DCOMmentaries

In a VERY VERY special episode, Al & Val are joined once again by prolific DCOM writer and all-around amazing person, Stu Krieger! We learned about what Stu is doing in retirement and chat about the writing process and how the modern industry does or doesn't affect his advice to aspiring screenwriters.Stu's DCOMs:Zenon (1999)Smart House (1999)Phantom of the Megaplex (2000)Rip Girls (2000 - Uncredited)Zenon: The Zequel (2001) The Poof Point (2001)Tru Confessions (2002)Gotta Kick it Up (2002)Going to the Mat (2004)Zenon Z3 (2004)Now You See It… (2005 - Uncredited)Cow Belles (2006)Stu's Ted Talk - Choose JoyStu's NovelsThat One Cigarette RAFT (catch the upcoming audiobook on Audible December 1!)STU SHOUTOUT Merch ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Al & Val are back in Seabrook, but now there are WEREWOLVES! Zombies 2 (February 14, 2020)IMDB WikipediaDirected by Paul Hoen (Luck of the Irish, Tru Confessions, You Wish!, Eddie’s Million Dollar Cookoff, Read it and Weep, Jump In!, CGOW, Dadnapped, Camp Rock 2, Let it Shine, How to Build a Better Boy, Cloud 9, Invisible Sister, ZOMBIES 1-4)Written by David Light & Joseph Raso (Zombies 1-4, Sneakerella)Starring: Milo Manheim as Zed (Zombies franchise, Prom Pact, School Spirits)Meg Donnelly as Addison (Zombies franchise, Team Toon, American Housewife, The Winchesters, HSMTMTS, music videos)Trevor Tordjman as Bucky (Zombies franchise, Lost & Found Music Studios, The Next Step, Bunk’d)Kylee Russell as Eliza (Zombies franchise)Carla Jeffery as Bree (Zombies franchise)Kingston Foster as Zoey (Zombies franchise, Prom Pact)James Godfrey as Bonzo (The Swap, Zombies franchise)Chandler Kinney as Willa (Zombies franchise, Lethal Weapon, Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin)Pearce Joza as Wyatt (Zombies franchise, Mech-X4)Ariel Martin as Wynter (Zombies franchise)Naomi Snieckus as Ms. Lee (Wingin’ It, The Casting Room, Playdate, The Swap, Firecracker Department, Mr. D, Ollie’s Pack, Zombies 1-3)Jonathan Langdon as Coach (Zombies franchise, Run the Burbs) Paul Hopkins as Dale (Vampire High, Zombies 1-3)Marie Ward as Missy (Zombies 1-3, Murdoch Mysteries)Tony Nappo as Zevon (Fugget About It, Zombies 1-3, Strays, Murdoch Mysteries, Ginny & Georgia)Emilia McCarthy as Lacey (Zapped, Max & Shred, Zombies franchise, SkyMed)Jasmine Renee Thomas as Stacey (Zombies franchise)Noah Zulfikar as Jacey (Zombies 2 & 3, The Next Step)Synopsis: Chronicling the continuing adventures of Seabrook High students Addison and Zed, whose budding romance is threatened by the arrival of werewolves.Fun Facts: This is the first Disney Channel Original Movie to be Filmed in Panavision (anamorphic), in the wide 2.39:1 aspect ratio. All previous DCOMs were either filmed in 1.33:1 (4:3) or 1.78:1 (16:9) aspect ratios.This is the first DCOM to not premiere on Disney Channel outside North America but much rather debut on Disney+, due to the closure of Disney Channel International in 2020.Next Movie: Upside-Down MagicCreators & Guests Allie Ring - Host Val Agnew - Host ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

