Washington Heights 2

**Washington Heights 2** is a 2020 American musical comedy-drama television film. The film is produced by Disney Channel and stars Adam Irigoyen and Ariana Grande.

This film is a sequel to, *Washington Heights*.

The film also stars, Floyd Martinez, Scott Hoying, Bridgit Mendler, Cyrus Uy, Sofia Carson, Zendaya, Ross Lynch, Caroline Sunshine, Christian Simpson, Roshon Fegan, Tyler Young, Ross McClenton, John DeLuca and introducting, Robert Lopez.

It released on August 7, 2020 as a Disney Channel Original Movie to positive reviews and 8.8 million viewers on it's premiere night.

## Plot

Following the events from, *Washington Heights*. After six months, everyone got back together in the tiny bodega to try and improve things within the area. However, they all soon to find out that the bodega has been taken over by a gang of troops, The Luis's who is trying to make life even harder and living conditions even worse in the heights. Now, Luis Fento know that the original gang is back. He made the living conditions even worse in the bodega and declare war on the original gang. Now, it's up to the original gang to restore the old bodega back and make life normal again in Washington Heights.

## Cast

* Adam Irigoyen as Diego González - The narrator of the movie’s exposition and a major character throughout; he is the owner of a small bodega in Washington Heights called De La Vega Bodega. Abuela Marìa, the neighborhood matriarch, "practically raised" him when his parents both died during his early childhood. He dreams of moving to the Dominican Republic. He is in love with Samantha.
* Ariana Grande as Valentina Perèz - The first in her family (and from the Barrio) to go to college (Yale University), and everyone in the barrio admires her as the "one who made it out." However, she returns home from school for the summer to reluctantly tell her parents that she has become overburdened and dropped out. She is the typical "good girl" and always got along with her parents. Now, though, she loses patience constantly over her father's over protectiveness and his refusal to accept Sonny, with whom she gets into a romantic relationship.
* Floyd Matinez as Luis Fento - The new leader in Washington Heights. He runs the bodega after all of the original characters has left. He is very manipulative, evil and careless person who only care for himself and not others. He tries to make everybody who lives in the heights living extremely hard.
* Scott Hoying as Sonny - He works at the dispatch of Valentina 's father, Pete. The only character in the play who does not speak Spanish, Sonny falls in love with Valentina. He dreams of opening his own business.
* Bridgit Mendler as Samantha - Diego's love interest who works at Camilia's salon. She is stunningly beautiful and catches the eye of every guy in the Heights, however she takes interest in Diego. She lives with an alcoholic mother and dreams of getting out of the Barrio and getting an apartment downtown, but cannot yet afford it.
* Cyrus Uy as Martìn González - Diego's sassy, superficially lazy, yet ambitious younger cousin who works with Diego in the bodega. He is typically the jokester of the Barrio, but he also has an intelligent and thoughtful side that yearns for social justice.
* Sofia Carson as Camila - She is the outrageously dramatic owner of the salon where the neighborhood girls come to gossip. She is very bold and loud and loves to banter.
* Zendaya as Isabella - She works at Camilia's salon along with Samantha, and is Camilia's close friend; young and pretty, but a little slow to get the others' jokes and innuendos, she is of Chilean, Cuban, Dominican, and Puerto Rican descent.
* Ross Lynch as Pete Perèz - Valentina's overprotective father, who, coming from a long line of farmers, has worked hard to resist following in his own father's footsteps. He now owns his own taxi cab service: Perèz's
* Caroline Sunshine as Gabriela - Valentina's strong-willed mother, who wants what is best for Valentina. She is typically tolerant of Pete's control issues, but in the course of the show, reveals her real feelings.
* Christian Simpson as Piragua Guy - He is the owner of a small piragua stand that competes with Mister Softee.
* Roshon Fegan as Graffiti Alex - He is a graffiti artist. He is good friends with Martìn and is one of the few characters who acknowledges Martìn's dreams. Diego believes Alex is a trouble-making vandal (constantly referring to him as a 'punk'), until Alex reveals his amazing skills as an artist.
* Tyler Young as Leonardo - One of Luis's gang member. He is dumb and slow. However, he can be very quick-witted.
* Ross McClenton as Javier - Another of Luis's gang member. He is sweet, nice and want what's best for the bodega. However, he must follow Luis's orders which he doesn't want to at all. He is best friends with Mario and tries to makes things right for the bodega.
* John DeLuca as Lorenzo - Another of Luis's gang member. He is smart, quick-thinking and an incredible runner. He works with Luis as his right hand man so he is also manipulative, evil and careless.
* Robert Lopez as Mario - Another of Luis's gang member. He is just a simple, normal person who actually really cares for the good things in bodega. He is best friends with Javier and tries to makes things right for the bodega.

## Production

On September 17, 2018, Disney Channel announced the sequel of Washington Heights. Kenny Ortega, a director who has previously worked with Disney Channel on the High School Musical trilogy, Descendants and Washington Heights, was announced to be returning to direct and write the film. The script was written by the Mary Wary, Josann McGibbon and Sara Parriott. Filming began in the summer of 2019. Filming is again took place in Puerto Rico. The costumes were designed by the returning Kara Saun.

## Broadcast

The film set to debut on the Disney Channel on August 7, 2020. It will premiere in Canada on August 14, 2020 and set to premiere in all Disney Channels across the world on August 28, 2020.

## Music

* *Washington Heights 2: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (August 7, 2020)*

## Trivia

* Filming began on June 2019 and ended on January 2020.
* This is the sequel to Washington Heights.