'Wizards Beyond Waverly Place' Gets New Poster & Premiere Date, 2 Disney Stars Revealed as Season 1 Directors

We finally have a premiere date for the upcoming series Wizards Beyond Waverly Place!

The upcoming continuation of fan-favorite Wizards of Waverly Place was said to be premiering this fall, but an exact date was not revealed… until now.

In addition to the Disney Channel and Disney+ premiere dates, a new poster and two directors for season one were also revealed.

Keep reading to learn more…

From executive producers Selena Gomez and David Henrie, the upcoming series follows an adult Justin Russo (Henrie), who has chosen to lead a normal, mortal life with his family, Giada, Roman and Milo. When Justin’s sister Alex (Gomez) brings Billie to his home seeking help, Justin realizes he must dust off his magical skills to mentor the wizard-in-training while also juggling his everyday responsibilities — and safeguarding the future of the Wizard World.

Selena will only appear in the first episode, and David will serve as a series regular, alongside Janice LeAnn Brown as Billie, Alkaio Thiele as Roman Russo, Max Matenko as Milo Russo, Taylor Cora as Winter and Mimi Gianopulos as Giada Russo.

It was just announced that Raven’s Home‘s Raven-Symoné and Girl Meets World‘s Danielle Fishel will direct an episode each in season one!

Wizards Beyond Waverly Place will premiere on the first two episodes on Tuesday, October 29th starting at 8pm ET on Disney Channel. Then, on Wednesday, October 30th, two more new episodes, including a Halloween-themed episode, will premiere on the network.

Starting November 8th, episodic premieres will move to Friday nights at 8pm ET with two new episodes every week!

The new series will also drop the first eight episodes on Disney+ and Disney Channel On Demand on Wednesday, October 30th.

In case you missed it, check out the first look at the new series, which debuted earlier this month!