Penny on M.A.R.S.
- Dramedy
- Beatrice Valsecchi
- Fabrizio Lucherini
- Giacomo Berdini
- Angelo Pastore
- Olivia-Mai Barrett
- Shannon Gaskin
- Finlay MacMillan
- Damien Walsh
- Luke Walsh
- Olivia Chan
- Jessica Alexander
- Ryan Dean
Rai Gulp
Disney+ (Italy)
July 3, 2020 (2020-07-03)
Penny on M.A.R.S. is an Italian teen dramedy television series that premiered on Disney Channel in Italy on May 7, 2018.[1] The series is a spin-off of the Italian series Alex & Co. The series is commissioned by 3Zero2 in cooperation with The Walt Disney Company Italy. The series premiered on June 4, 2018, on Disney Channel in the United Kingdom.[2] In April 2018, the series was renewed for a second season which premiered on 18 February 2019.[3] The show's third and final season premiered on 17 February 2020, also in the United Kingdom.
Plot
Penny passes the auditions to enter the M.A.R.S. high school, one of the most exclusive performing arts schools in the world. The M.A.R.S. has strict rules and is very competitive, and Penny and her schoolmates have to pass a daily test. Penny has enrolled with a fake name to hide her identity as the daughter of Bakìa, a popular singer of the time, to acquire esteem in her own right separate from her mother's. Bakìa had previously enrolled her daughter in a boarding school in Switzerland so that she could have a "normal" childhood and not hinder her career.
The only one at the M.A.R.S. who knows her real identity is Camilla, Penny's best friend. Sharing a sister-like relationship until they fall for the same boy, Penny will also have to solve the mystery of who her father is.
Episodes
Season | Episodes | Originally aired | UK First aired | UK Last aired | ||
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First aired | Last aired | |||||
1 | 16 | May 7, 2018 (2018-05-07) | May 25, 2018 (2018-05-25) | June 4, 2018 (2018-06-04) | June 28, 2018 (2018-06-28) | |
2 | 10 | April 8, 2019 (2019-04-08) | April 19, 2019 (2019-04-19) | February 18, 2019 (2019-02-18) | March 5, 2019 (2019-03-05) | |
3 | 13 | July 3, 2020 (2020-07-03) | July 3, 2020 (2020-07-03) | February 17, 2020 (2020-02-17) | March 9, 2020 (2020-03-09) |
Cast
Main
Character | Actor | Seasons | |||
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1 | 2 | 3 | |||
Penny Mendez | Olivia-Mai Barrett | Protagonist | |||
Camilla Young | Shannon Gaskin | Main Co-Protagonist | |||
Sebastian Storm | Finlay MacMillan | Protagonist | Co-Protagonist | ||
Sofia Hu | Olivia Chan | Co-Protagonist | |||
Nick Weber | Damien Walsh | Co-Protagonist | Recurring | Does not appear | |
Mike Weber[n 1] | Does not appear | Co-Protagonist | Does not appear | ||
Luke Walsh | Co-Protagonist | Does not appear | Co-Protagonist | ||
Aleksandr "Sasha" Lukin | Ryan Dean | Co-Antagonist | Co-Protagonist | ||
Lucy Carpenter | Jessica Alexander | Antagonist | Does not appear | ||
Tom Lauder | Jack Christou | Does not appear | Co-Antagonist | Co-Protagonist | |
Pete Swanson | Giacomo Vigo | Does not appear | Co-Protagonist | ||
Rob Walker | Keenan Munn-Francis | Does not appear | Protagonist | ||
Vicky Bernhard | Kira Malou | Does not appear | Co-Protagonist | ||
Martha Patel | Amani Lia | Does not appear | Antagonist |
Recurring
Character | Actor | Seasons | |||
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1 | 2 | 3 | |||
Freddy Wolf | Ben Richards | Recurring | |||
Bakìa | Merissa Porter | Recurring | |||
Debbie Cornish | Hanna Hefner | Recurring | |||
Raul Storm | Joseph Rye | Recurring | Does not appear | ||
Mitch Storm | Charlie Gardner | Recurring | Does not appear | ||
Bruce Gold | Michael Rodgers | Recurring | |||