No not that one! ...Not that on either! The one that came out in 2018 and is based on the stage musical which is based on the one with Jodie Foster! Freaky Friday (August 10, 2018)IMDB WikipediaDirected by Steve Carr (Daddy Day Care, Paul Blart: Mall Cop, rap videos)Written by Bridget Carpenter (Dead Like Me, Friday Night Lights, Parenthood, 11.22.63), Brian Yorkey (13 Reasons Why), Tom Kitt (composer - Pitch Perfect, Rise, Spongebob the Musical, Up Here)Starring: Cozi Zuehlsdorff as Ellie Blake (Dolphin Tale, Mighty Med, Hopefuls, HSMTMTS, Going Home)Heidi Blickenstaff as Katherine Blake (Word World - FF was her final screen credit, stage actor - The Full Monty, The Little Mermaid, The Addams Family, Elf, Something Rotten, Freaky Friday, Jagged Little Pill)Jason Maybaum as Fletcher Blake (Raven’s Home)Alex Désert as Mike Harper (character & voice actor - Let it Shine, Invisible Sister, Boy Meets World, Becker, The LeBrons, A League of Their Own, The Simpsons)Ricky He as Adam (Hallmark Christmas movies, From)Kahyun Kim as Torrey Min (Zombies: The Re-Animated Series, St. Denis Medical)Dara Renee as Savannah (HSMTMTS, Descendants: Rise of Red)Isaiah Lehtinen as Karl Carlson (character actor)June Laporte as Monica Yang (iZombie, When Calls the Heart, The Last of Us)Synopsis: 16-year-old Ellie and her mother Katherine wish each other would change their ways. But, when they magically swap bodies, they must find a way to switch back.Fun Facts: This is the first Disney Channel Original Movie to be based on a Disney Theatrical Productions musical.Heidi Blickenstaff played the role on stage firstNext Movie: Descendants 3Creators & Guests Allie Ring - Host Val Agnew - Host ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Things got a little salty in this waterlogged sequelDescendants 2 (July 21, 2017)IMDB WikipediaDirected by Kenny Ortega (started as a music video director, Newsies, Hocus Pocus, Cheetah Girls 2, HSM 2&3, Descendants 1-3)Written by Josann McGibbon & Sara Parriott (Runaway Bride, Descendents 1-5)Starring: Dove Cameron as Mal (Cloud 9, Descendants 1-3, Liv & Maddie, Dumplin, Schmigadoon, Big Nate, music videos)Cameron Boyce as Carlos (Grown Ups, Jessie, Gamer’s Guide to Pretty Much Everything, Descendants 1-3, Mrs. Fletcher, Paradise City)Booboo Stewart as Jay (Twilight, Descendants 1-3, Good Trouble)Sofia Carson as Evie (Descendants 1-3, Adventures in Babysitting, Pretty Little Liars: Perfectionists)Mitchell Hope as Ben (Descendants 1-3)Melanie Paxson as Fairy Godmother (Happy Family, Notes from the Underbelly, Saving Mr. Banks, Descendants 1-5)Brenna D'Amico as Jane (Descendants 1-3)Zachary Gibson as Doug (Zapped, Descendants 1-3)Jedidiah Goodacre as Chad Charming (Zapped, Descendants 1-4, The Originals, The Order, The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Marry F*ck Kill, F*ck Marry Kill)Dianne Doan as Lonnie (Descendants 1-2, Vikings, Agents of Shield, Warrior, Grey’s Anatomy)Bobby Moynihan as the Voice of Dude (SNL, The Awesomes, Sisters, We Bare Bears, Duck Tales, Mr. Mayor, Nature Cat, Pubstruction)China Anne McClain as Uma (A.N.T. Farm, How to Build a Better Boy, Descendants-verse, Black Lightening, House of Payne)Thomas Doherty as Harry Hook (Descendents 2&3, The Lodge, Gossip Girls)Dylan Playfair as Gil (Some Assembly Required, The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers, Letterkenny)Anna Cathcart as Dizzy Tremaine (Descendents 2&3, Odd Squad, Mistletoe Murders, XO Kitty)Dan Payne as King Beast (character actor - Stargate SG-1, R.L. Stine’s Haunting Hour, Descendants 1-3, Good Witch, Crank Yankers, Hallmark Christmas Movies)Keegan Connor Tracy as Queen Belle (character actor - Final Destination 2, 40 Days & 40 Nights, Once Upon a Time, Descendants 1-3, The Magicians)Synopsis: When the pressure to be royally perfect gets to be too much for Mal, she returns to the Isle of