{"id":30281,"date":"2025-08-18T00:01:50","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T04:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/disney-orders-tim-federles-coven-academy-to-series\/"},"modified":"2025-08-18T10:39:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T14:39:10","slug":"disney-orders-tim-federles-coven-academy-to-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/disney-orders-tim-federles-coven-academy-to-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Disney Orders Tim Federle\u2019s Coven Academy to Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Disney Branded Television has ordered to series <em>Coven Academy<\/em>, from writer and director Tim Federle (<em>High School Musical: The Musical: The Series<\/em>), for Disney+ and Disney Channel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI pitched<em> Coven Academy<\/em> as a love letter to the genre YA shows I grew up on,\u201d Federle said. \u201cI\u2019m thrilled to bring this original story to the screen with my longtime friends at Disney, led by Ayo Davis, and I can\u2019t wait for the world to meet the incredible cast and crew who are conjuring our world into being.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Set in New Orleans, the teen drama follows a trio of witches-in-training who are bound by destiny to guard their city against dangerous, ancient forces.<\/p>\n<p>The cast features Malina Pauli Weissman (<em>Ick<\/em>, <em>A Series of Unfortunate Events<\/em>), Tiffani Thiessen (<em>Alexa and Katie<\/em>, <em>White Collar<\/em>, <em>90210<\/em>), Malachi Barton (<em>Zombies 4: Dawn of the Vampires<\/em>), Louis Thresher (<em>Boarders<\/em>), Jordan Leftwich (<em>Family Switch<\/em>) and Ora Duplass (<em>Their Town<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>Recurring guest stars include Brendon Tremblay (<em>Descendants: Wicked Wonderland<\/em>), Swayam Bhatia (<em>Zombies 4: Dawn of the Vampires<\/em>) and Keegan Connor Tracy (<em>Once Upon a Time<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>Federle wrote and directed the pilot, which he also executive produced alongside Kimberly McCullough and Bronwyn North-Reist, Federle\u2019s head of creative at his Chorus Boy Productions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Coven Academy<\/em> is an innovative format that blends supernatural intrigue with the friendships, challenges and self-discovery of the teenage experience,\u201d said Ayo Davis, president of Disney Branded Television. \u201cUnder Tim Federle\u2019s creative leadership, this magical high school comes alive with a breakout cast, continuing our tradition of creating stories and stars that connect deeply with today\u2019s generation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Under his recently renewed overall deal with Disney Branded Television, Federle is also executive producing the live-action comedy series <em>Vampirina: Teenage Vampire<\/em>, directing the previously announced <em>Romy and Michele\u2019s High School Reunion<\/em> sequel and writing the stage musical adaptation of<em> The Greatest Showman<\/em> for Disney Theatrical Group.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Disney Branded Television has ordered to series Coven Academy, from writer and director Tim Federle (High School Musical: The Musical: The Series), for Disney+ and Disney Channel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":29301,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[5981,10615,110,5750,111,5175],"class_list":["post-30281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-ayo-davis","tag-coven-academy","tag-disney","tag-disney-branded-television","tag-disney-channel","tag-tim-federle","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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