How newcomer Madison Reyes landed ‘Julie and the Phantoms’

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterSlinky — the popular springy children’s toy — is getting the Hollywood treatment.

Julie and the Phantoms has catchy pop-rock tunes, sweet friendships, paranormal villainy and yes, even a little romance (we see you Juke).

Julie and the Phantoms has catchy pop-rock tunes, sweet friendships, paranormal villainy and yes, even a little romance (we see you Juke).

Julie and the Phantoms, Netflix's highly-addictive YA series about a young girl who joins a band with a trio of super-cute ghost boys. While none of the couples or ships in the show get to go on real dates, due to band rehearsals, haunting old nemeses, and being cursed by an evil ghost magician, they had to think about it, right? Yes, of course they did, and they delivered when we asked for ideas.

Audrey Cleo Yap Director Kenny Ortega knew he had found the lead for Netflix’s “Julie and the Phantoms” when he saw Madison Reyes’ audition tape after casting directors had put out requests to performing arts schools across North America.

‘Latin Music Queens’ steps inside the lives of three Latin music superstars,  Thalia , Farina and Sofia Reyes, as they come together to release new music and reveal intimate stories about their personal and professional lives. You can enjoy on Facebook Watch’s new docu-series about pop stars.The series is produced by The Mottola Company Inc.

Julie and the Phantoms to participate in where we gave each of them choreo from the viral app that they had to master in just one minute. I gotta say, they all were pretty impressive.

 Thalia , Farina and Sofia Reyes, as they come together to release new music and reveal intimate stories about their personal and professional lives.The series is produced by The Mottola Company Inc. with Tommy Mottola serving as executive producer.

its young stars this summer, the world didn't know just much they'd fall in love with a high school student from Allentown, Pennsylvania. was one of dozens of teenage hopefuls who answered a nation-wide casting call seeking an everyday Latinx teenage girl — with prodigious musical and singing abilities to match — to play the lead role of Julie.

Holly Madison is back to her pre-baby weight. On Sept. 18, the reality TV star posted about her long journey to shedding pounds, indicating that she intentionally took her time.

Julie and the Phantoms, Netflix's new YA show about a young girl who rediscovers her love of music when she forms a band with a trio of super cute ghosts. The nine-episode series dropped last Thursday and is filled with hope, feel-goodness, and wall-to-wall bangers in every episode.

? There's probably one standout performance from the 9-episode series that grabbed your attention: the Phantoms' lead singer, Luke. Just who is the actor who plays the ghost band's frontman and makes the vintage '90s muscle tanks look good? He's Canadian actor, and he's about as close as you can get to a real-life Luke. Before , Gillespie — who had bit parts on The CW's and 's  -- was in a band and did the Los Angeles open mic scene last year.

[Warning: The following contains spoilers from Season 1 of Julie and the Phantoms! Read at your own risk.]In the whirlwind season finale of Julie and the Phantoms, Julie (Madison Reyes) was able to save her ghost band from an existence-ending curse by helping them play a show at The Orpheum in Los Angeles and realize they had no regrets after forming a rocking quartet with her.

[Warning: The following contains spoilers for Season 1 of Julie and the Phantoms! Read at your own risk] Finding love in high school can be hard enough, but it's a next-level challenge when the guy you're crushing on is dead. That's the predicament that Julie (Madison Reyes) finds herself in throughout Season 1 of Netflix's Julie and the Phantoms when she starts writing songs with a ghost named Luke (Charlie Gillespie).

Netflix just dropped the first season of the new musical series Julie and the Phantoms and the soundtrack is out now too!

Julie e os Fantasmas. The mega-talented newcomer Madison Reyes stars as Julie, a high-schooler in present-day Los Angeles, whose severe case of creative block is about to get her kicked off her school’s competitive music programme.

I am just old enough for High School Musical to have been a threat to my personal dignity. Kenny Ortega's kiddie megafranchise, which debuted January 2006, juggernauted into cultural relevance just as I turned 17— frankly, only three years after Disney Channel ceased being the white noise of my everyday existence.

is just hours away from premiering, but if you can't wait until midnight to get sucked into the fantastical musical world of Julie and her ghost band, you're in luck! ET exclusively premieres a sneak peek clip from the very first episode, where Julie () tries to get her unassuming father, Ray (), to leave her home studio — all while trying to communicate with her new ghost friends simultaneously.

Julie and the Phantoms hits Netflix this week and it is the ear-worm cheese bomb you know you've needed for most of 2020. Based on the Brazilian series Julie e os Fantasmas, the Netflix YA series follows Julie (Madison Reyes), a seemingly shy high school sophomore who has lost her lust for music after the death of her songwriter mother.