Boys Meets World Creators Have Found Their Girl

(KTVI) – The Boy Meets World TV show producers made a good decision when they selected Ben Savage to play main character Cory Mathews. The character “Cory” became one of several beloved 90′s TV characters who emerged from the series.

Fast forward nearly twenty years and the show’s creators are looking for the same type of success, starting with their main character. This time around it will be a leading lady to head the cast.

According to Entertainment Weekly, Rowan Blanchard will play Riley Mathews the daughter of Corey and Topanga Mathews in the series’ spin-off. Disney’s Girl Meets World will feature the 11-year-old actress growing-up in the changing world around her in her adolescence just as the character’s father Cory did in the original installment.

Blanchard has also appeared in Spy Kids: All the Time in the World in 4D and The Back-up Plan. Also returning to the show is the original Topanga (Danielle Fischer) who has confirmed to rejoining the cast. Production of Girl Meets World is expected to begin in February 2013.

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