Stargirl: Grace VanderWaal

Disney+ is returning to the musical world of Stargirl, its YA romantic drama that premiered on the platform almost a year ago.



The streamer is bringing back much of the creative team behind the original movie, including star Grace VanderWaal and director Julia Hart, who will this time be joined by actor Elijah Richardson as well as composer-musician Michael Penn, the latter who will write and perform original music for the film.

The 2020 movie adapted the best-selling book by Jerry Spinelli and told of a boy living in Mica, Arizona, who wishes nothing more than an anonymous existence but whose life is turned upside down when he meets and falls for an unusual and colorful girl named Stargirl.





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Hart and Jordan Horowitz, who co-wrote the initial adaptation with Kirsten Hahn, have written the original script follows Stargirl's journey out of Mica and into a bigger world of music, dreams and possibility.

VanderWaal, who will reprise her role as Stargirl, will write and perform original music for this outing with Richard playing the romantic lead.

Ellen Goldsmith-Vein and Lee Stollman of Gotham Group return as producers while Horowitz will produce for Hart & Horowitz’s company Original Headquarters. Hahn and Spinelli are executive producers. Penn will also act as the new project’s executive music producer.



Jeanne McCarthy and Nicole Abellera are currently casting the movie.

Like other streamers, Disney+ does not give viewership numbers or guidance on how it counts “views.” However, the making of a sequel does auger that it was somewhat of a success. The sequel also becomes the first Disney+ feature production to get a follow up.

Judy Greer will star in Disney’s sequel to Stargirl.

The movie, which is in development from the Disney live action division, will stream on Disney+.

Greer will play the role of Ana opposite returning star Grace VanderWaal who plays Stargirl. VanderWaal will write and perform original music as well.

Julia Hart is coming back to direct, and she’ll be writing the sequel’s screenplay again with husband Jordan Horowitz. The duo adapted the original screenplay on the first movie with Kristin Hahn off Jerry Spinelli’s best-selling book of the same name.



The sequel will follow Stargirl’s journey out of Mica and into a bigger world of music. I understand that Ana is Stargirl’s mother and the duo will be moving to Los Angeles, where the latter is working on a film. Elijah Richardson will play the romantic lead Evan who is Stargirl’s new neighbor and an aspiring writer.

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Lee Stollman and Ellen Goldsmith-Vein are producing alongside The Gotham Group for Disney+. Horowitz is producing for Hart and Horowitz’s company Original Headquarters. Hahn and Spinelli are EPs. Michael Penn will be the Executive Music Producer and will write original music for the sequel.

Greer counts over 100 roles in both her film and TV acting career. On the feature side, she’s starred in Clint Eastwood’s The 15:17 to Paris, Marvel’s Ant-Man And The Wasp, 20th Century Fox’s War For The Planet Of The Apes, Wilson, The Descendants, Jurassic World; Men, Women & Children;, and Janicza Bravo’s Sundance premiere Lemon alongside Brett Gelman and Michael Cera. Greer also stars in the Blumhouse revival of Halloween and its sequel Halloween Kills opposite Jamie Lee Curtis.

On the TV side, Greer most recently starred opposite Jim Carrey and Catherine Keener on the Showtime series Kidding. For the past ten years, Judy has voiced the role of Cheryl on the FXX Emmy-winning animated comedy Archer and now also voices the lead role of Luna on the PBS kids show Let’s Go Luna. Previously, Greer starred in the FX comedy series Married opposite Nat Faxon and has recurred on Netflix’s Arrested Development, Hulu’s Casual, CBS’ Two and a Half Men and Showtime’s Masters of Sex.