Probably the greatest Disney Channel tv reveals in the course of the early 2000s is “Lizzie McGuire,” a center college sitcom concerning the rising pains of crushes, desirous to be widespread, and discovering your teenage id. It was nominated for Excellent Kids’s Program within the 2003 and 2004 Emmy Awards. “Lizzie McGuire” was additionally one of the vital widespread collection on the channel, with as much as 2.3 million viewers per episode, and it grew to become the primary Disney Channel collection to have a characteristic movie launched in theaters. Created by Terri Minsky, the short-lived however adored collection has a very distinctive and artistic imaginative and prescient.
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“Lizzie McGuire” options all kinds of experimental filmmaking and enhancing methods, impressed by “Run Lola Run,” to create foolish moments (through Vice). “There have been Dutch angle close-ups of Mrs. McGuire’s lips sternly demanding, ‘Inform me the reality,’ or pictures that became nonetheless pictures with the sound of popping flashbulbs, like when Lizzie confirmed off one in all her vibrant-colored and bedazzled outfits. There was additionally the well-known cartoon model of Lizzie that expressed her interior ideas.
Regardless of its recognition, “Lizzie McGuire” lasted solely two seasons, operating from January 12, 2001, to February 14, 2004, thereby assembly the dreaded 65-episode rule requirement that put an abrupt finish to most Disney reveals. Though the Los Angeles Instances reported that Disney was desirous about making a highschool model of the sitcom for ABC, its cancellation had loads to do with its rising star, Hilary Duff.
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Hilary Duff heads to Hollywood
In Could of 2003, Leisure Weekly reported the contractual disputes that ended up canceling “Lizzie McGuire.” Disney’s 15-year-old star Hilary Duff was supplied $35,000 per episode for enjoying the bright-eyed teen on the brand new ABC collection as she entered highschool, however Duff and her household wished $100,000 — and rightfully so. Hilary Duff’s efficiency because the titular Lizzie McGuire is what makes the present so unforgettable. She’s the proper mix of harmless and candy, and awkward and quirky, in a pointy comedic efficiency that nails the messiness of adolescence.
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Hilary Duff additionally sought a extra profitable deal that may give her $4 million for the potential sequel to “The Lizzie McGuire Film,” plus a $500,000 bonus whether or not or not the movie grossed greater than $50 million. However this was an excessive amount of for Disney, they usually needed to half methods.
Hilary Duff and her household made such sturdy calls for, not solely as a result of she deserved it because the lifeblood of the present, but in addition as a result of she was receiving higher-paying provides from greater Hollywood movies. Her profession was flourishing outdoors the Disney Channel in household and romantic comedies similar to “Cheaper by the Dozen,” “Elevate Your Voice,” and “A Cinderella Story.” She could not move these alternatives as much as work for lower than what she deserved. As a lot because it pains “Lizzie McGuire” followers that her story might have continued, it is essential that Hilary Duff knew her price and advocated for it at such a younger age.
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Lizzie McGuire tries to reside on
Even with out Hilary Duff, Disney nonetheless wished to develop the “Lizzie McGuire” franchise. In any case, Fortune estimated they made $100 million from merchandise, together with books, bed room units, and McDonald’s toys. There have been nonetheless a whole lot of children to entertain and cash to be made. The Los Angeles Instances reported plans for an animated model of the collection, nevertheless it would not be the identical with out Hilary Duff’s squeaky voice. One other pilot was ordered about Miranda’s youthful sister Stevie, performed by Selena Gomez, who would even have her personal animated alter ego, nevertheless it by no means acquired off the bottom.
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15 years later, millennials rejoiced when “Lizzie McGuire” would have a reboot on Disney+, following Lizzie as a 30-year-old inside designer in New York Metropolis who travels again to her California hometown. Sadly, showrunner Terri Minsky was fired two episodes into manufacturing earlier than it was canceled altogether. There was a tug-of-war between Minsky and Duff, who wished to characterize Lizzie as she would actually be as an grownup girl, and Disney, who wished it to be extra family-friendly — as a result of little children completely love watching reveals about single thirtysomethings, proper? Hilary Duff elaborated on the cancellation in December 2020 on Instagram:
A author on the present, Jonathan Hurwitz, spilled some particulars on TikTok concerning the present’s content material. Episode three, which was written however not but filmed, would have opened with Lizzie waking up subsequent to her legendary crush Ethan Craft. Animated Lizzie would say, “‘Properly, checked that field … twice.” Not solely did we miss out on extra seasons of “Lizzie McGuire,” however they needed to cancel it once more for the reboot — regardless of the principle demographic of who would watch it being precisely Lizzie’s age! That adult-centric present would’ve been what goals are product of.
