Spears is returning to star and serves as one of the executive producers for the film. According to Paramount+’s press release, Zoey’s love interest Chase Matthews, played by Sean Flynn, is also returning, as well as the following friends and classmates: Erin Sanders’s Quinn Pensky, Matthew Underwood’s Logan Reese, Christopher Massey’s Michael Barret, Abby Wilde’s Stacey Dillsen, and Jack Salvatore’s Mark Del Figgalo. Fresh faces will include Owen Thiele as Zoey’s friend, Dean Geyer as an actor, and Thomas Lennon as Zoey’s boss, per Entertainment Weekly.
Meanwhile, Nickelodeon star Victoria Justice, recent Golden Globe-winner Austin Butler, and Paul Butcher were not mentioned in Paramount+’s “Zoey 102” announcement, which suggests they will not return for the reboot. According to Butler, he hasn’t been involved in the network’s sequel film, telling Variety’s Awards Circuit podcast on Feb. 16, “I haven’t heard anything about that,” when asked about a potential cameo in a “Zoey 101” movie.