Arwin! was going to be a project from Danny Kallis, produced to be the spin-off of The Suite Life of Zack & Cody. The series was not picked up by Disney Channel, although Danny Kallis's other spin-off series, The Suite Life on Deck, was picked up. Rather than focus on Arwin, The Suite Life on Deck featured the adventures of Zack, Cody, London, and Moseby on the S.S. Tipton, as well as the teens studies at Seven Seas High. Additionally, the new series added the character of Bailey Pickett, who replaced Maddie Fitzpatrick as a series regular.
Plot[]
The plot was written by Danny Kallis and was to primarily center around the Tipton Hotel's eccentric engineer character, Arwin Hochauser.
Summary[]
Arwin!, also known as Housebroken, filmed a pilot episode in 2007 before Disney pulled the plug. Unlike On Deck, it did not feature Dylan and Cole Sprouse. The show followed Arwin as he left the Tipton Hotel to move in with his sister and help raise her three kids, all while living in a Smart House-designed home.
Besides Stepanek, the show starred Samantha Droke, Pretty Little Liars star Nia Peeples, and Selena Gomez, before her Wizards of Waverly Place days. Gomez played Alexa (strikingly similar to ‘Alex'), Arwin's niece.
While the show has never been released in full, there are still several surviving clips on the internet.
Availability[]
The pilot revolved around Alexa sneaking out to a party, only to later get busted by Arwin.
Jasmine Villegas, who played middle child and insane neat-freak Lidia, shared different clips from the show in her acting reel.
A promo for the show featured Arwin entering the house, which basically went all Pat on him and went berserk.
Cast[]
- Brian Stepanek as Arwin Hochauser
- Nia Peeples as Mrs. Hawkhauser
- Selena Gomez as Alexa
- Jasmine Villegas as Lidia
- Logan Grove as Jason
- Samantha Droke as Summer
- Teo Olivares as Damone
- Laila Sadeq as Kylie
- Cassie Scerbo (credited as Cassandra Scerbo) as Cassie
- Chad Broskey as Luke