Disney The Slumber Party DCOM With Darby Camp And Emmy Liu-Wang Hit or Miss?

Disney has announced a new DCOM or Original Movie with The Slumber Party starting Darby Camp, Emmy Liu-Wang, Valentina Herrera, Dallas Liu, Alex Cooper Cohen and Ramon Rodriquez that is based on the book The Sleepover by Jen Malone. While it probably won’t follow the book exactly, having the source material does give us a little bit more to go by in terms of story. The movie description tells us that The Slumber Party tells us the aftermath of a birthday party hypnotism that has gone a little crazy as BFFs Megan and Paige along with soon to be stepsister Veronica as they have no idea what happened the night before. The big question though is what the heck has happened to the birthday girl, Anna Maria? The movie and the book do talk about the same highlights of the baby ducks, the shaved eyebrow and the hoodie that Megan has. The movie tells us the hoodie belongs to the “class hottie” while the book classifies him as “class bad boy” so we will see how that goes.

While the book is compared to The Hangover, the movie may have a few different things happen or maybe just a few things tweaked for the format, but it seems like it is going to make a great movie to watch. We get a little more on the hypnotism in the book description with the magician being arranged by Veronica to impress the rest of the girls and the fact that they need to find Anna Marie (Maria) before parent pick-up time. The Slumber Party seems like a total hit and maybe even something that parents can watch with the teenagers.

Disney Branded Television Teams With Imagine Kids+Family for Disney Original Movie ‘The Slumber Party’
— Veronica Rodriguez (‘Let’s Get Married’) to Direct Coming-of-Age Comedy Based on Jen Malone’s Popular Book ‘The Sleepover’ —

— Talented Young Cast Includes Darby Camp (‘Big Little Lies’), Emmy Liu-Wang (‘Raven’s Home’), Valentina Herrera (‘Black Widow’), Dallas Liu (‘Pen15’), Alex Cooper Cohen and Ramon Rodriguez —

Disney Branded Television has ordered the Disney Original Movie “The Slumber Party,” based on the well-known teen novel “The Sleepover” by Jen Malone, from Imagine Kids+Family. Academy Award winners Brian Grazer and Ron Howard serve as executive producers of the movie, along with Stephanie Sperber and Jennilee Cummings for Imagine Kids+Family and production partner Jax Media’s Jake Fuller, Tony Hernandez and John Hodges. “The Slumber Party” is directed by NAACP Image Award nominee Veronica Rodriguez (“Let’s Get Married,” Disney’s “Gabby Duran & the Unsittables”), and Eydie Faye (“Fuller House”) is the writer. Production on the adventure-filled comedy begins today in Atlanta.

Lauren Kisilevsky, senior vice president of Original Movies, Disney Branded Television, said, “‘The Slumber Party’ is a hilarious ride that looks at female friendship and self-discovery through a sophisticated, cinematic lens. We aim to deliver humor, surprise and delight to our viewers with a movie that will be relatable to audiences of all ages.”

“We are so excited to partner with Lauren Kisilevsky, Jen Dubin and the team at Disney Branded Television on ‘The Slumber Party.’ Eydie Faye captured the voice and coming-of-age comedy so beautifully in her script, and Veronica Rodriquez is bringing a fresh vision and creative style to the screen,” said Stephanie Sperber, President of Imagine Kids+Family. “With this film marking IKF’s first feature production, we couldn’t have found a better home than with Disney Branded Television and their proven ability to reach YA and family audiences with timeless and entertaining content.”

“The Slumber Party” depicts the hilarious aftermath of a sleepover birthday party hypnotism gone wrong as best friends Megan and Paige, along with soon-to-be step-sister Veronica, wake up with absolutely no memory of the night before. Now they must retrace their steps to find missing birthday girl Anna Maria … and explain why there’s a flock of baby ducks in the bathtub, what happened to Megan’s left eyebrow, and why she’s wearing unattainable hottie Jake Ramirez’s signature black hoodie.

“The Slumber Party” stars Darby Camp (“Big Little Lies”) as Megan, Emmy Liu-Wang (“Raven’s Home”) as Paige, Valentina Herrera (“Black Widow”) as Anna Maria, Dallas Liu (“Pen15”) as Mikey and newcomers Alex Cooper Cohen as Veronica and Ramon Rodriguez as Jake.