{"id":324959,"date":"2026-03-11T23:24:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T23:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/324959\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T23:24:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T23:24:11","slug":"miley-cyrus-performs-as-hannah-montana-for-first-time-in-15-years-in-trailer-for-20th-anniversary-disney-special","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/324959\/","title":{"rendered":"Miley Cyrus Performs as Hannah Montana for First Time in 15 Years in Trailer for 20th Anniversary Disney+ Special"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto lrv-a-font-body-m \">It\u2019s time to get the best of both worlds, because Disney has released the trailer for its \u201c<a id=\"auto-tag_hannah-montana\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/hannah-montana\/\" data-tag=\"hannah-montana\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hannah Montana<\/a> 20th Anniversary Special,\u201d featuring star <a id=\"auto-tag_miley-cyrus\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/miley-cyrus\/\" data-tag=\"miley-cyrus\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Miley Cyrus<\/a>. The special will debut on March 24, exactly 20 years after the original show premiered on Disney Channel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto lrv-a-font-body-m \">In the special, fans will see never-before-seen footage, recreations of the show\u2019s set, iconic moments revisited and even some \u201cfamiliar notes that find their way back into the spotlight,\u201d said Disney. It will be filmed in front of a live studio audience, featuring an interview with Cyrus hosted by \u201cCall Her Daddy\u201d star Alex Cooper.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto lrv-a-font-body-m \">\u201cHannah Montana\u201d first premiered in 2006, running for four seasons until 2011 and earning four Emmy nominations for outstanding children\u2019s program. The show, which followed Miley Stewart, a teenager living in Malibu, Calif., who doubles as the famous pop singer Hannah Montana, was a major hit with kids and tweens. It even spawning a film, \u201cHannah Montana: The Movie,\u201d which was released in theaters in April 2009 during the show\u2019s third season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto lrv-a-font-body-m \">In addition to Cyrus, Emily Osment played Lilly Truscott, Hannah\u2019s best friend. Mitchel Musso played Oliver Oken, another one of her close friends. Cyrus\u2019 real-life father Billy Ray Cyrus played Hannah\u2019s dad, Robby, and Jason Earles played her brother, Jackson. Mois\u00e9s Arias played Rico Suave, the manager of the local Rico\u2019s Surf Shop.<\/p>\n<p>Love Film &amp; TV?<\/p>\n<p class=\"observer-desc mb-2\"> Get your daily dose of everything happening in music, film and TV in Australia and abroad.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/spinner.png\" width=\"30\" height=\"30\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto lrv-a-font-body-m \">A number of high-profile guest stars also made appearances during the show\u2019s run, including Dolly Parton, Selena Gomez, the Jonas Brothers, Dwayne \u201cThe Rock\u201d Johnson, Larry David, Ashley Tisdale, Corbin Bleu, Kelly Ripa and Lisa Rinna.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s time to get the best of both worlds, because Disney has released the trailer for its \u201cHannah&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":324960,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[156,27372,175298,24968,157,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-324959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-hannah-montana","tag-hannah-montana-20th-anniversary-special","tag-miley-cyrus","tag-music","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=324959"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324959\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/324960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=324959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=324959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=324959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}