Roberto Piccolo | William Kenning | Recurring | |||
Sean McDougal | Alton Terry / Yonv Joseph[n 2] | Recurring | |||
Ella Johnson | Nathalie Rapti Gomez | Recurring | |||
Tosca Bauer | Melanie Gray | Recurring | |||
Arianna Rossi | Arianna Di Claudio | Guest | |||
Mrs. Grady | Giorgia Massetti | Guest | Does not appear | ||
Lisa Cunningham | Katie McGovern | Guest | Does not appear | ||
Andrew Young | Douglas Dean | Guest | Does not appear | ||
Mr. Carpenter | Andrea Scarduzio | Guest | Does not appear | ||
Mrs. Carpenter | Cecilia Gragnani | Guest | Does not appear | ||
Head physician | Mauro Cipriani | Does not appear | Guest | Does not appear | |
Mr. Maki | Yoon Coon Cometti | Does not appear | Guest | Does not appear | |
Dave Marshal | Leonardo Ferrari | Does not appear | Guest | ||
Adrian Glaser | Andrea Beruatto | Does not appear | Guest | ||
Simo Ferrari | Asya Rotella | Does not appear | Guest | ||
Mr. Richter | Timothy Martin | Does not appear | Guest |
Production
In April 2017, it was announced that The Walt Disney Company Italy planned to produce an English language spin-off from the successful series Alex & Co.[4] The start of shooting for the 17-part first season was planned for Autumn 2017. Penny on M.A.R.S. was produced in English instead of Italian because it was believed that the series could be sold better internationally. The characters Penny, Camilla, Bakìa and Freddy Wolf from Penny on M.A.R.S. had performances in the special episodes (the last episodes) of Alex & Co., in which the spin-off series was introduced. On June 29, 2017, the spin-off series after the last episode of Alex & Co. was officially announced in a teaser, thereby also announcing the title Penny on M.A.R.S..[5]
The first table read for the first season was on September 20, 2017.[6] Shooting for the first season began on September 28, 2017, and ended on December 15, 2017.[7] The shooting took place in Milan and the surrounding area.[8] The backdrop of the Music Arts Reiner School (short M.A.R.S.) is the building of the design department of the Bovisa's headquarters of the Polytechnic University of Milan.
Soundtrack
The first album from the series was released on May 4, 2016, in Italy. It contains the following list of songs:[9]
- Giordano Cremona
- Federico Mercuri
- Marco Sissa
- Colin Paul Buffet
- Federica Camba
- Daniele Coro
- Enrico Sibilla
- Abigail Hercules
- David Roper
- Richard Taylor
- Steve Rushton
- Tim Woodcock
- Federica Camba
- Daniele Coro
- Enrico Sibilla
References
- ^ "Disney Channel - Penny on M.A.R.S. - Una nuova serie". YouTube (in Italian). Retrieved 2018-05-12.
- ^ "Penny on M.A.R.S. starts in the UK". Instagram. Archived from the original on 2021-12-24. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
- ^ "Penny on M.A.R.S. - la conferenza stampa della nuova serie Disney" (in Italian). 10 April 2018. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
- ^ "Arriva Nella, principessa cavaliere che non aspetta il principe azzurro" (in Italian). 2017-04-08. Retrieved 2017-10-14.
- ^ "Penny on M.A.R.S. promo". YouTube. 2017-09-24. Retrieved 2017-10-14.
- ^ ""First Penny on MARS read through"". 2017-09-20. Retrieved 2017-10-14.
- ^ "Filming information by MotoreCinema". Facebook (in Italian). 2017-09-29. Retrieved 2017-10-14.
- ^ "CASTING PER NUOVA SERIE TV DISNEY "PENNY ON MARS"" (in Italian). 2017-07-04. Archived from the original on 2017-10-14. Retrieved 2017-10-14.
- ^ "Penny On M.A.R.S. (Musica dalla serie TV)". iTunes Store. 5 May 2018. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
External links
- Penny on M.A.R.S. at IMDb
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