anything else.
With the last film budgets $32 million, the film is expected to be directed by returning Duke Johnson. Turner and Wilkerson are returning as producers for the movie. For Turner and Wilkerson, they were planning to make a life about this "Sasha Henry Project" of her musical career going to change. Therefore, they even planning to filmed of a vacation scenes as it was based on the producers vacation at the Carnival, which promoted they were at Disneyland with their family together, and letting a story happening about her best friends also. Director, Duke Johnson is returning for the film. Duke written a character, Duncan Harris (Nick's childhood friend), as he first appears. Mark Willaims is writting for the film, and well knowing producers Chris Turner and Alex Wilkerson will be producing the movie. Mark also written to make an appearance of Jamie Lynn Spears, where they were making a film to have a cat fighting scene of her and Sasha fighting over a new purse.
Filming[]
Filming took place on April 10, 2009, same day that season 9 made it's season premiere, in Los Angeles, and continue of filming for the film were not filmed during a spring break, decided to take a break for the whole spring break of till the end of April, where they resumed filming until April 25. There were took pretend of shooting at Oakwood High School in Los Angeles, California, for scene of their final day of school only. That scene will be taken for 8 minutes. A fighting scene of Sasha and Jamie Lynn fight over a pair of purse was filmed at the Beverly Center. Restaurant scenes was filmed on June 10, 2009 at the Catal Restaurant for dinner of Sasha Henry, to greeting her for a welcome.
After a half-month break, filming continues on May 2, 2009, for a scene of the park of Sasha being late at her own concert is filmed at the Los Angeles Park. Several of scenes was shot at Disneyland by May 16, 2009, including a hotel, dating, restaurant and a final concert. A concert scene is also filmed at Disneyland at the Building of Blender. There, was filmed a kissing scene for Sasha and Nick and including a final song from Sasha were heard, and including a final scene at Disneyland. Filming is finally is finished on July 8, 2009.
Design and Sets[]
The film is designed by Mary Ann Parker. She designed one of the suit wear of the boy characters. For girls, she has design a red dress for Sasha, pink for Cassie, yellow for Amy, purple for Brenda, black for Amanda, brown for Becky and silver for Emmetta set for dinner scenes.
A Popstar clothing is designs of four different clothing for a pop star clothing only used for Sasha Henry, while peforming. Becky's World employee uniforms is designed for Emmetta, Becky and Zack while filming of Becky's World, for closing due till replaced by her mother to work on sale while she and friends were on their vacation to Disneyland.
Scenes taking at Oakwood High School is set as the last day of school before the students got off before Spring Break Week, and including effects of Sasha Henry singing, and music from the background and one of the students dancing while she sings. When Keke Palmer and Jamie Lynn Spears filmed a fighting scene, they have to pretend to filmed that they were fight over a purse at the mall, becoming out of control teen star actresses. A Bus scene were not actually taken as a road trip but taken a background photo when rewinding it, while filming for their trip to Disneyland.
The audiences were being filmed as effects of Sasha’s fans when not leaving till Sasha shows up. A Motocycle scene with Mitchel Musso as Duncan (Nick’s childhood friend) is also showing into the film as for catching Maria Anderson hat from the wind, when actually being filmed a wind from a large fan and blowing her hat away. The concert scene is set, of the fireworks were set around stage for a blowout concert. During that scene, Alyson and Dakota filmed a scene where their characters Cassie and Amy being late and didn't make it in with their tickets and starting to set for them driving backstage to the concert passing away from the guards.
Casting[]
On October 2008, the cast are reprising their roles for the film. Rebecca Hanna, Sabrina Martin, Brat Morris, Marben Hilson, Zack Silver and Antonio Moon will not appear into the film said Warner Bros., because of the episodes they so far miss, and will return to some episodes.
But on November 2008, Miranda Cosgrove will not return as Brenda Thompson, because want to do something else to do, like doing lot of work when filming some episodes of iCaly, until the statement is true, and couldn't find another person to play Brenda, and wanting Cosgrove to still play, but she still says no, until on Halloween, Cosgrove has been replace by Lindsay Lohan's sister Ali Lohan, where they finally found a new replacement.
