Harriet the Spy: Blog Wars
| Harriet the Spy: Blog Wars | |
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| Directed by | Ron Oliver[1] |
| Produced by | Jonathan Hackett[1] |
| Written by | Heather Conkie Alexandra Clarke |
| Starring | Jennifer Stone Alexander Conti Melinda Shankar Jayne Eastwood Wesley Morgan Vanessa Morgan |
| Production company | 9 Story Entertainment |
| Country | United States Canada |
| Language | English |
| Original channel | Disney Channel (United States) Movie Central/The Movie Network (Canada) |
| Release date |
March 19, 2010 (Canada) March 26, 2010 (USA) |
| Preceded by | Harriet the Spy |
Harriet the Spy: Blog Wars is a 2010 Canadian/American television film starring Jennifer Stone[2] which premiered on March 26, 2010, on Disney Channel. It is the second film adaptation of the book, Harriet the Spy, by Louise Fitzhugh, after the 1996 Harriet the Spy film that starred Michelle Trachtenberg as Harriet. The film was produced by 9 Story Entertainment. Vanessa Morgan, who starred as Marion in the movie, would later go on to star in My Babysitter's a Vampire which had an unoriginal release on Disney Channel, as well as its TV series.
The film centers around Harriet, who now is a teenager. Jennifer Stone told Popstar magazine that "We're basing it off the charm of the first book. They aged Harriet up to 16, and it still deals with mean girls, except it matures that a little. It's a bit more of mean girls having to do with gossip and heartthrobs and all that. The first book was written in the 60's so we're trying to bring it up to 2010. We're putting our own spin on it."
It is the first Disney Channel film since 1997 that was not promoted as an "Original Movie" and the first released through 9 Story Entertainment and was co-produced in association with Disney Channel and Canadian pay TV channels Movie Central and The Movie Network. However, according to the Disney Channel website, the film is listed as a Disney Channel Original Movie.[3][4]
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[edit] Plot
Young spy Harriet M. Welsh (Jennifer Stone) crosses paths with popular student, Marion Hawthorne (Vanessa Morgan), as the two girls compete to become the official blogger of their high school class. After Marion has already started blogging, Harriet is at the edge. Harriet sets her sights on a big pop star, Skander Hill (Wesley Morgan), who is in town starring in a movie, Spy Teen 2: The Sequel, that her father, Roger Welsh (Doug Murray), is producing. However, Vi Welsh (Shauna MacDonald) claims Harriet has a crush on Skander. Despite her disdain for the star of the film, Harriet starts blogging about Skander Hill and stalks him. First, she goes to stalk him by doing a little Father/Daughter visit together, but Skander has an outburst and Harriet is forced off of the set.
When Harriet goes back, she finds Skander arguing with other producers of the movie, and freaks out, and has a fit. When switching shirts, Harriet notices a birth-mark on him and takes a picture, also stealing a water bottle. It only makes the other students love him more. Marion and her friends invite Harriet over, and watch "Spy Teen". She lies and runs downstairs to talk to Skander. Unfortunately, it's really Sport! Along with that, the posse gets excited, but Marion's still suspicious.
The next time Harriet goes there, she disguises herself as a maid, and she steals a document signed by Skander, but Skander notices her, and she runs away. She shows Marion the signature, but Marion claims it's a forgery. Skander spots Harriet stalking him and follows her to Janie's house. Meanwhile, Harriet's friends decide to cut off their friendship with Harriet because she is too obsessed with Skander. While leaving, she bumps into a chemical made by her Eco-Friend, and makes a loud noise and shake, which Skander deduces as someone trying to blow him up.
Back at the set, Skander accidentally starts a food fight, which Harriet tries to record, but notices her father, and does not record out of consciousness. When she follows her nanny Golly, she deduces she has a boyfriend, after a long argument, they figure out that she is leaving, bringing a major outburst throughout the family. Marion asks Harriet for real proof. Harriet goes back to the set, and is put in as an extra, and later Skander comes up to her and devotes his anger to her, while she was recording.
