Degrassi Goes Hollywood 2009

Jason Mewes is the writer-director of Mewesical High, a light-to-midscale musical project that centers on his high school romance with his girlfriend Trixie. With the help of Kevin Smith, Mewes organizes auditions for Trixie’s role at the university of Manny and Emma, setting the stage for a comedy-drama about ambition, friendship, and the pull of fame. Manny Santos Cassie Steele comes to life as a hopeful performer, but her first audition tape turns out disappointing and she does not receive a callback. Undeterred, Manny Santos Cassie Steele takes the nudge to heart—encouraged by Kevin Smith—to try again, and she signs on for a cross-country road trip to Los Angeles with members of the Stüdz band: Sav Bhandari Raymond Ablack, Peter Stone Jamie Johnston, and Danny Van Zandt Dalmar Abuzeid, all guided by Jay Mike Lobel, who has borrowed a Degrassi school bus for the journey.

Mia Jones Nina Dobrev rides along to spend time with her boyfriend Peter Jamie Johnston, while Manny battles insecurities about her acting and singing after an abusive relationship with her professor Mick Paul Amos. The road trip becomes more than a simple audition trek; it turns into a test of nerve, loyalty, and the dream of landing a lead role in Mewesical High.

Back in Los Angeles, Paige Michalchuk Lauren Collins works as a lowly assistant for reality-show diva Hailey Montel Mary Ashton. Paige is quickly drawn into the glitz of Hollywood when Mewesical High’s executive producer Robbie Dan Levy approaches her with the possibility of a lead role, and she’s rewarded with a luxurious limousine and a sprawling mansion. Paige vows not to inherit Hailey’s vain attitude, but she soon invites Ellie Nash Stacey Farber and Marco Del Rossi Adamo Ruggiero from Toronto to celebrate the opportunity, while Ellie tries to keep a lid on the personal news of her father’s return from military duty in Afghanistan.

Filming in LA does not go smoothly. Paige frequently clashes with Mewes over Trixie’s characterization, and Mewes contemplates firing Paige, though Robbie demands that she stay on. In an effort to acclimate to Hollywood’s pace, Paige seeks Hailey’s advice, only to have Hailey push her to improvise and push her boundaries, which alienates Marco and earns Paige a reputation as a diva within the scene. Frustrated and exhausted, Mewes eventually fires Paige, creating a ripple effect that reinvigorates Manny Cassie Steele as she learns of Paige’s open position, while the gang’s bus is stolen and later broken down, threatening the production’s momentum.

Robbie Dan Levy bluffing to save Paige’s job, threatens Mewes, but the moment arrives when Mewes himself quits, throwing the musical into jeopardy and forcing everyone to reassess their commitments and futures. Ellie’s arc deepens as Marco [Adamo Ruggiero] encourages her to reconnect with her family, and she travels to LA to spend time with a rehabilitated Craig Manning Jake Epstein, who’s touring with Fall Out Boy. Ellie’s journey takes a sharp turn when she discovers Craig’s girlfriend Yvette Tenika Davis waiting at his apartment, prompting heartbreak and a downward spiral that sees her drown her sorrows in Venice Beach before Marco and Craig intervene. They help her return home to Canada, where she finds stability again, and she even shares a kiss with Craig before saying goodbye.

As Paige’s Hollywood plan begins to crumble, she becomes a social pariah who can no longer count on offers, prompting a desperate bid to salvage fame through a provocative photo op with Hailey. Marco confronts Paige about her choices, and a confrontation turns painful as Paige slaps him and leaves the mansion in disappointment. Just when Manny and her friends finally reach LA, a call from Mewes reveals the project’s cancellation, leaving the troupe to navigate an abrupt shift in their dreams.

The LA premiere night becomes a turning point: Paige stumbles on the red carpet, breaks her leg, and the humiliation culminates in a bitter moment of reckoning. Yet the show must go on, and Manny Santos Cassie Steele and Jay Hogart Mike Lobel end up performing outside Mewes’s window, a last-ditch arrangement that guarantees them a place in the musical. In the end, Paige falls back into a supporting role as Mewes’s assistant, Ellie Nash Stacey Farber reunites with her father, and Manny Santos Cassie Steele and Jay Hogart Mike Lobel pledge to stay together through the completion of filming, leaving the audience with a sense of resilience and camaraderie that underpins the movie’s hopeful finish.