Disney Channel Original Movie ``Cadet Kelly'' Enlists Hilary Duff and Christy Carlson Romano.Entertainment Editors & Television Writers BURBANK, Calif.--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--July 10, 2001 Disney Channel  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. , the leader in television for kids and families, has recruited two of its hottest young stars Hilary Duff ("Lizzie McGuire") and Christy Carlson Romano Christy Carlson Romano (born Christelle Michelle Carlson Romano[1] on March 20, 1984) is an American actress, author and singer. She is perhaps best known for her roles in the sitcom Even Stevens and the animated series Kim Possible ("Even Stevens"), to report for duty on the live-action original movie "Cadet Kelly," announced Gary Marsh, executive vice president, original programming, Disney Channel. Production is scheduled to begin in Toronto on July 30 and premiere in the first quarter of 2002. "Hilary Duff and Christy Carlson Romano have established their comedy credentials in our two highest-rated original series. By showcasing them in a Disney Channel original movie, an even broader audience can now enjoy their comedic talents," said Marsh. In "Cadet Kelly," fourteen-year-old Kelly Collins (Duff) has it all. The good-hearted Greenwich Village native is hip to the latest fashions and she has never been more popular with her friends. At home things are just as spectacular, until her mom decides to remarry remarry Verb [-ries, -rying, -ried] to marry again following a divorce or the death of one's previous spouse remarriage n Verb 1. the head of the George Washington Military Academy. It isn't long before Kelly and her mom have to relocate to upstate New York Upstate New York is the region of New York State north of the core of the New York metropolitan area. It has a population of 7,121,911 out of New York State's total 18,976,457. Were it an independent state, it would be ranked 13th by population. , and Kelly is ordered to turn in her designer duds for revolting fatigues and change into Cadet Kelly. Ick! Nevertheless, Kelly decides to make the best of To improve to the utmost; to use or dispose of to the greatest advantage. To reduce to the least possible inconvenience; as, to make the best of ill fortune or a bad bargain. - Bacon. See also: Best Best the situation and tackle her new life with vigor. Military school will definitely be tough, especially when notorious upperclassman up·per·class·man n. A student in the junior or senior class of a secondary school or college. Capt. Jennifer Stone (Romano) sets her sights on breaking the newest cadet ... but Kelly will prove that she is tougher. Now, if only there was something she could do about those uniforms! "Cadet Kelly" is being produced by Bob Shapiro and Jerry Leider in association with Disney Channel. The script was written by Gail Parent and Michael Walsh and will be directed by Larry Shaw. Disney Channel, combining original series, movies and specials with timeless classics, is the first general entertainment television network designed for kids and families. Currently available in more than 72 million homes, Disney Channel is a division of ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. Cable Networks Group, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company. |
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