MTV’s “Happyland” is the festival of the clichés. And I love it. It’s an upbeat, super-dramatic TV show that caters to my romantic, drama-loving part. It’s not an Emmy winner, but it’s definetly what I want after getting home from a whole day in school. It’s simple, it’s sweet and it’s fun.
The show follows Lucy (Bianca Santos), whose mother (Camille Guaty) works as a princess in the Happyland theme park. Lucy is stuck in-between reality and fantasy, while dealing with the things every teenager needs to deal with. Finding out who you want to be, falling in love, fighting with friends…
Bianca Santos is someone I personally recognized as Lexi Rivera from ABC Family’s “The Fosters”. She’s also going to be in two upcoming projects. Firstly, “Ouija”, a horror movie that premieres in a couple weeks in the US, where she co-stars with Olivia Cooke (Bates Motel), Matthew Settle (Gossip Girl) and Daren Kagasoff (The Secret Life of the American Teenager). She’s also going to be in “The DUFF”, with Bella Thorne (Shake It Up), Mae Whitman (The Perks of Being a Wallflower), Robbie Amell (Star-Crossed), Allison Janney (Mom, Masters of Sex), Ken Jeong (The Hangover) and Skyler Samuels (The Nine Lives of Chloe King).
Camille Guaty, who plays the mom, was in two episodes of “Hart of Dixie” and two of “The Vampire Diaries”, but is mostly known for “Ghosts of Girlfriends Past”.
Ian Chandler, Lexi’s possible love interest and (spoiler alert) half-brother, is played by Shane Harper. Shane was in “Awkward”, “God’s Not Dead” and “Good Luck Charlie”.
Lexi’s best friend, Harper, is played by Katherine McNamara from “Girl Vs. Monster”, “New Year’s Eve”, “Contest” and others. She’s also set to appear in “Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn”, with “The Fosters” star Jake T. Austin.
Kat is set to appear in “Alumnus” alongside Cameron Moulène, who plays her boyfriend, Will in “Happyland”! Cameron also was the teenage version of Garret Dillahunt in “Raising Hope”!
Lastly, Ryan Rottman from “90210”, “The Lying Game”, “Gigantic” and “The Housebunny” plays Ian’s brother Theodore! Ryan currently dates model Jessica Vargas, but you might remember him as Victoria Justice’s ex. Or Brittany Snow’s, you pick!
Happyland is set for a season of 8, half-hour long episodes and we’ll set what happens to it after that!
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