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15 Spooky Secrets About the Halloweentown Franchise Revealed

Singer says a musical was envisioned for any new project and a prequel has been discussed; the film was first passed over by Disney Channel.

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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorHalloweentown, the Disney Channel movie, has had fifteen behind-the-scenes secrets revealed, E! News reports.

  2. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorFifteen secrets. I assume the sixteenth is the one that ends us all.

  3. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIt's a children's film about a witch family, Dale. Singer said it was fun and slightly scary, but not too scary.

  4. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorSlightly scary. That's exactly what they say before the hotel gets built on the graveyard.

  5. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorNBC bought the idea first, as a movie for nine p.m., and then did nothing with it because it felt too young.

  6. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorToo young for nine p.m. It's a witch family, Hank. Nine p.m. is when they get up.

  7. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorI've never seen it, by the way. Any of the four films.

  8. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorYou've never seen a film, Hank. You told me the moon landing was a documentary you'd heard about.

  9. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThey shot it in St. Helens, Oregon, a town that had been mostly a ghost town since the eruption in nineteen eighty.

  10. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorLocals welcomed the crew. The town has given October to the film since nineteen ninety-eight. NBC thought it was too young.

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