More Wizards of Waverly Place for Disney

BURBANK: Disney Channel has ordered a fourth season of Wizards of Waverly Place, and has also announced the development of the sequel to Wizards of Waverly Place The Movie.

Production on the fourth season will get under way in August, with show-runners Vince Cheung and Ben Montanio executive producing. The first Wizards of Waverly Place movie was cable TV’s second highest rated scripted telecast of all time in total viewers, kids 6 to 11 and tweens. The script for the Disney Channel original movie sequel will be written by Dan Berendsen, who also penned the first.

Gary Marsh, the president of entertainment and chief creative officer at Disney Channels Worldwide, commented: "The Emmy win this past year confirmed what we already believed—this is a cast of superstar comedic talent, backed by an inspired team of writers and producers."