50 Fun Facts About Julie and the Phantoms

On which streaming service was Julie and the Phantoms released in September 2020?

It arrived on September 10, 2020, the same day as its soundtrack, and was cancelled after one season in December 2021.

The series is an adaptation of a TV show from which country?

Julie e os Fantasmas ran for 26 episodes on Rede Bandeirantes and Nickelodeon Brazil in 2011-12.

What was the name of the band Luke, Alex and Reggie played in before they died?

Julie summons them by playing the band's old CD she finds in her late mom's studio.

In what year did the three boys die?

Julie summons them twenty-five years later, which is why the show is set in 2020.

How did Luke, Alex and Reggie die?

They left the venue's soundcheck to grab 'street dogs' that turned out to be rancid, while bandmate Bobby stayed behind flirting with a waitress.

At which Los Angeles venue were the boys booked to play on the night they died?

The venue bookends the season: it is where they died and where Julie and the Phantoms finally perform in the finale.

Who plays Julie Molina?

It was her on-screen debut; the show's director-producer scouted her and she was cast at 16.

Which instrument does Reggie play in the band?

Jeremy Shada, who plays him, is a bassist in real life with the pop-punk band Make Out Monday.

What is Alex Mercer's role in the Phantoms?

Alex is also the anxious one of the trio, and his romance with the ghost Willie became a fan favourite.

What is the name of Julie's best friend?

Flynn only believes in the ghosts once they materialise during Julie's performance of 'Flying Solo'.

Which group performs 'Wow' at the school rally, right before Julie's comeback?

Their song 'Wow' is performed at the school rally right before Julie's comeback with 'Bright'.

Broadway star Cheyenne Jackson plays which character?

Jackson had just played Hades in Descendants 3, reuniting with that film's director and its Jay actor on this show.

What establishment does Caleb own?

Its lavish production numbers, including 'The Other Side of Hollywood', are what lure the boys into losing track of time.

Willie, the ghost who becomes Alex's love interest, loves doing what?

He and Alex first collide when Willie skates into him, and Willie later takes him to a closed museum to loosen him up.

Which actor, known for the Twilight Saga and Descendants, plays Willie?

Stewart played the werewolf Seth Clearwater in Twilight and Jay, son of Jafar, in the Descendants films.

Julie's younger brother, who appoints himself a junior ghost hunter, is called what?

He is played by Sonny Bustamante and shares his first name with the actor who plays their father.

Which Puerto Rican actor and singer plays Julie's father, Ray Molina?

Ray is a photographer who ends up recording the band's house-party performance and posting it online.

Before he became the famous Trevor Wilson, the band's fourth member went by what name?

He stayed behind to flirt with a waitress instead of eating the hot dogs, then built a career on the songs his dead bandmates wrote.

Trevor Wilson is the father of which character?

That family tie is why the boys' revenge haunting of Trevor complicates Julie's school rivalry.

Rose, the waitress Bobby flirts with in the opening scene, turns out to be whom?

Julie realises it when she finds one of the band's old T-shirts among her mom's things, connecting the ghosts to her family.

When the boys first appear on stage with Julie at the school rally, what does the crowd assume they are?

Julie runs with the lie for a while, which drives a wedge between her and Flynn until she confesses.

How many episodes did the series produce?

All nine dropped at once on September 10, 2020, with running times between 24 and 38 minutes.

Principal photography took place in which Canadian province?

Filming ran from September to December 2019, mostly at The Bridge Studios in Burnaby.

Which High School Musical director executive produced the show and directed its pilot?

He had signed a multi-year deal with the streamer in April 2019 that included the series.

Exterior shots including the high school scenes were filmed on the campus of which institution?

Interiors were shot at The Bridge Studios in Burnaby, a frequent stand-in for American settings.

Which song did the actors playing Julie and Luke write themselves for the show?

They co-wrote it with vocal producer Alana Da Fonseca; it plays as Julie imagines dancing with Luke.

Which song, Luke's ballad about his mom, won the show a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Original Song?

Two other songs from the show were nominated in the same category that year.

The cast won the MTV Movie & TV Award for Best Musical Moment for which song?

It was also released as the soundtrack's lead single on August 28, 2020, two weeks before the show.

In the finale, the band lands a slot opening for which real band?

Caleb kidnaps the boys to his club, so Julie starts the closing number alone before they escape and join her one by one.

What does Caleb give the boys as they leave his club, causing painful jolts afterwards?

Willie later explains they can escape the curse by completing their unfinished business, which they assume means playing the venue where they died.

What is the title of the first episode?

The series' lead director helmed it, and its title song is the ballad Julie plays at the piano.

What is the title of the season finale?

It ends on a cliffhanger, with Caleb possessing Nick, that the cancellation left unresolved.

Jeremy Shada, who plays Reggie, is best known as the voice of which animated hero?

His older brother Zack voiced Finn in the original pilot before Jeremy took over the role.

Owen Joyner, who plays Alex, earlier starred as Arc in which Nickelodeon series?

He later played Bobby Campbell in the 2025 horror film Final Destination Bloodlines.

Cheyenne Jackson starred in seasons five through eight of which FX anthology series?

He was named after the 1950s Western series Cheyenne and made his Broadway breakthrough in All Shook Up.

What position did the soundtrack reach on the US Billboard Soundtrack Albums chart?

It hit number one on iTunes in the US and Australia and reached 163 on the main Billboard 200.

What approval rating did the show earn on Rotten Tomatoes?

The critics' consensus called it a feel-good showcase for its newcomer lead.

Who played Julie in the original Brazilian series?

The Brazilian ghosts were Daniel, Felix and Martim, and the show ran for 26 episodes.

The actress who plays Julie released a debut EP in 2022 with what title?

Her first single, 'Te Amo', came out in July 2021, and she recorded 'Main Thing' with co-star Jadah Marie.

Charlie Gillespie, who plays Luke, was born in which Canadian province?

He grew up in Dieppe and can play guitar, bass, trombone, tuba, piano, violin and saxophone.

What is the name of Julie's music program teacher?

She is played by Marci T. House; Julie is only readmitted to the program after the 'hologram' rally performance.

Which choreographer directed the third episode, 'Flying Solo'?

The show's lead director handled five of the nine episodes; Kabir Akhtar and Kristin Hanggi did the rest.

Nick and Julie pair up after a coach forces which sport's players into her dance class?

It is during their number at the house party that Julie imagines she is dancing with Luke instead.

Julie's father grounds her after she oversleeps and misses three classes plus a test in which subject?

She sneaks out anyway to play the talent contest, and a talent scout approaches the band right before her dad turns up.

Who wrote 'Wake Up', the song Julie sings at the piano in the pilot?

Preven's other credits include co-writing Natalie Imbruglia's 'Torn' and Beyonce's 'Listen'.

How many tracks are on the season one soundtrack album?

It opens with the boys' 'Now or Never' and closes with the finale's title song, running just over 49 minutes.

Which two writers created Julie and the Phantoms and served as its showrunners?

Kenny Ortega executive produced under the multi-year Netflix deal he signed in April 2019.

When did Netflix cancel Julie and the Phantoms after a single season?

In March 2022 Ortega confirmed there were no plans for the show to return anywhere for the time being.

What weighted average score did Metacritic give the series?

The score, from seven reviews, signalled 'generally favorable reviews' to go with a 93% Rotten Tomatoes rating.

Many interior scenes were shot at which studio complex in Burnaby, British Columbia?

Principal photography ran from September 17 to December 14, 2019.