Hannah Montana The Movie Coming April 10th
In the new Disney film, Miley has to Choose Between Two Worlds
Mar 31, 2009
For the new Disney film Hannah Montana: The Movie, Disney banks on a huge opening this Easter weekend. Despite the recent extremely strong opening of Dreamworks' Hannah Montana: The Movie, Disney is confident that the Hannah film will bring kids to the theaters during the vacation weekend.
Hannah Montana: The Movie stars the affable, energetic, and hardworking teen princess Miley Cyrus as Hannah/Miley Stewart. It's probably one of the most anticipated films of this year by pre-teens and teens, and in the new film Miley must choose between the best of both worlds: remain a pop star or settle down into her "civilian" life.
The rest of the cast from the hugely popular Disney Channel series also make the jump from small screen to silver screen, which includes likable Emily Osment as Lilly Truscott, Mitchell Musso as Oliver, Jason Earles as Miley's brother Jackson, and Miley's real life daddy Billy Ray Cyrus as (what else) Miley's daddy. There are confirmed appearances by a few celebrities, among them Tyra Banks, Vanessa L. Williams, and Barry Bostwick. There are also rumors going around the internet of some "secret" celeb cameos, among them Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson who has appeared in two recent Disney films as well as some guest appearances in episodes of a few different Disney Channel TV series'.
Will the film do giant box office? Most experts think so. Monsters Vs. Aliens seems to be the strongest competitor. That film opened to a gigantic $58 million in it's March 27 debut, breaking plenty of IMAX records and coming in as one of the all-time highest grossing films to be released in March. Still, Disney expects that it's warbling superstar Hannah Montana will be able to wrestle away a large audience in it's April 10th opening slot, when Monsters Vs. Aliens goes into it's third week of business.
Along with the movie, the film's soundtrack has been released. The soundtrack is comprised of 18 songs sung by Miley Cyrus (as both herself and in character as Hannah Montana) as well as contributions from Taylor Swift, Billy Ray Cyrus, country group Rascall Flatts, and more. There's also a "2009 Remix" of Hannah's hit TV theme song, "Best of Both Worlds". The CD has already sold at a brisk pace, and could pick up once the film hits theaters. A single from the album, "The Climb", has been released and is doing well on the charts, becoming a potential crossover hit with both pop and country appeal.
Hannah Montana: The Movie hits theaters everywhere on April 10th, 2009.
