Disney Channel goes 'Mollywood' with Demi Lovato

[ALIASd]

'Mollywood' welcomed to Disney

Demi Lovato to star in live-action series

By Michael Schneider
Variety
May 21, 2008

Disney Channel has greenlit "Welcome to Mollywood," a live-action comedy starring teen thesp-singer Demi Lovato.

Show-within-a-show stars Lovato as Molly, a 15-year-old who is discovered via a nationwide casting call to star in a teen sketch comedy TV series.

"Mollywood" centers on the character's home and work life but will also feature fully produced comedy sketches from the fictional program.
Series is set to launch production in September and will bow sometime during the 2008-09 TV season.

Lovato starred in a series of shorts, "As the Bell Rings," for Disney Channel. She also appears opposite the Jonas Brothers in the cabler's upcoming TV movie "Camp Rock" and will star in another telepic for the channel, "Princess Protection Program," later this season.

Disney's Hollywood Records, meanwhile, has sealed a recording contract with Lovato, who hits the road in summer with the Jonas Brothers on their "Burning Up" tour.

Brian Robbins, who exec produced the hit Nickelodeon sketch laffers "All That," "Kenan & Kel" and "The Amanda Show," will exec produce "Mollywood." Also aboard to exec produce: Sharla Sumpter Bridgett ("All That"), Steve Marmel ("Fairly Odd Parents") and Michael Feldman ("That's So Raven").

More at:
http://www.variety.com/article/VR111...goryid=14&cs=1

[stitchon]

Ugh. I wonder how they plan to incorporate her Disney Channel-required singing "talent" into the show.

[Mr. Yeti]

Kind of sounds like an acting version of Hannah Montana.

[Koutesu]

Ugh. I wonder how they plan to incorporate her Disney Channel-required singing "talent" into the show.

They can do exactly what they do in anime: sing the opening and/or closing song or sing the insert songs.

[ALIASd]

sing the opening and/or closing song

Not unlike Selena Gomez performing the theme song for 'Wizards of Waverly Place' or Kyle Massey for 'Cory in the House.'

[MickeyM]

Oh, here we go.

[knittingknerd]

I just heard her covering "How does she know?" So bad.... It sounds like the producer went into the recording studio and was like "so how can we mess up a song?"

[stitchon]

Can we expect anything less from a Disney Channel - cough - Star? - cough -

[Kuzcochik]

I just heard her covering "How does she know?" So bad.... It sounds like the producer went into the recording studio and was like "so how can we mess up a song?"

I so so so agree!!!

[Retrocool]

I love it when Disney hires people I've never heard about in the slightest. Makes not watching them that less of a hassle.