Julie and the Phantoms is an original Netflix TV series. It is based on the Brazilian television series Julie e os Fantasmmas. The show was filmed in Vancouver, Canada, and was released on Netflix back on Sept 10, 2020.  

The director of Julie and the Phantoms is Kenny Ortega. He is well known for some of his other projects such as The Newsie (1992), and Hocus Pocus (1993)  and so much more. He is a       filmmaker, choreographer, and actor. 

Kenny has said in an interview on YouTube with PopBuzz that Maddiison Reyes’ audition was the one that stood out to him the most.  

He said, “I didn’t want that shine, I wanted someone who was just raw and Julie from the block, is what I said to my casting directors. I want a girl who is really from the block, a girl that other girls will see themselves in, who is honest, authentic, and relatable.” 

Maddison Reyes is a 16-year old teenage girl born on June 25, 2004. She is Puerto Rican American. Julie and the Phantoms were her first acting gig.

Charlie Gillespie is a 22-year-old born on August 26th,1998. Charlie Gillespie has been an actor in many films before Julie and the Phantoms such as Runt, The Rest of Us, and Charmed.   

The series Julie and the Phantoms was his first break.  

Jeremy Shada is a 23-year old, born on January 21st, 1997. Jeremy Shada is an American actor, voice actor, singer, YouTuber, and musician. He is best known for his work as the voice of Finn the Human from the American animated television series Adventure Times, and Lance Mcckain in Voltron.

Owen Joyner is a 20-year-old born on July 19, 2000. Joyner is an American actor well known for his many roles. Some include Crispo powers on 2014-12016 Nickelodeon’s comedy television series 100 Things To Do Before High School, Arc on 2018-2019 Nickelodeon’s series Knight Squad. 

We should watch Julie and the Phantomas more because it is way more than a TV show. It has very heavy topics that you don’t get a lot of in a regular TV show.  But you do in Julie and the Phantoms, such as the characters Alex and Willie, and two gay characters who like each other. 

There is also losing a loved one and giving up that thing you once loved to do with your loved one. 

Everyone is loving Julie and the Phantoms but the one that got all the fans was “Unsaid Emily” by Charlie Glisipe.  

Nora Dominick, a writer at Buzzfeed, said it best: “What I thought was going to be just a fun teen TV show turned out to be one of the most heartfelt shows I’ve watched this year,”