One of the best Disney Channel TV shows in the early 2000s is “Lizzie McGuire” ,,,,, “ A college sitcom on the growing pain of crushing, wanting to be popular and find your adolescent identity. He was nominated for the exceptional children’s program at Emmy Awards 2003 and 2004. “Lizzie McGuire” was also one of the most popular series in the channel, with up to 2.3 million viewers per episode, and he became the first Disney Channel series to publish a feature film in theaters. Created by Terre Minsky, the short but adored series has a really unique and creative vision.
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“Lizzie McGuire” presents all kinds of experimental film and editing techniques, inspired by “Run Lola Run”, to create silly moments (via Vice). “There were Dutch close-ups of the lips of Mrs. McGuire demanding severely,` `Tell me the truth ” or shots that have turned into photos still with the sound of fragmented flashbuls, like when Lizzie showed one of her vibrant and dazzled outfits.
Despite its popularity, “Lizzie McGuire” lasted only two seasons, taking place from January 12, 2001 to February 14, 2004, thus meeting the dreaded rule of 65 episodes It ended brutal to most Disney shows. Although the Los Angeles Times reported that Disney was interested in creating a secondary version of the sitcom for ABC, its cancellation had a lot to do with its rising star, Hilary Duff.
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Hilary Duff heads for Hollywood
In May 2003, Weekly entertainment reported the contractual disputes which ended up canceling “Lizzie McGuire”. The Disney star, 15, Hilary Duff, was offered $ 35,000 per episode for playing the teenager with brilliant eyes on the new ABC series as she entered the high school, but Duff and her family wanted $ 100,000 – and rightly. The performance of Hilary Duff as a Lizzie McGuire holder is what makes the spectacle so unforgettable. It is the perfect mixture of innocent and sweet, clumsy and original, in a clear comic performance which nails the disorder of adolescence.
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Hilary DUFF also asked for a more lucrative affair which would give him $ 4 million for the potential suite of “The Lizzie McGuire Movie”, plus a bonus of $ 500,000, that the film has reported more than $ 50 million. But it was too much for Disney, and they had to separate.
Hilary Duff and her family made such strong requests, not only because she deserved it as the standard of living of the series, but also because she received more paid offers from greater Hollywood films. His career was flourishing outside the Disney channel in family and romantic comedies such as “cheaper by the dozen”, “Raule your voice” and “a story of Cinderella”. She could not pass these opportunities to work for less than what she deserved. As much as it hurts fans of “Lizzie McGuire” that his story could have continued, it is important that Hilary Duff knew his value and pleaded him for such a young age.
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Lizzie McGuire tries to live
Even without Hilary Duff, Disney always wanted to extend the franchise “Lizzie McGuire”. After all, Fortune Estimated, they made $ 100 million in goods, including books, bedroom sets and McDonald’s toys. There were still many children to entertain and earn money. Los Angeles Times reported plans for an animated version of the series, but it would not be the same thing without the creaky voice of Hilary Duff. Another pilot was ordered about Miranda’s younger sister, Stevie, played by Selena Gomez, who would also have her own lively alter ego, but he never took off.
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15 years later, the millennials rejoiced when “Lizzie McGuire” would have a restart on Disney +, after Lizzie as an interior designer of 30 years in New York which returns to his hometown of California. Unfortunately, the Terra Minsky showrunner was dismissed two episodes in production before it was completely canceled. There was a war struggle between Minsky and Duff, who wanted represent lizzie because she would be really as an adult womanAnd Disney, who wanted it to be more suited to the family – because small children love to watch shows on single thirtyomethethings, right? Hilary Duff developed the cancellation in December 2020 on Instagram:
Writer in the series, Jonathan Hurwitz, overturned some details on Tiktok On the content of the show. Episode three, which was written but not yet filmed, would have opened with Lizzie wake up next to his legendary Crush Ethan Craft. The animation Lizzie said: “” Well, check this box … twice. “Not only did we miss more seasons of” Lizzie McGuire “, but they had to cancel it again for the restart – despite the main demographic group of who would look at him exactly the age of Lizzie! This show centered on the adult would have been what dreams are made of.