the Lost. She discovers that Uma, the daughter of Ursula, has taken over as queen, and that her gang is finalizing plans to bring down the barrier.Fun Facts: The 2nd most watched DCOM of all time after HSM 2Next Movie: ZombiesCreators & Guests Allie Ring - Host Val Agnew - Host ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Al & Val are back after a summer break with the 1987 remake of Adventures in Babysitting. Will they get home before mom? Listen to find out.Adventures in Babysitting (June 17, 2016)IMDB WikipediaDirected by John Schultz (Like Mike, Aliens in the Attic, A Christmas Prince)Written by Tiffany Paulsen (Nancy Drew, Holidate), David Simkins (Adventures in Babysitting 1987, Charmed, Producer of Charmed, Roswell, Warehouse 13, Wu Assassins)Starring: Sabrina Carpenter as Jenny Parker (Girl Meets World, Milo Murphy’s Law, music videos)Sofia Carson as Lola Perez (Descendents 1-3, Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists)Nikki Hahn as Emily Cooper (American Housewife, Hysteria)Mallory James Mahoney as Katy Cooper (Descendents 3, Bunk’d)Max Gecowets as Trey Anderson (only had one credit after this)Jet Jurgensmeyer as Bobby Anderson (The Stinky & Dirty Show, Last Man Standing, T.O.T.S.)Madison Horcher as AJ Anderson (Think Like a Dog - last credit in 2020)Kevin Quinn as Zac Chase (Bunk’d, A Christmas Love Story, music videos)Gillian Vigman as Helen Anderson (Mad TV, Step Brothers, The Hangover 1-3, Suburgatory, The Holdovers, Star Trek: Lower Decks) Gabrielle Miller as Donna Cooper (character actor - Corner Gas show, animated series, and movie)Michael Northey as Tiny (character actor - Being Erica)Ken Lawson as Scalper (character actor - Descendents) Max Lloyd-Jones as Officer James (character actor - When Calls the Heart, The Irrational)Kevin O'Grady as Barry Cooper (character actor - Garage Sale Mystery, Peacemaker)Synopsis: A pair of rival babysitters are forced to work together to find a lost child. This comes after one of them becomes stuck in a large city with her charges.Fun Facts: Originally Raven-Symoné from That's So Raven (2003) and Miley Cyrus from Hannah Montana (2006) were attached in 2009. The title before was called Further Adventures in Babysitting, and was suppose to hit the big screen, but later got shut down. The film was originally going to be released in 2010.100th DCOMIn this movie, Sabrina Carpenter's character is Jenny Parker. Elisabeth Shue, the star of the original Adventures in Babysitting (1987) played Jennifer Parker in Back to the Future Part II (1989) and Back to the Future Part III (1990).Next Movie: The Swap Creators & Guests Allie Ring - Host Val Agnew - Host ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Al & Val travel to Auradon to visit the children of their favorite Disney heroes & villains. And there's SINGING!Descendants (July 31, 2015)IMDB WikipediaDirected by Kenny Ortega (started as a music video director, Newsies, Hocus Pocus, Cheetah Girls 2, HSM 2&3, Descendants 1-3)Written by Josann McGibbon & Sara Parriott (Runaway Bride, Descendents 1-5)Starring: Dove Cameron as Mal (Cloud 9, Descendants 1-3, Liv & Maddie, Dumplin, Schmigadoon, Big Nate, music videos)Cameron Boyce as Carlos (Grown Ups, Jessie, Gamer’s Guide to Pretty Much Everything, Descendants 1-3, Mrs. Fletcher, Paradise City)Booboo Stewart as Jay (Twilight, Descendants 1-3, Good Trouble)Sofia Carson as Evie (Descendants 1-3, Pretty Little Liars: Perfectionists)Mitchell Hope as Ben (Descendants 1-3)Melanie