โThe Russosย โค๏ธ๐ชcoming back,โย David DeLuiseย andย David Henrie, who played father and son onย Wizards of Waverly Place,ย captioned a jointย Instagramย post on Friday, January 26.
DeLuise, 52, and Henrie, 34, were all smiles as they posed alongside former costarsย Selena Gomezย andย Maria Canals-Barrera.
Wizards of Waverly Place โย which launched Gomez, now 31, to fame โ originally aired on Disney Channel between 2007 and 2012. Henrie, Gomez andย Jake T. Austinย played the three Russo siblings, who were secretly wizards-in-training while balancing normal teen lives in New York City. News broke earlier this month that Henrie and Gomez, who played the eldest Russo siblings Justin and Alex, would reprise their roles in a new TV pilot.
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“You guys are gonna LOVE the newย Wizardsย show!โย Wizardsย mom Canals-Barrera, 57, gushed viaย Instagramย on Friday.
Several formerย Wizardsย guest stars commented on the sweet reunion pics.
โThis makes me soooo happy,โย Bailee Madison, who briefly played a gender-swapped version of Austinโs Max on the final season, wrote via Instagram comment.
Josh Sussman, for his part, added, โThe best TV family!ย โค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธ.โ
Henrie and Gomez announced on January 18 thatย they were producing a spinoffย ofย Wizards of Waverly Placeย that will revolve around a grown-up Justin (Henrie) and his family. Justin, who ended the OG series finale as a full-wizard and the headmaster of wizarding school WizTech, has since given up his powers. In the pilot, he will return to the world of magic when he meets a young wizard named Billie (Janice LeAnn Brown) in need of a mentor. It is not yet known what Alex (Gomez) has been up to in the new series.
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Gomez and her former TV family haveย frequently stayed in touchย since the show wrapped. She and Henrie have even been perfecting their reboot pitch for years.
โNothing has happened yet, but thereโs a lot of talk [of a revival],โ Henrieย toldย Accessย in August 2020. โWe all talk about it for fun. Everyone would be down, but itโs just a matter of time, I think. Weโve talked about it:ย Gregg [Sulkin], Selena, me, Jake. I think, what we said [about] what made the show special was that we were a family and that the family stuff together was like a family unit.โ
He continued at the time: โI think a great place to start the [potential new] show would be the opposite version of that, so you have somewhere to go throughout the series. So, if you started the show where the familyโs divided, and not united.โ
Henrie further speculated that Gomezโs Alex would be a major fashionista, like โtheย Meryl Streepย of the wizard world,โ while Austinโs Max would own a chain of sub shops. (While Max lost the wizard competition in the OG series finale, Jerry gave him the keys to the familyโs sandwich restaurant.)
