Jamie Lynn Spears.Photo: Nickelodeon
Are you ready,Zoey 101fans?Jamie Lynn Spearsis headed back to PCA!
PEOPLE can exclusively confirm that the 31-year-old actress will reprise the role of Zoey Brooks in the upcoming Paramount+ film,Zoey 102, which is set to debut later this year.
The film — featuring characters from the Nickelodeon hit seriesZoey 101— will chronicle Pacific Coast Academy alumni as they reunite for a wedding in the present day.
“I’m beyond thrilled to be back alongside my PCA family and continue the story of Zoey and all the characters fans know and love,” Spears tells PEOPLE. “As an executive producer, it’s been an exciting opportunity to work with such incredible talent as well as Paramount+ and Nickelodeon.”
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The Nickelodeon show, which followed Zoey and her friends at Pacific Coast Academy in Malibu, California, ran from 2005 to 2008.
Shortly after the series wrapped that year, Spears gave birth to her first child, daughterMaddie Briann. She has since welcomed another daughter, Ivey Joan, in 2018, with husband Jamie Watson.
In addition to focusing on motherhood, Spears went on to appear in several television projects afterZoey 101, including Netflix’sSweet Magnolias,All That, and most recently, Fox’sSpecial Forces: World’s Toughest Test.
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Spears teaseda possible reunionwith her Nickelodeon castmates on Twitter in Oct. 2020, writing on Instagram, “zoey voice ‘Are you ready?'”
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SeveralZoey 101cast members also met upfor a night outin July 2019.
Massey, Flynn, Underwood, Paul Butcher (Dustin Brooks) andVictoria Justice(Lola Martinez) all shared moments from their reunion dinner on social media, giving a shoutout out to their missing costar Spears.
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Spears posted the sweet video her former castmates sent her on Instagram at the time.
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Zoey 102is set to premiere on Paramount+ later this year.
source: people.com