Soon after, she puts the rant on her blog, which Marion puts on the web. Skander quits the movie because he realizes Rodger's daughter is the spy. Harriet soon gets back with her friends, and Sport makes a basket. Harriet gives Skander a deep heartfelt apology, but Skander still quits, because he wanted her to stop her blog, but Roger would not allow as he believes Harriet is an avid writer. Until he realizes he gets a major role in another movie; he then goes back, hugs Harriet and kisses her on the cheek, and rejoins the movie, returning everything into normal.
Harriet gets the blog (Marion loses because she violated the rules to publicize Skander's rant), and at the end, it shows magazines showing a possible relationship between Skander and Harriet.
[edit] Cast
- Jennifer Stone as Harriet Welsh
- Jayne Eastwood as Stella Ellson
- Wesley Morgan as Skander Hill
- Vanessa Morgan as Marion Hawthorne
- Alexander Conti as Simon "Sport" Rocque
- Doug Murray as Roger Welsch
- Melinda Shankar as Janie Gibbs
- Kristin Booth as Catherine Golly
- Kiana Madeira as Rachael Hennessy
- Aislinn Paul as Beth Ellen
- Shauna MacDonald as Violetta Welsch
- Ann Turnball as Candy Finch
- Kristi Angus as Tiffany St. John
- Adam Chuckryk as Preston St. John
- Danny Smith as Tim James
- Peter Mooney as Lazaar James
- Martin Roach as Alfred Cooper
- Craig Brown as Steven James
- Madison Cipparone as Poppy Malone
[edit] International releases
| Country | Network(s) | Premiere | Title in Country |
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 Canada |
The Movie Network | March 19, 2010 | Harriet the Spy: Blog Wars |
 United States |
Disney Channel | March 26, 2010 | |
 Australia |
Disney Channel Australia | June 19, 2010 | |
 New Zealand |
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 Argentina |
Disney Channel Latin America | June 27, 2010 | Harriet la Espía: Guerra de Blogs |
 Mexico |
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 Chile |
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 Venezuela |
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 Brazil |
Harriet a Espiã: Guerra de Blogs | ||
 Germany |
Disney Channel Germany | July 9, 2010 | Harriet: Spionage aller Art |
 Austria |
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 United Kingdom |
Disney Channel UK & Ireland | July 23, 2010 | Harriet the Spy: Blog Wars |
 Ireland |
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 Spain |
Disney Channel Spain | July 24, 2010 | Harriet La Espia: Guerras del Blog |
 Russia |
Disney Channel Russia | October 6, 2010 | Шпионка Хэриэт: Война блогов |
 Israel |
Disney Channel Israel | October 7, 2010 | הארייט ומלחמת הבלוגים |
 Italy |
Disney Channel Italy | October 22, 2010 | Harriet the Spy |
 France |
Disney Channel France | October 27, 2010 | Harriet L'espionne : La Guerre Des Blogs |
 Netherlands |
Disney Channel (Netherlands/Flanders) | October 22, 2010 | Harriet the Spy: Blog Wars |
 Belgium |
December 24, 2010 | ||
 Poland |
Disney Channel Poland | December 18, 2010 | Harriet szpieguje: Wojna blogów |
 Romania |
Disney Channel Romania | December 18, 2010 | Harriet Spioana: Războiul Blogurilor |
 Hungary |
Disney Channel Hungary | December 18, 2010 | Harriet A Kém : Blog háború |
 Czech Republic |
Disney Channel Czech | December 18, 2010 | Válka blogerek |
 Slovakia |
Disney Channel Czech | December 18, 2010 | Válka blogerek |
 Bulgaria |
Disney Channel Bulgaria | December 18, 2010. | Хариет Шпионина: блог Войни |
 Arab World |
Disney Channel Middle East | December, 2010 | Harriet the Spy(as a part of holiday special) |
 Greece |
Disney Channel Greece | December 25, 2010 | Xάρριετ η Κατάσκοπος: Πόλεμος στο Διαδίκτυο Blog Wars (as a part of christmas holiday special) |
 Turkey |
Disney Channel Türkiye | December 25, 2010 | Ajan Herriet Günlük Savaşları (as a part of christmas holiday special) |
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ a b [1][dead link]
- ^ Bonner, Julie. (March 14, 2009) Jennifer Stone Set for “Harriet the Spy” | Crushable. Disneysociety.com. Retrieved on August 12, 2011.
- ^ Micro site
- ^ Disney Channel Original Movies Site
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