Aaron Stone

Aaron Stone is an upcoming live-action, single camera adventure Disney Channel Original Movie and the first original Disney XD series about a teenager who is enlisted to become the real life version of a legendary, crime fighting online game character. The movie stars Kelly Blatz, David Lambert, JP Manoux ("ER," Disney Channel's "The Emperor's New School" and "Phil of the Future") and Tania Gunadi (Disney Channel's "Pixel Perfect" and "Go Figure"). Executive-produced by Bruce Kalish (Disney Channel's "The Famous Jett Jackson" and Jetix's "Power Rangers") and Suzanne French ("Overruled!" "Life with Derek"), the movie is produced in High Definition (HD) format by Shaftesbury Services II, Inc. It is set to premiere February 13th, 2009.

Plot
Charlie Landers (Kelly Blatz) is the best player in the popular online console game, Hero Rising, with his now legendary crime fighting avatar of Aaron Stone. When a billionaire recluse enlists him to become the 'real life' Aaron Stone, Charlie's world is changed forever. Living with his single mom, Amanda (Shauna MacDonald), and younger brother, Jason Landers (David Lambert), Charlie feels the pressure to take care of his family, but he quickly learns he must become Aaron Stone to keep his family safe. With the help of Stan (J.P. Manoux), Charlie learns to secretly fight crime while coping with his normal life of school, sports and family.

Episodes
Hero Rising Part 1 Charlie Landers is the best player in the online game, 'Hero Rising,' with his unstoppable crime-fighting avatar, Aaron Stone. Charlie's world is changed forever when a powerful billionaire reveals to him that 'Hero Rising' is a testing game for real secret agents. Charlie is recruited to become the "real life" Aaron Stone and must fight crime against the evil Omega Defiance, a team of people who are out to destroy the world, but in his normal life he must keep super crime fighter Aaron Stone as his secret identity.

Hero Rising Part II Aaron Stone is sent on his first mission to capture Dr. Necros (Anthony J. Mifsud), one of the seven members of the Omega Defiance and his right hand man, The Souljacker (Ho Chow), who plan to release a deadly toxin that will turn people into zombies so he can take over the U.S.A.

Cast

 * Kelly Blatz as Aaron Stone/Charlie Landers: He is enlisted to become the real-life version of a legendary crime-fighting online game character.
 * David Lambert as Jason Landers: Charlie's pesky little brother.
 * J.P. Manoux as Stan: Charlie's android sidekick.
 * Tania Gunadi as Emma: A computer-savvy tomboy. She lives next door to Charlie's.
 * Daniel DeSanto as Harrison
 * Jacob Kraemer as Baxley
 * Dillon Casey as Dax
 * Italia Ricci as Chase
 * Shauna MacDonald as Amanda Landers
 * Anthony J. Mifsud as Dr. Necros
 * Steven Yaffee as Xero
 * Vasanth Saranga as Vas
 * Jesse Rath as Ram
 * John MacDonald as Grey Owl
 * Simon Northwood as Man in suit
 * Rob Ramsay as Budnick
 * Ho Chow as Souljacker

Production
Production on Season 1 begun June 23, 2008 and ends on December 19, 2008.

Trivia

 * Charlie's family name was suppose to be Tanner.
 * The premiere will coincide with the launch of the newly re-branded kids’ entertainment channel Disney XD.
 * Kelly Blatz, who plays Aaron Stone, is also lead singer of Los Angeles-based alternative rock band Capra.