Another Cinderella Story is a 2008 romantic comedy directed by Damon Santostefano and starring Selena Gomez and Drew Seeley. The film was released direct-to-DVD by Warner Premiere on September 16, 2008.
It was released on DVD in the UK on October 27, 2008.[2] It is a thematic sequel to the 2004 film A Cinderella Story, reprising the same themes and situations but not containing any characters from the earlier movie.
Summary
This movie is a classical retelling of the Cinderella fairy tale in a modern setting, with Mary Santiago (Selena Gomez), a high school student with ambitions of becoming a dancer, taking the role of Cinderella; Tami (Jessica Parker Kennedy) Mary's only best friend as her fairy godmother; Dominique Blatt (Jane Lynch) taking the role of the stepmother; Britt (Emily Perkins) and Bree (Katharine Isabelle) as the two stepsisters; and Joey Parker , (Drew Seeley), now a famous celebrity that has returned to school for his senior year and to remember why he started dancing, as the prince.
A school dance substitutes for the ball, with the role of the glass slipper filled by a Zune.
Full Plot
Another Cinderella Story tells the tale of Mary Santiago, an aspiring, talented dancer living in Cinderella Circumstances under her adopted mother, the wealthy, influential Dominique Blatt and her two daughters, Bree and Britt. Mary doesn't think that her life can get any worse: the only thing making it better is her best friend Tami, who is the one who tells her about the new celebrity in town, Joey Parker.Joey is a famous, "young" dancer/singer who comes back to Los Angeles with his best friend Dustin to remember why he started dancing - but all he can find is his ex-girlfriend Natalia, who seems determined to get back together with him.At a masked black-and-white ball Dominique, Bree, and Britt try their best to keep Mary out of, Joey dances anonymously with Mary, and is left exhilarated even after she leaves to meet her midnight curfew. Determined to find her, he takes the Zune she leaves behind and sets out to find her.Next day, Joey sent an announcement in the school that whoever tell the top 4 songs in the Zune will be the mystery girl he is finding.Mary avoids Joey so that he will not know that she is the mystery girl.Her stepsisters somehow knew that she is the mystery girl Joey is looking so they warned Mary that if she tell that she is the mystery girl,they will show in public her video when she was a child that is dancing and cheering Joey.Mary tries to tell Joey on Bree and Brittâs 16th birthday party.Itâs too late when the two stepsisters show the video and the people saw it.Mary walk out and Joey followed her.Mary play the cd player and dance together with Joey.He now know that Mary is the mystery girl.They go out together and developed a deep relationship.When her two stepsisters knew that there is a relationship building up with the two, they set Mary up by sending fake roses from JP to Natalie.Mary thinks that they are back together.She ran away and finds out that she didnât get her audition even though Dominique wrote a fake rejection letter about her broken legs.Joey convince Tami to invite Mary to the competition.They went there and Mary won the competition.
Characters
- Selena Gomez as Mary Santiago
- Drew Seeley as Joey Parker
- Lionel Messi as Leo Parker
- Jane Lynch as Dominique Blat
- Katharine Isabelle as Bree blatt
- Emily Perkins as Britt blatt
- Lynda Boyd as Evie Parker
- Jessica Parker Kennedy as Tammy
- Marcus T. Paulk as Dustin
- Nicole LaPlaca as Natalia Faroush