Wizards Beyond Waverly Place Four-Part Finale Premieres August 4
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- Wizards Beyond Waverly Place wraps with a four-episode Season 2 premiering on Disney Channel August 4 at 8 p.m. ET/PT, with all four parts dropping on Disney+ the following day.
- Selena Gomez makes her directorial debut helming the first finale episode while also reprising her original role as Alex Russo across multiple installments.
- David Henrie returns as Justin Russo alongside Janice LeAnn Brown as Billie, joined by new family additions Alkaio Thiele (Roman), Max Matenko (Milo), Taylor Cora (Winter), and Mimi Gianopulos (Giada).
- Original-series alumni Jennifer Stone (Harper Finkle), Gregg Sulkin (Mason Greyback), and Maria Canals-Barrera (Theresa Russo) all reprise their roles for the send-off.
- Brandon Micheal Hall guest stars as Damien Penwulf — revealed in Season 1 as Billie's father — while Ramon Reed and Tobias Jelinek join as new antagonists Silas Evilini and Lord Morsus.
- Season 2's arc follows Billie grappling with no longer being the household's only wizard as Justin trains Roman and Milo for the Family Wizard Competition, with a mysterious new threat targeting the Russos.
- Season 1 ran for 21 episodes; Jed Elinoff and Scott Thomas serve as writers and executive producers alongside Gomez, Henrie, Gary Marsh, Jonas Agin, and Rick Williams.
Why it matters: Disney Channel is condensing the entire franchise's run into a single-week send-off: all four Season 2 episodes land on cable August 4, with Disney+ getting them August 5, after a 21-episode Season 1. The finale stocks six original-series alumni — including Gomez directing Episode 1 — turning the wrap-up into a nostalgia-driven event rather than a standard episode drop.
