Disney Channel’s hit special event “The Wizards Return: Alex vs Alex,” has been announced to be hitting DVD on June 25th, 2013. The film stars Selena Gomez as she reprises her role as Alex Russo. The DVD release of the concluding film will also contain the final episode of the original series ‘Wizards of Waverly Place,’ the most-watched series finale in Disney Channel’s history. “Overflowing with big adventure, stunning special effects, epic stunts, exotic locales, and supernatural elements, “The Wizards Return: Alex vs Alex” is an exciting collectible for any Wizards fan and a fantastic adventure for the whole family.”
The film follows the Russo family has they head to Italy to meet their long-lost relatives. However, when Alex tries to prove she’s more than a seemingly carefree young Wizard, she inadvertently conjures a spell that creates a Good Alex and an Evil Alex. When Evil Alex gets roped into a charming young wizard’s foreboding plan to take over the world, Good Alex must find a way to save her family and humankind, which leads to a monumental battle between the two versions of herself – all atop the Tower of Pisa.
“The Wizards Return: Alex vs Alex” was written by Vince Cheung and Ben Montanio (“Wizards of Waverly Place”) and Dan Berendsen (ABC Family’s “Baby Daddy”). Selena Gomez, Cheung and Montanio and Dan Cross and David Hoge are the executive producers. It was directed by Victor Gonzalez (“Wizards of Waverly Place”). “Wizards of Waverly Place” was created by Todd J. Greenwald (“Hannah Montana”) and is a production of It’s a Laugh Productions for Disney Channel.
“Wizards of Waverly Place” inspired “Wizards of Waverly Place The Movie,” which delivered 13.5 million Total Viewers, ranked as the #1 cable television movie of 2009 and is the #2 cable TV movie of all time (after “High School Musical 2”). The “Wizards of Waverly Place” series finale in January 2012 was the #1 cable TV telecast — among all kids’ programming — in Total Viewers (11.3 million), and is TV’s #1 scripted telecast among Kids 2-11, Kids 6-11 and Tweens 9-14, in 2012.