Degrassi Casting: Alex Steele returns!!!

Alex Steele (sister of Cassie Steele) is returning to Degrassi. She will not be reprising her role as Angela Jeremiah. She will be playing a new niner named Tori. She is pictured above to the right of new character Maya Matlin (played by Olivia Scriven) who is the sister to Katie Matlin.

http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/08/15/degrassi-alumni-returns/

We now see that the uniform colors are assigned to grade level and not class. Therefore the characters are expected to change to the assigned colors of their new grades.

They will appear in the second half of season 11, which may return in early 2012.

Degrassi News 8/13/11

Only 3 weeks left of Degrassi: Now or Never! Last night they unleashed a new promo that dropped the jaws of Degrassi fans! (We'll post higher quality when available).

Also one of the new minor niners is beign reported! Olivia Scriven will be playing Maya Matlin, younger sister of Katie (Chloe Rose).

http://www.lfpress.com/entertainment/2011/08/12/18546966.html

There is still major speculation that Alex Steele (younger sister of Cassie Steele) will reprise her role as Angela Jeremiah and become a new niner.

Degrassi: Now or Never airs Monday-Thursday on TeenNick and MuchMusic!

Highland Gardens News! 8/03/11

Today Stephen Stohn has posted more news about the new drama Highland Gardens! Stohn has finally made it official that Highland Gardens is not going to be a spin-off of Degrassi as many expected.

http://twitter.com/#!/stephenstohn

He did announce more of the cast members joining the show!

 

Above are in order Jon Dinicol, Andra Fuller, Jonathan Patrick Moore, and Benjamin Charles Watson. All four men are joining the drama in lead roles.

Follow the links to their imdb pages:

Jon Dinicol Andra Fuller Jonathan Partick Moore Benjamin Charles Watson

We already previously reported the female cast mates:

http://tvteendrama.blogspot.com/2011/08/highland-gardens-casting-news.html

http://tvteendrama.blogspot.com/2011/07/degrassi-spin-off-highland-gardens.html

You can check out the cast and character descriptions here: http://www.bellmediapr.ca/bellmedia/releases/release.asp?id=14065&yyyy=2011

Highland Gardens Casting News!!!

Highland Gardens is the mush anticipated TV show that is currently in production. Things are very quiet on the show, but it's widely believed that this will indeed be a spin-off of Degrassi. Casting news has been leaked for the show!

Jewel Staite and Chelan Simmons have both been cast in the new show! It's already been reported that Cassie Steele is reprising her role as Manny Santos, a popular Degrassi character from seasons 1-9.

http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2011/08/degrassi-spin-off-highland-gardens-casts-jewel-staite-and-chelan-simmons---but-they-dont-want-you-to.html

Stay tuned for more Highland Gardens news as it comes in. The title of the show is possible to change by the time it hits television.

You can check out the actresses imdb pages here: 

Jewel Staite    Chelan Simmons