Return to Halloweentown

Return to Halloweentown
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Based on	Characters by Paul Bernbaum and Jon Cooksey & Ali Matheson
Written by	Max Enscoe Annie DeYoung Paul Bernbaum
Directed by	David Jackson
Starring	Sara Paxton Joey Zimmerman Judith Hoag Lucas Grabeel Keone Young Summer Bishil Debbie Reynolds Kristy Wu Leslie Wing
Music by	Kenneth Burgomaster
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
Production
Producer(s)	Don Schain Sheri Singer
Running time	88 minutes
Release
Original network	Disney Channel
Original release	October 20, 2006
Chronology
Preceded by	Halloweentown High

Return to Halloweentown (also known as Halloweentown IV: Witch U.) is a Disney Channel Original Movie that premiered on October 20, 2006. It is the fourth and final installment in the Halloweentown series. In this sequel, Marnie Piper (Sara Paxton) and her brother, Dylan Piper (Joey Zimmerman), go to Witch University to attend college in Halloweentown. While at college, dark forces try to control her magic. This is the only Halloweentown film to not feature Kimberly J. Brown as Marnie Piper, who played the role in the previous three films. In addition, Emily Roeske did not reprise her role as Sophie Piper. This film also makes the Halloweentown series one of the first Disney Channel Original Movies to produce a fourth installment. The premiere scored 7.5 million viewers. The DVD was released on August 28, 2007.

18-year-old Marnie (Sara Paxton) decides to forego her original college plans and attend Witch University in Halloweentown. Marnie is offered a full scholarship for her good deeds and for her work in the previous years. Much to her mother Gwen's (Judith Hoag) dismay, Marnie goes, and her brother Dylan (Joey Zimmerman) is reluctantly forced along by Gwen to keep an eye on her. The school is not what it seems, as witches and warlocks cannot use magic; instead they learn about Shakespeare and old magic history. Marnie had thought she would learn how to use her magic and is now crestfallen. She runs into her old friend Ethan (Lucas Grabeel) and makes a new friend named Aneesa the Genie (Summer Bishil). She also makes three new enemies in the Sinister Sisters, a triad of malevolent, extremely snobby, spoiled, and manipulative witches with whom Dylan is immediately infatuated and are the daughters of Silas Sinister (Keone Young).