It’s The Cheetah Girls Reloaded: Nick Cannon is making his directorial debut a star-studded event – he’s snagged Pete Wentz, Rev. Run, Soulja Boy, Kristinia DeBarge, Angie Stone and Justin Bieber for cameo appearances in the new made-for-TV movie, School Gyrls.
School Gyrls, a new hour-long original musical comedy penned by Nick, premieres at 7 PM ET/PT Feb. 21 and ushers in the Nick network premiere of Cannon’s 2002 box office hit Drumline, airing at 8 PM ET/PT.
Synopsis: “School Gyrls follows the adventures of three freshmen at Summerdale Academy, an exclusive all-girls boarding school. Mandy Rain, Jacque and Monica love to sing and dance, but have very different individual personalities. Fate unites the girls at school and they join forces forming an unlikely and unexpected friendship. The trio enters the Teen Island stunt party, where they find themselves battling it out with the reigning champions and resident mean girls: the sophomore cheerleaders…..”
“School Gyrls introduces the multi-talented Mandy Rain, Jacque and Monica to the teen audience,” says Cannon, who is chairman of Nickelodeon’s TeenNick programming. “The girls are triple threats — each with their own amazing individual personalities – and Nickelodeon viewers will get an inside look at their road to fame in this movie.”
The premiere of School Gyrls will coincide with the release of a brand-new multimedia book series from Simon & Schuster Children’s Division as well as the release of a debut album and a musical tour by the pop trio.