Mickey's movietime
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In primetime, the cabler has greenlit five original films, said Rich Ross, Disney Channel's senior VP of programming and production.
In "Can of Worms," a 14-year-old boy who has never felt he "belongs" anywhere combats this feeling by spinning elaborate stories about imaginary aliens he identifies with. The film premieres on April 10.
"The Thirteenth Year," which will bow in May, is about a boy who grows scales and fins; he begins to breathe underwater and communicates with fish.
"Smart House," directed by LeVar Burton, is a comedy adventure about a young computer whiz who is disgusted with his chaotic home life. The movie premieres in June.
Surf city
In July, Disney Channel premieres "Johnny Tsunami," which chronicles the life of a 13-year-old surfing sensation who is uprooted from his island home and forced to move to a tiny resort town in Vermont.
"Genius," set to premiere in August, explores the life of a 14-year-old genius who enrolls in college in a new town.
The cable web continues its series of music specials with "B*Witched and Five in Concert," which premieres March 27.
The network enters the sports genre with a new series, "Z Games." Premiering in April, "Z Games" seeks out original games invented by kids from coast to coast.
Disney Channel also ordered 26 additional episodes of its original series "The Famous Jett Jackson."
Tube romance
American Movie Classics' sister channel, Romance Classics, will premiere an original special on Valentine's Day called "TV's Most Romantic Couples."
A co-production with TV Guide, the special will try to unearth why certain TV couples generate a romantic chemistry.
In other news, Lifetime has ordered a second season of 22 episodes of its original drama "Any Day Now," said Dawn Tarnofsky-Ostroff, senior VP, programming and production for the cabler.
The Tuesday series, starring Annie Potts and Lorraine Toussaint, explores the relationship between two childhood friends growing up in Alabama at the peak of the Civil Rights movement in the 1960s.
"Any Day Now" is produced by Spelling Entertainment. Nancy Ann Miller, Gary Randall and Sheldon Pinchuk are executive producers.
