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Updated · Yahoo! Voices · Aug 26

Miley Cyrus Willed Hannah Montana's 20th Anniversary Special Into Existence After Disney+ Greenlit March 24 Release

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Updated · Yahoo! Voices · Aug 26

Miley Cyrus Willed Hannah Montana's 20th Anniversary Special Into Existence After Disney+ Greenlit March 24 Release

Q: After this special pulled six million views, what forgotten millennial franchise is Disney secretly plotting to resurrect next?

The strongest bet is *The Cheetah Girls*. Disney is not exactly hiding the strategy anymore: the reporting around the *Hannah Montana 20th Anniversary Special* frames it as part of a broader Disney+ millennial-nostalgia push. That same coverage explicitly points to renewed interest in *Wizards of Waverly Place*, *Raven’s Home*, *Camp Rock 3* and, crucially, says *“The Cheetah Girls: Next Gen”* is coming soon. Among the older Disney Channel properties mentioned, that is the clearest sign of the next resurrection already in motion. The logic is consistent with what Disney executives have described. Disney+ is targeting Gen Alpha while using millennial favorites as a bridge, counting on parents who grew up on these franchises to introduce them to their kids. The company is also reportedly watching which library titles still drive rewatches and then extending those brands with sequels, spin-offs or anniversary events. *Camp Rock* has already returned with a third film, *Wizards of Waverly Place* has already evolved into *Wizards Beyond Waverly Place*, and *That’s So Raven* already had a long-running continuation in *Raven’s Home*. That makes *The Cheetah Girls* the most obvious “forgotten” franchise now being revived for the same audience strategy. So after *Hannah Montana*’s 6.3 million-view jolt, the next millennial-era Disney revival appears to be *The Cheetah Girls*—specifically *The Cheetah Girls: Next Gen*.

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March 24 brought Miley Cyrus back as Hannah Montana on Disney+ after she spent months publicly teasing a 20th-anniversary special that did not yet exist.
Dolly Parton's advice drove the push: Cyrus said her godmother taught her to promote what she wanted before it was real, making it harder for anyone to say no.
December was when plans finally took shape, Disney executive Charlie Andrews said, with full production starting in January after Cyrus stressed years of fan demand for a reunion or tribute.
33-year-old Cyrus said she wanted to preserve Hannah rather than modernize her, while using the special to revisit the character that launched her career and the pressures she faced as a teen star.