10 Characters Who Need To Appear In The Wizards of Waverly Place Sequel Series

With Wizards of Waverly Place coming back as a sequel series recently named Wizards Beyond Waverly Place, it has already been established that David Henrie will be reprising his role as Justin Russo as a series regular while Selena Gomez will be reprising her role as Alex Russo in a guest-star capacity.

Wizards of Waverly Place is not the first Disney Channel series to get the revival sequel series treatment, as it comes after the success of Raven's Home, which had followed a similar format of bringing back original That's So Raven series stars Raven Symoné, Anneliese van der Pol, Rondell Sheridan, T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh, and Adrienne Bailon-Houghton.

Wizards of Waverly Place was one of Disney Channel's most popular sitcoms, leaning into the chemistry and fun of its ensemble cast. Wizards Beyond Waverly Place will follow Justin's family years after he has stepped back as a wizard. But this show can not go without connecting the dots to the original series. So, can audiences expect to see the rest of the original cast?

The use of the storyline already has fans questioning big events from the show, such as how can Max be incorporated and what caused Justin and Juliet to break up. Although Wizards Beyond Waverly Place is not required to give a long in-depth explanation surrounding these events, as its main demographic may not have seen the original series, it would still play nicely into the narrative to pay homage to these characters and storylines that original fans were so fond of as it played into understanding the true backstory of these characters and relationships.