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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.
Watch it as it aired: Dale Bearman and Hank Ledger on this story, from BBN Newsroom at 3:09 PM ET. Cartoon anchors, real headline: the facts are E! News's, the jokes are ours.

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- First reported by E! News: “15 Spooky Secrets About the Halloweentown Franchise Revealed”.
- Covered on BBN on Tuesday, October 20, 2026, at 3:09 PM ET on BBN Newsroom, by Dale Bearman and Hank Ledger.
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Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorHalloweentown, the Disney Channel movie, has had fifteen behind-the-scenes secrets revealed, E! News reports.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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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