Mitchel Musso will be appearing as Duncan Harris, Nick's childhood friend. Green Day will make their appearance into the film.
Originally, scheduling Adam Black to appear into the film, Taylor Lautner display not returning, when instead onto working onto the Twilight film adaptations, but the producers have removed the character for the movie. Lautner changes his mind, saying he will return into some episode for the show, but not yet.
Soundtrack[]
- Main article: North Pole Elementary: The Sequel (soundtrack)
| No. | Song | Lead Singer(s) | Length | Movie Scenes/Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "School Kids (theme song)" | Keke Palmer | 3:10 | Will be Featured at the beginning of the film |
| 2 | "Ladies Night Out" | Keke Palmer | 3:14 | Will be Featured during Park Concert and Amy's Birthday Party |
| 3 | "21st Century Breakdown" | Green Day | 5:09 | Will Featured during Park Concert and Amy's Birthday Party and ending credits |
| 4 | "Let's Make A Good Life" | Keke Palmer | 2:55 | Will be Featured during Fight between Sasha Henry and Jamie Lynn Spears at the Mall over Purse and ending credits |
| 5 | "Let's Get Boogy" | Dakota Fanning | 3:30 | Performed by Cassie Hilliard at the Disneyland Dance Party Night |
| 6 | "Lost and Found" | Alyson Stoner | 3:44 | Performed by Amy Montana at the Disneyland Dance Party Night |
| 7 | "True To Your Heart" | Keke Palmer | 3:25 | Will be Featured during The Night Scenes of Sasha's broken heart and Amy's mother giving her grandmother's necklace. |
| 8 | "Reflection" | Keke Palmer | 3:40 | Will be Featured during Sasha Henry/Green Day Concert. |
| 9 | "The Climb" | Joe McElderrly | 3:36 | Will be Featured during End Credits with Joe McElderrly singing |
| 10 | "Obsessed" | Miley Cyrus | 4:06 | Featured during a break up scene of Nick and Sasha, after she ruined their date, standing under Disneyland castle during rain. |
Release[]
- Main article: North Pole Elementary: The Sequel - Release Dates
The release date is confirmed by Walt Disney Picturs, that it is originally set to release on April 2009 or December 2009, but it was pushed back to July 16, 2010 for any countries. The film will be released on April 9, 2010 worldwide in Australia, Africa, Canada, United States, Singapole, Italy, United Kingdom, New Zealand and Brazil, Russia and Japan. Two days before the film is released, it moved up to July 14. It was later changed again to open on April 9.
They were originally trying to let the film to release on New Years Day, which is January 1, 2010, just to film the movie for things happening for new years, before filming starting, but gives the film to get it's half weekend of release for Spring Break, which will be better than New Years' release, which scenes into the movie happens on spring break. Hopefully, a new episode will be aired on New Years Day.
The soundtrack will be composed and written by Keke Palmer, Green Day, Jonas Brothers, Joe McElderrly and Alyson Stoner. Walt Disney has made a announcement that the official teaser trailer for the film will be sometimes release in November or December of 2009, seventh months before the film has been released, but decides to cancel because of the film "still in pre-production and would be done by December".
On December 1, 2009, The movie has issued a G rating by the motion picture rating system, following by an extended version of the same trailer, including more features to be released from the DVD release of season 8 on December 15, 2009. A sneak peek has been leaked online on December 11, 2009, due to release of Season 8 DVD release for December 15, 2009. As of December 23, 2009, the film has issued a G rating by the Motion Picture Rating System. It will be shown a new kind of first look for the film on Disney Channel, during it's week long marathon for the premiere of it's new episode "How the Bullies Stole Christimas" on Christmas Day, titled "Ho-Ho-Elementary Marathon", which held on December 25, 2009, during it's premiere.
On January 14, 2010, a trailer for the film was released online, along with the poster, with the song "Obsessed" was heard for the film, the song was written by Miley Cyrus from her EP album The Times of our Lives.
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External links[]
- Official Website
- North Pole Elementary: The Sequel at the IMBb
- North Pole Elementary: The Sequel at the Box office Mojo
- North Pole Elementary: The Sequel at the Allmovie
- North Pole Elementary: The Sequel at the Rotten Tomatoes