Disney Channel Fans

Well, it’s official. Disney is making a Suite Life DCOM. There have been rumors of one circulating for a while, but what they’ve actually come up with sounds very strange to me. Is this how they intend to send the show? I certainly hope not…

Official Disney press release follows:

PRODUCTION TO BEGIN ON “THE SUITE LIFE MOVIE” FOR DISNEY CHANNEL

Production will begin this month on the thrilling comedy/adventure, “The Suite Life Movie,” a Disney Channel Original Movie (DCOM) based on the pair of hit comedy series for the channel — “The Suite Life of Zack and Cody” and “The Suite Life on Deck” — starring Dylan Sprouse, Cole Sprouse, Brenda Song, Debby Ryan and Phill Lewis. The movie is set to premiere in 2011 on Disney Channel.

“The Suite Life Movie” marks the seventh Disney Channel series to join the blockbuster DCOM franchise. The winning track record includes the most recent title, “Wizards of Waverly Place the Movie,” which ranked as 2009′s No. 1 scripted cable TV telecast among Total Viewers (13.5 million), and TV’s No. 1 telecast among Kids 6-11 (5.32 million), and its No. 1 scripted telecast among Tweens 9-14 (4.64 million).

The writers for “The Suite Life Movie” are Michael Saltzman, who wrote the story for “The Pink Panther” movie and executive-produced “Murphy Brown,” and Robert Horn, writer of Broadway’s “13,” writer/producer of “Designing Women” and writer of Disney Channel’s upcoming “Sharpay’s Fabulous Adventure.”

Sean McNamara is directing the movie. He executive-produced the hit series “Even Stevens,” for which he also earned two DGA Award nominations, and produced “That’s So Raven” for Disney Channel. He also directs the Disney XD series “Zeke and Luther.” Pamela Eells O’Connell (“The Suite Life on Deck,” “Family Matters”), Irene Dreayer (“The Suite Life on Deck,” “Sister, Sister”), Jessica Rhoades (“Den Brother”), Dylan Sprouse and Cole Sprouse are executive producers.

As the story goes, teenage twins Cody and Zack Martin receive an opportunity to participate in the prestigious Gemini Project at a high-tech research center that studies the dynamics between twins. Soon they find themselves connected in a way they’ve never been before: When one twin experiences a sensation, thought or feeling, the other twin feels it too. While this newfound power helps the boys see eye to eye for the first time, it ultimately puts them in more danger than they could have imagined.

Since the launch of its third season in July, “The Suite Life on Deck” ranks among TV’s Top 5 series in target Kids 6-11 (1.4 million/5.7 rating) and Tweens 9-14 (1.3 million/5.5 rating). Source: NTI, 6/28/10-9/5/10, most current, based on minimum 5 telecasts.

A Year Without Rain (both the standard and deluxe editions) are NOW AVAILABLE!

And I have to say, I absolutely love this album. But let me take it one song at a time.

1. Round & Round – A truly phenomenal song that had a phenomenal music video. A more mature sound than her first album and a great way to begin this album. 5/5

2. A Year Without Rain – My favorite of her new songs. A very emotional an relateable song that’s still very poppy and catchy. Absolutely amazing to hear live as well. 6/5

3. Rock God – Rock Mafia has a very good track record and I’m glad Selena got a chance to work with them. This is an unusual song, but it’s incredibly catchy and dancy. 4/5

4. Off the Chain – I LOVE this song. I totally lose it when she whispers “I want you” at the beginning. The chorus is magnificent, and I love how smooth her voice is. It’s intoxicating, and also amazing to hear live. 5/5

5. Summer’s Not Hot – A peppy song but this one kinda fell flat with me. I like the little bit of Spanish and the line about “wearing a bikini” but it could have been better. 3/5

6. Intuition – This song struck me as a “generic teen pop” song. I like it because I like generic teen pop songs, but again it could have been better 3/5

7. Spotlight – I like the chorus a lot. And it’s a good “beauty is on the inside” girl power song, but as a guy that doesn’t speak to me as much. 4/5

8. Ghost Of You – The ballad of the album, and what a ballad it is. Very deep and very touching. I particularly like the lyric: “livin’ life crazy loud; like i have the right to.” Not a song I’d listen to on repeat, but exceptional all the same. 5/5

9. Sick of You – I guess Aly & AJ where right, you have to have at least one breakup song on an album. “I’ll wave good bye when you say hello.” A really good beat and quite catchy. 4/5

10. Live Like There’s No Tomorrow – We’ve heard this one before (thank you “Ramona and Beezus“) and it’s a lovely song, but a bit too fluffy for my tastes. 3/5

And when we average out the scores for the album that gives us a overall score of 4.2/5 for Selena Gomez’s A Year Without Rain. So go buy your copy and then let me know if you agree or disagree with my scores. On second thought, buy two copies.