Why Lizzie McGuayier has been canceled (twice)

One of the best Disney Channel TV shows in the early 2000s – “Lizzie McGuire”, High School Sitki is growing pain from breakdown, wanting to be popular and find your teen identity. It was nominated for an excellent children’s program at the EMMY 2003 and 2004. “Lizzie McGuire” was also one of the most popular series on the channel, with 2.3 million viewers per episode, and it became the first series of Disney Channel, which received a feature film that released the theaters. Created by Terry to Minsk, a short -lived, but adherent series, has a truly unique and creative vision.

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“Lizzie McGuire” has a variety of experimental techniques for creating film production and editing inspired by “Run Lola Run” to create foolish moments (via Vice). “There was a Dutch corner of Mrs. McGuir’s major plans strictly demanding:” Tell me the truth “or shots that turned into fixed photos with the sound of the flash, as when Lizzie showed one of her lively colored and redirect.

Despite its popularity, “Lizzie McGuire” lasted only two seasons, which took place from January 12, 2001 to February 14, 2004, thereby meeting A scary requirement of the 65-episode rules This stopped sharply on most Disney shows. Although Los -egeles Times Disney was reportedly interested in creating a Sitcom high school for ABC, its cancellation had a lot in common with its uplifting star Hillary Daf.

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In May 2003, Entertainment weekly They reported contract disputes, which resulted in Lisis McGuir as a result. 15-year-old Disney Hillary Daf was offered $ 35,000 for the episode for playing bright teenagers in the new ABC series when she entered high school, but Daf and her family wanted $ 100,000-and that’s right. Hillary Daf’s performance in the role of titular Lizz McGuayier is what makes the show so unforgettable. It is the ideal mixture of innocent and sweet, and uncomfortable and intricate, in a sharp comedy performance that nails a mess.

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Hillary Daf also sought a more profitable transaction that would give her $ 4 million for the potential continuation of the movie “Lizzie McGuir”, as well as a $ 500,000 bonus, regardless of what the film scored more than $ 50 million. But it was too much for Disney and they had to part.

Hillary Daf and her family expressed such heavy demands not only because she deserved it as a vitality of the show, but also because she received proposals with higher pay from big Hollywood films. Her career flourished outside the Disney channel in family and romantic comedies, such as “cheaper dozen”, “Raise voice” and “Cinderella”. She could not convey these opportunities to work less than she deserved. How much it hurts by “Lizz McGuayer” fans that her story could continue, it is important for Hillary Daf to know her and advocated it at such a young age.

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Even without Hillary Daf, Disney still wanted to expand the franchise “Lizzie McGuire”. After all, Wealth They estimate that they earned $ 100 million from goods, including books, bedrooms and McDonald toys. There were many more children to entertain and make money. The Los Angeles Times It was reported on the plans for the animated version of the series, but without the squeak voice of Hillary Dapha he would not be the same. Another pilot was ordered by the younger sister Miranda Stevi, played by Selena Gomez, who would also have her own animated alternative ego but never left the ground.

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After 15 years, the millennium was pleased when Lizzie McGuir would reboot on Disney+, after Lizzie, as a 30-year-old interior designer in New York, who is returning to his hometown in California. Unfortunately, Showrunner Terri Minsk was released into two episodes before it was canceled. Between Minsk and Dapha who wanted, was the dragging dragging that wanted Bring Lizzie because she would really be an adult womanAnd Disney, who wanted it to be more friendly to the family-that’s that young children are fully fond of watching the show about the lonely thirty-year-olds, right? Hillary Daf stopped in detail on the cancellation in December 2020 at Instagram:

Writer at the exhibition, Jonathan Hurwitz, spilled some details on the tiktok About the content of the show. The third episode, which was written but not yet removed, would have opened if Lizzie woke up next to his legendary bewildered. The animated Lizzie will say, “Well, checked this box … twice.” Not only did we miss more seasons “Lizzie McGuir”, but we had to cancel it again for reboot – despite the main demographic of the one who would observe the age of Lizzi! This adult shows would be what dreams were made.