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‘Julie and the Phantoms’ Season 2: Release date, plot, cast and all you need to know about the Netflix musical dramedy

The series follows a young girl named Julie who loves music with a passion. She then meets a three-man boy band of phantoms who have been dead for twenty-five years, and help her navigate her life while she helps them become the band that they missed out on.

'Julie and the Phantoms', a teen comedy and musical drama debuted its first season on September 10, 2020. The series is an American adaptation of the Brazillian television series titled 'Julie e os Fantasmas' gained a lot of popularity with its first season, with many anticipating a Season 2. While there were sources that claimed there would be a season two, many fans have been waiting on the renewal of the show. The series even features in the top 10 in the United States, the Netherlands, Australia, and Canada - even reaching the top 5 in the US.

Release date

As of now, there is no official release date for Season 2 of 'Julie and the Phantoms'. ProductionWeekly and TheCinemaSpot have both reported that a Season 2 is in "active development" but there has been no official release date for the season by Netflix as of yet.

Plot

For Season 1, here is the official synopsis as per Netflix. "High schooler Julie (Madison Reyes) lost her passion for music after her mom died last year. But when the ghosts of three dreamy musicians (Charlie Gillespie, Owen Patrick Joyner, Jeremy Shada) from 1995 suddenly appear in her mom’s old music studio, Julie feels her own inner spirit beginning to reawaken, and she's inspired to start singing and writing songs again. As their friendship with Julie grows, the boys convince her to create a new band together: Julie and the Phantoms. 

 From Emmy and DGA Award-winning director and choreographer Kenny Ortega (High School Musical, Descendants) and choreographer Paul Becker (Descendants, Mirror Mirror) comes a fresh and exciting new musical series about embracing life's ups and downs, following your dreams, and discovering the power of your own voice."

Spoilers ahead for Season 2

For Season 2, Kenny Ortega said, "We’re hoping that the world will join us, first of all. we have some big plans for season two, to go even further into our stories, and even further into our music. We hope to maybe even take this on the road, and tour Julie and the Phantoms as a live musical experience.” It was also teased that fans will hopefully find out if the Phantoms are actually ghosts or not, saying, "that gets answered very early on in the next season."

Cheyenne Jackson who plays the role of Caleb Covington, the ghost that owns the Hollywood Ghost Club in the first season of the series explained how he is excited to see where his character will go. If you remember he had possessed Nick (Sacha Carlson) in the first season! In an interview with ET, Jackson said, "I think that’s going to be the fun thing, if Season 2 does happen, is the backstory and what is his obsession with this band. Why this band? Does he have a specific thing with one of them or all three? Those are the fun questions I hope we get to answer. He must have a personal connection with one of them. I just can’t figure out any other reason why he would be so resigned to it’s all about Sunset Curve." Executive producer Kenny Ortega also wants to see the bond between Julie and Like grow as he said that their connected will grow much bigger should the show return for Season 2. 

In short, the series follows a young girl named Julie who loves music with a passion. She then meets a three-man boy band of phantoms who have been dead for twenty-five years, and help her navigate her life while she helps them become the band that they missed out on. Hopefully, more plot details on Season 2 become public, because it seems as though fans can't wait any longer. 

Fans demand a Season 2 

As the rumors continue to spread that a Season 2 is in the works, many fans took to Twitter to get one statement trending, "NETFLIX BRING BACK JATP" 
"NETFLIX BRING BACK JATP hoping on board to this I physically don’t know if I’ll be able to survive without a s2  #JATPSEASON2," wrote one user. Another frustrated user added, "NETFLIX BRING BACK JATP cause how ever other series get renewed already #JATP"

While the mainstay of every tweet asking for a Season 2 remains that one statement, we wonder if Netflix will hear the series fans out. Some fans have just stuck to tweeting "NETFLIX BRING BACK JATP" over and over again as the trend continues to build on the social media channel. "Mentally, I've BEEN here since September  NETFLIX BRING BACK JATP and put me out of my misery-- I'm BEGGING YOU," wrote another fan. Another added, "JUST SAW THIS TRENDING NETFLIX BRING BACK JATP PLEASE I NEED MORE OF MY COMFORT SHIP AND COMFORT CHARACTERS PLEASE." Many also encouraged other fans to not stop demanding for a season two, as one fan tweeted, "NETFLIX BRING BACK JATP RN! NOW OR NEVER STANS STAND UP CMON WHERE ARE YALL." Either way, it seems like the fans are joining together to make it happen, as one wrote, "How did we somehow manage to get NETFLIX BRING BACK JATP to the number one trending topic we're not that big a fandom"

Cast

Madison Reyes as Julie 

Reyes is mainly known for her role as Jule in 'Julie and the Phantoms' as she's new on the acting scene. The role sees her play an aspiring singer who awakens her passion for music after she meets a band of ghosts in her garage - this is Reyes' breakthrough role.

Charlie Gillespie as Luke

Gillespie is known for his roles as D-Rat Ronnie in 'Runt' (2020), Brian in 'Charmed' (2018) and Nathan in 'The Rest of Us' (2019). His recent works include 'I Am the Night' (2019), 'Speed Kills' (2018), '2nd Generation' (2018) and 'Degrassi: Next Class' (2017). He has two releases titled 'Love You Anyway' (2021) and 'The Class' in pre-production.

Owen Joyner as Alex

Joyner is known for his roles as Crisop Powers in '100 Things To Do Before High School' (2014-2016), Arc in 'Henry Danger' (2019) and Heinrich Hiddenville III in 'The Thundermans' (2017). His other works include 'It's On!' (2016), 'The Veil' (2017) and 'Knight Squad' (2018-2019)

Cheyenne Jackson as  Caleb Covington

Jackson is known for his roles as Will Drake in 'American Horror Story' (2015-2018), Danny Baker in '30 Rock' (2009-2012), Dustin Goolsby in 'Glee' (2010-2011), Billy Leatherwood in 'Behind the Candelabra' (2013) and is also seen in the recent comedy 'Call Me Kat' playing the role of Max. His other recent works include 'Watchmen' (2019), 'Equal' (2020), and 'Saved By the Bell' (2020).

The rest of the cast includes Jeremy Shada as Reggie, Jadah Marie as Flynn, Sacha Carlson as Nick, Savannah Lee May as Carrie, Carlos Ponce as Ray Molina, Booboo Stewart as Willie, Sonny Bustamante as Carlos Molin and many more.

Creators

The series creators are Dan Cross and David Hoge. Kenny Ortega, Kabir Akhtar, Paul Becker, and Kristin Hanggi serve as directors of the series. Cross, Hoge, Fabio Danesi, Paula Knudsen, Tiago Mello, Nora Sullivan, Sean William Cunningham, Marc Dworkin, Leilani Downer, and Leah Keith serve as writers. Jaime Aymerich, Cross, Hoge, George Salinas, Fabio Danesi, Michel Tikhomiroff, Kenny Ortega and João Daniel Tikhomiroff serve as executive producers.

Trailer

A Season 2 trailer for 'Julie and the Phantoms' is yet to be released, stay tuned for updates. You can watch the trailer for Season 1 below.

Where to watch

Should a season 2 for 'Julie and the Phantoms' release it will be available to stream on Netflix. Season 1 of the series is available on the streaming platform.

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