Paxson as Fairy Godmother (Happy Family, Notes from the Underbelly, Saving Mr. Banks, Descendants 1-5)Brenna D'Amico as Jane (Descendants 1-3)Sarah Jeffery as Audrey (Descendants 1-3, Wayward Pines, Rogue, Shades of Blue, Charmed, LEGO Dreamzzzz)Zachary Gibson as Doug (Zapped, Descendants 1-3)Jedidiah Goodacre as Chad Charming (Zapped, Descendants 1-4, The Originals, The Order, The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Marry F*ck Kill, F*ck Marry Kill)Dianne Doan as Lonnie (Descendants 1-2, Vikings, Agents of Shield, Warrior, Grey’s Anatomy)Dan Payne as King Beast (character actor - Stargate SG-1, R.L. Stine’s Haunting Hour, Descendants 1-3, Good Witch, Crank Yankers, Hallmark Christmas Movies)Keegan Connor Tracy as Queen Belle (character actor - Final Destination 2, 40 Days & 40 Nights, Once Upon a Time, Descendants 1-3, The Magicians)Wendy Raquel Robinson as Cruella de Vil (character actor - The Steve Harvey Show, The Game)Maz Jobrani as Jafar (character actor - Superior Donuts, Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me)Kathy Najimy as Evil Queen (Scream Team, Sister Act, Hocus Pocus, Pepper Ann, Veronica’s Closet, Numb3rs, WALL-E, King of the Hill, Veep, Younger)Kristin Chenoweth as Maleficent (Kristin, The West Wing, Pushing Daisies, Schmigadoon!, Wicked)Synopsis: In present-day Auradon, Ben, the benevolent teenage son of King Adam and Queen Belle, offers a chance of redemption for the troublemaking offspring of Disney's classic villains: Cruella De Vil, Maleficent, the Evil Queen and Jafar.Fun Fact: Initially, this was not going to be a musical until Kenny Ortega came on board to direct.Next Movie: Invisible Sister ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Al and Val have to get to prom but they are on the run from a diamond thief! OH NO! Help us out by giving us a listen. And vote for us for Prom Queen! Bad Hair Day (February 13, 2015)IMDB WikipediaDirected by Erik Canuel (Big Wolf on Campus, Flashpoint, 19-2)Written by Billy Eddy & Matt Eddy (Zapped, Teen Beach 2, Monster High 1 & 2, Eureka), Eric M. Gardner (only 1 other credit)Starring: Laura Marano as Monica Reeves (Without a Trace, Austin & Ally, Ladybird, music videos)Leigh-Allyn Baker as Liz (character & voice actor - Mass Effect, Back at the Barnyard, Good Luck Charlie, Will & Grace)Christian Campbell as Pierce (character & voice actor - Max Steel, Big Love, Kiya & the Kimoja Heroes)Alain Goulem as Monica's Dad (character & voice actor - Bob Moraine, 18 to Life, Assassins Creed, My Old Ass)Christian Paul as Ed (character & voice actor - Wicker Park, Assassins Creed)Kiana Madeira as Sierra (Really Me, Trinkets, Fear Street, My Adventures with Superman)Jake Manley as Kyle Timmons (Heroes Reborn, iZombie, Midway, The Order)Zoé De Grand Maison as Ashley (Orphan Black, Riverdale)Synopsis: A high school student is desperate to be prom queen, but on the big night her hair is an uncontrollably bad mess. Meanwhile, a lady FBI agent is on the hunt for a jewel thief who is looking for a stolen necklace, which the messy haired girl has in her possession. Soon, she and the agent chase the jewel thief, and she's whizzed on a wild adventure in the city.Fun Facts: The executive producer is Leigh-Allyn Baker, who plays Liz in the film.Laura Marano (Monica) didn't have a stunt double for the driving scenesThe movie was filmed in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.Next Movie: Teen Beach 2 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★